(A) Excavation permit fee. The city shall establish an excavation permit fee in an amount sufficient to cover the following costs:
(1) The city management costs;
(2) Degradation costs, if applicable.
(B) Obstruction permit fee. The city shall establish the obstruction permit fee and shall be in an amount sufficient to recover the city management costs.
(C) Small wireless facility permit fee. The city shall establish the small wireless facility permit fee and shall be an amount sufficient to recover the city management costs. In addition, each small wireless provider shall pay the following fees for each small wireless facility attached to a wireless support structure owned or controlled by the city:
(1) One hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year for rent to occupy space on a wireless support structure;
(2) Twenty-five dollars ($25) per year for maintenance associated with the space occupied on a wireless support structure; and
(3) A monthly fee for electricity used to operate a small wireless facility, if not purchased directly from the applicable electrical utility provider, at the rate of:
(a) Seventy-three dollars ($73) per radio node less than or equal to 100 max watts;
(b) One hundred eighty-two dollars ($182) per radio node over 100 max watts; or
(c) The actual costs of electricity, if the actual costs exceed the amount in divisions (C)(3)(a) or (b) of this section.
(D) Payment of permit fees. No excavation permit, obstruction permit, or small wireless facility permit shall be issued without payment of the permit fees. The city may allow applicant to pay such fees within ten days of billing. In addition to the permit fee(s), any initial engineering and preparatory construction work associated with the collocation or placement of small wireless facilities on city owned wireless support structures within the right-of-way shall be paid by the applicant.
(E) Non-refundable. Permit fees that were paid for a permit that the city has revoked for a breach of this chapter are not refundable.
(F) Application to franchises. Unless otherwise agreed to in a franchise, management costs may be charged separately from and in addition to the franchise fees imposed on a right-of-way user in the franchise.
(G) Establishment of fees. All permit fees shall be established consistent with the provisions of Minn. Rules part 7819.1000.
(Ord. 2017-05, passed 12-4-2017)