(A) Approval or denial. The authority to approve or deny an application for a permit is hereby delegated to the Township Supervisor. Pursuant to § 5(3) of the Act, being M.C.L.A. § 484.3105(3), the Township Supervisor shall approve or deny an application for a permit within 45 days from the date a telecommunications provider files an application for a permit under § 93.15(B) of this chapter for access to a public right-of-way within the township. Pursuant to § 6(6) of the Act, being M.C.L.A. § 484.3106(6), the Township Supervisor shall notify the MPSC when the Township Supervisor 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 Township Supervisor shall not unreasonably deny an application for a permit.
(B) Form of permit. If an application for permit is approved, the Township Supervisor 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 Township Supervisor may impose conditions on the issuance of a permit, which conditions shall be limited to the telecommunications provider’s access and usage of the public right-of-way.
(D) Bond requirement.
(1) Pursuant to § 15(3) of the Act, being M.C.L.A. § 484.3115(3), and without limitation on division (C) above, the Township Supervisor may require that a bond be posted by the telecommunications provider as a condition of the permit.
(2) If a bond is required, it shall not exceed the reasonable cost to ensure the public right-of-way is returned to its original condition during and after the telecommunications provider’s access and use.
(Prior Code, Ch. XXIX, § 5) (Ord. 1-2003, passed 5-14-2003)