(A) Operations.
(1) Each registrant who provides utility service shall, at the time of registration and by March 1 of each year, file a construction and major maintenance plan for underground facilities with the county. Such plan shall be submitted using a format designated by the county and shall contain the information determined by the county to be necessary to facilitate the coordination and reduction in the frequency of excavations and obstructions of rights-of-way. The utility facility plans shall be kept up to date by the registrant. Facility plans which a utility identifies to the county as being trade secret information will be treated as general nonpublic data in accordance with M.S. § 13.37.
(2) The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(a) The locations and the estimated beginning and ending dates of all projects to be commenced during the next calendar year (in this section, a '"next-year project"); and
(b) To the extent known, the tentative locations and estimated beginning and ending dates for all projects contemplated for the five years following the next calendar year (in this section, a "five-year project").
(3) The term "project" in this section shall include both next-year projects and five- year projects but does not include individual service line hookups and minor maintenance unless they are part of an area wide program.
(4) By April 1 of each year, the county will have available for inspection in the county's office a composite list of all projects of which the county has been informed of the annual plans. All registrants are responsible for keeping themselves informed of the current status of this list. Thereafter, by May 1, each registrant may change any project in its list of next-year projects, and must notify the county and all other registrants of all such changes in said list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a registrant may at any time join in a next-year project of another registrant listed by the other registrant.
(B) Additional next-year projects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the county will not deny an application for a right-of-way permit for failure to include a project in a plan submitted to the county if the registrant has used commercially reasonable efforts to anticipate and plan for the project.
(Ord. 91-2019, passed 2-5-19)