(A) Approval or denial. The authority to approve or deny an application for a permit is delegated to the City Manager. Pursuant to § 15(3) of the Act, being M.C.L.A. § 484.3115(3), the City Manager shall approve or deny an application for a permit within 45 days from the date a telecommunications provider files an application for a permit in accordance with § 7.123(B) of this chapter for access to a public right- of-way within the city. The City Manager shall notify the MPSC when the City Manager has granted or denied a permit, including information regarding the date on which the application was filed and the date on which permit was granted or denied. The City Manager shall not unreasonably deny an application for a permit.
(B) Form of permit. If an application for permit is approved, the City Manager shall issue the permit in the form approved by the MPSC, with or without additional or different permit terms, in accordance with §§ 6(1), 6(2) and 15 of the Act, being M.C.L.A. §§ 484.3106(1), (2) and 484.3115.
(C) Conditions. Pursuant to § 15(4) of the Act, being M.C.L.A. §§ 484.3115(4), the City Manager may impose conditions on the issuance of a permit, which conditions shall be limited to the telecommunications provider’s access and use of the public right-of-way.
(D) Bond requirement. Pursuant to § 15(3) of the Act, being M.C.L.A. § 484.3115(3), and without limitation on division (C) above, the City Manager may require that a bond be posted by the telecommunications provider as a condition of the permit. If a bond is required, it shall not exceed the reasonable cost to ensure that the public right- of-way is returned to its original condition during and after the telecommunications provider’s access and use.
(E) Pursuant to the authority provided in division (C) above, the City Manager may, where reasonably possible and consistent with the terms of the METRO Act Permit, require providers to place flush mounted vaults rather than above ground pedestals for equipment shelters if the city and the provider are unable to reach an agreement on pedestal placement.
(Prior Code, § 7.124) (Ord. effective 11-1-2002; Ord. effective 7-30-2021)