Any person who desires a telecommunications franchise license hereunder shall file an application with the village which shall include the following information.
(A) The identity of the franchise applicant, including all affiliates of the applicant;
(B) A description of the telecommunications services that are or will be offered or provided by the franchise applicant over its existing or proposed facilities;
(C) A description of the transmission medium that will be used by the franchisee to offer or provide the telecommunications services;
(D) Preliminary engineering plans, specifications and a network map of the facilities to be located within the village, all in sufficient detail to identify:
(1) The location and route requested for applicant’s proposed telecommunications facilities;
(2) The location of all overhead and underground public utility, telecommunication, cable, water, sewer drainage and other facilities in the public way along the proposed route;
(3) The locations, if any, for interconnection with the telecommunications facilities of other telecommunications carriers;
(4) The specific trees, structures, improvements, facilities and obstructions, if any, that applicant proposes to temporarily or permanently remove or relocate; and
(5) If applicant is proposing to install overhead facilities evidence that surplus space is available for locating its telecommunications facilities on existing utility poles along the proposed route.
(E) If the applicant is proposing an underground installation in existing ducts or conduits within the public ways information in sufficient detail to identify:
(1) The excess capacity currently available in the ducts or conduits before installation of the applicant’s telecommunications facilities; and
(2) The excess capacity, if any, that will exist in the ducts or conduits after installation of applicant’s telecommunications facilities.
(F) If applicant is proposing an underground installation within new ducts or conduits to be constructed within the public ways:
(1) The location proposed for the new ducts or conduits; and
(2) The excess capacity that will exist in such ducts or conduits after installation of applicant’s telecommunications facilities.
(G) A preliminary construction schedule and completion dates;
(H) A preliminary traffic control plan in accordance with the IDOT Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices;
(I) Financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, demonstrating the applicant’s financial ability to do the work;
(J) Information in sufficient detail to establish the applicant’s technical qualifications, experience and expertise regarding the telecommunications facilities and services described in the application;
(K) Information to establish that the applicant has obtained all other approvals from applicable utility companies, governmental approvals and permits to construct and operate the facilities and to offer or provide the telecommunications services;
(L) Whether the applicant intends to provide cable service, open video system service or other video programming service and sufficient information to determine whether the service is subject to cable franchising;
(M) An accurate map showing the location of any existing telecommunications facilities in the village that applicant intends to use or lease;
(N) A description of the services or facilities that the applicant will offer or make available to the village and other public, educational and governmental institutions;
(O) A description of applicant’s access and line extension policies;
(P) The area or areas of the village the applicant desires for build-out to the entire franchise area; and
(Q) All fees, deposits or charges required pursuant to §§ 115.090 et seq.
(1981 Code, § 18.4.02)