(a) Notice of Work Required. A service provider shall provide the Village with notice of work in the right-of-way, including routine maintenance, new service orders and emergency work, under the following circumstances. Notice shall be given in the manner determined by the Village Administrator.
(1) Notice of excavation in the right-of-way.
A. A service provider shall provide the Village Administrator with forty-eight hours advance notice prior to commencing any excavation (including installation of a pole) in the right-of-way.
B. A service provider shall notify the Ohio Utility Protection Service ("OUPS") in advance of any excavation of the right-of-way in accordance with Ohio law and OUPS regulations.
(2) Notice of lane obstruction or closing of a public street.
A. Lane obstruction. For routine maintenance and new service orders that require the service provider to obstruct a lane on any public street such that two vehicles cannot pass in opposite directions at the site of the lane obstruction, the service provider shall provide the Police Department with eight working day hours advance notice prior to commencing such work, to the extent reasonably practicable, and shall maintain traffic in compliance with the ODOT Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices or other applicable ODOT regulations.
B. Closing of a Public Street. For routine maintenance that requires the service provider to close any public street, the service provider shall provide the Village Administrator and the Police Department with forty-eight hours advance notice prior to commencing such work, and shall maintain traffic in compliance with the ODOT Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices or other applicable ODOT regulations.
(3) Notice of replacement of existing facilities. For the replacement of more than 500 lineal feet of a service provider's existing facilities in the same location of the right-of-way, the service provider shall provide the Village Administrator with seventy-two hours advance notice. If, in the reasonable discretion of the Village Administrator, the circumstances of the replacement of Facilities so warrant, the service provider shall apply for a Right-of-Way Construction Permit.
(4) Preconstruction meeting. There will be a preconstruction meeting between the Service Provider and the Village Superintendent at least twenty-four hours before any work commences.
(5) Emergency work. In the event of an unforeseen occurrence or emergency condition calling for immediate action to repair existing facilities or to eliminate a substantial risk to public safety from facilities, a service provider may commence such emergency response work as required under the circumstances, provided that the service provider shall notify the Village Administrator as promptly as possible before commencing such emergency work, or as soon as possible thereafter if advance notice is not practicable.
(b) No Notice of Work Required: Routine Maintenance and new service orders.
(1) A service provider need not provide the village with notice, or obtain a construction permit, prior to or after commencing routine maintenance or new service orders that do not include excavation of a right-of-way, a lane obstruction, the closing of a public street, or extension of overhead facilities described above.
(2) A service provider performing routine maintenance, new service orders or emergency work shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 862. Passed 4-20-09.)