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§ 96.11 PERMIT FEES.
(A) Excavation permit fee. The city shall establish an excavation permit fee in an amount sufficient to recover the following costs:
(1) The city management costs;
(2) Degradation costs, if applicable; and
(3) Escrow fee to secure the payment of city “out of pocket” expenses.
(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) Payment of permit fees. No excavation permit or obstruction permit shall be issued without payment of excavation or obstruction permit fees. The city may allow applicant to pay such fees within 30 days of billing.
(D) Non-refundable. Permit fees that were paid for a permit that the city has revoked for a breach as stated in § 96.21 are not refundable.
(E) 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.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
(A) Timing. The work to be done under the excavation permit, and the patching and restoration of the right-of-way as required herein, must be completed within the dates specified in the permit, increased by as many days as work could not be done because of circumstances beyond the control of the permittee or when work was prohibited as unseasonal or unreasonable under § 96.15.
(B) Patch and restoration. Permittee shall patch its own work. The city may choose either to have the permittee restore the right-of-way or to restore the right-of-way itself.
(1) City restoration. If the city elects to restore the right-of-way, permittee shall make the restoration and pay the costs thereof within 30 days of billing. If, following such restoration, the pavement settles due to permittee’s improper backfilling, the permittee shall pay to the city, within 30 days of billing, all costs associated with correcting the defective work.
(2) Permittee restoration. If the permittee restores the right-of-way itself, it shall at the time of application for an excavation permit post a construction performance bond in accordance with the provisions of Minn. Rules 7819.3000.
(3) Degradation fee in lieu of restoration. In lieu of right-of-way restoration, a right-of-way user may elect to pay a degradation fee. However, the right-of-way user shall remain responsible for patching and the degradation fee shall not include the cost to accomplish these responsibilities.
(C) Standards. The permittee shall perform excavation, backfilling, patching and restoration according to the standards and with the materials specified by the City and shall comply with Minn. Rules 7819.1100.
(D) Duty to correct defects. The permittee shall correct defects in patching or restoration performed by permittee or its agents. The permittee upon notification from the city, shall correct all restoration work to the extent necessary, using the method required by the city. The work shall be completed within five calendar days of the receipt of the notice from the city, not including days during which work cannot be done because of circumstances constituting force majeure or days when work is prohibited as unseasonable or unreasonable under § 96.15.
(E) Failure to restore. If the permittee fails to restore the right-of-way in the manner and to the condition required by the city, or fails to satisfactorily and timely complete all restoration required by the city, the city at its option may do such work. In that event the permittee shall pay to the city, within 30 days of billing, the cost of restoring the right-of-way. If permittee fails to pay as required, the city may exercise its rights under the construction performance bond.
(F) (1) Installation of tracer wire. Utilities installed in the right-of-way shall be completely marked with a tracer wire placed directly above or in conjunction with the installed utility at the developer’s expense. Burial depth shall be within six to 18 inches of final grade. In addition the termination points where the utility crosses in, to and out of the right-of-way shall have buried pins or markers, both of which shall be detectable with a magnetic locator. At least one of these markers shall be a tracer wire access box with termination points for the tracer wire. A minimum of 12 inches of tracer wire shall be accessible above the termination box upon removal of the tracer wire access box cap. Tie points to permanent structures shall be submitted and GPS coordinates in the Washington County coordinate system shall be supplied. Acceptable tracer wire and termination boxes shall be the following or equivalent as determined by the city.
(a) Direct Burial #12 A WG Solid (.0808" diameter), steel core soft drawn high strength tracer wire, 380# average tensile break load, 30 mil high molecular weight-high density color coded polyethylene jacket complying with ASTM-D-1248, 30 volt rating.
(b) Valvco cast iron head tracer wire access box.
(2) Access box shall be placed near final grade with no more than a layer of sod above the access cap. If water and sewer are in a common trench, a single tracer wire access box may be used above the water line with details on the tie card of the offset to the sewer pin and the sewer trace wire following the right of way border to the location pin for the sewer line. A written plan and sketch shall be submitted prior to installation identifying the location and mitigation measure that will be required. A deposit of $1,000 shall be held by the city until compliance with location requirements are met. Additional deposits will be required and held by the city for any project which has the potential to impact city-owned infrastructure. This includes any cuts or borings in, to, or under city streets, trails or storm drainage areas. This may, at the city’s discretion, also be required when equipment will be traversing city infrastructure.
(3) A separate permit for utility tie-in and inspections is required for connections to existing city utilities. All utility access charges must be current before a permit for connection will be issued. Complex connections involving items such as wet taps, looped lines, fire flow lines, new wyes, or shut off of services will incur additional costs.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
(A) Joint application. Registrants may jointly apply for permits to excavate or obstruct the right-of-way at the same place and time.
(B) Shared fees. Registrants who apply for permits for the same obstruction or excavation, which the city does not perform, may share in the payment of the obstruction or excavation permit fee. In order to obtain a joint permit, registrants must agree among themselves as to the portion each will pay and indicate the same on their applications.
(C) With city projects. Registrants, who join in a scheduled obstruction or excavation performed by the city, whether or not it is a joint application by two or more registrants or a single application, are not required to pay the excavation or obstruction and degradation portions of the permit fee, but a permit would still be required.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
(A) Limitation on area. A right-of-way permit is valid only for the area of the right-of-way specified in the permit. No permittee may do any work outside the area specified in the permit, except as provided herein. Any permittee which determines that an area greater than that specified in the permit must be obstructed or excavated must before working in that greater area:
(1) Make application for a permit extension and pay any additional fees required thereby; and
(2) Be granted a new permit or permit extension.
(B) Limitation on dates.
(1) A right-of-way permit is valid only for the dates specified in the permit.
(2) No permittee may begin its work before the permit start date or, except as provided herein, continue working after the end date. If a permittee does not finish the work by the permit end date, it must apply for a new permit for the additional time it needs, and receive the new permit or an extension of the old permit before working after the end date of the previous permit. This supplementary application must be submitted before the permit end date.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
(A) Compliance with other laws. Obtaining a right-of-way permit does not relieve permittee of its duty to obtain all other necessary permits, licenses, and authority and to pay all fees required by the city or other applicable rule, law or regulation. A permittee shall comply with all requirements of local, state and federal laws, including but not limited to M.S. §§ 216D.01-.09 (Gopher One Call Excavation Notice System) and Minn. Rules Ch. 7560. A permittee shall perform all work in conformance with all applicable codes and established rules and regulations, and is responsible for all work done in the right-of-way pursuant to its permit, regardless of who does the work.
(B) Prohibited work. Except in an emergency, and with the approval of the city, no right-of-way obstruction or excavation may be done when seasonally prohibited or when conditions are unreasonable for such work.
(C) Interference with right-of-way. A permittee shall not so obstruct a right-of-way that the natural free and clear passage of water through the gutters or other waterways shall be interfered with. Private vehicles of those doing work in the right-of-way may not be parked within or next to a permit area, unless parked in conformance with city parking regulations. The loading or unloading of trucks must be done solely within the defined permit area unless specifically authorized by the permit.
(D) Trenchless excavation. As a condition of all applicable permits, permittees employing trenchless excavation methods, including but not limited to horizontal directional drilling, shall follow all requirements set forth in M.S. Ch. 216D and Minn. Rules Chapter 7560, and shall require potholing or open cutting over existing underground utilities before excavating, as determined by the Director.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
The city may deny a permit for failure to meet the requirements and conditions of this subchapter or if the city determines that the denial is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare or when necessary to protect the right-of-way and its current use.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
The excavation, backfilling, patching and restoration, and all other work performed in the right-of-way shall be done in conformance with Minn. Rules 7819.1100 and 7819.5000 and other applicable local requirements, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the M.S. §§ 237.162 and 237.163. Installation of service laterals shall be performed in accordance with Minn. Rules Ch. 7560 and these ordinances. Service lateral installation is further subject to those requirements and conditions set forth by the city in the applicable permits and/or agreements referenced in § 96.22(B).
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
(A) Notice of completion. When the work under any permit hereunder is completed, the permittee shall furnish a completion certificate in accordance Minn. Rules 7819.1300.
(B) Site inspection. Permittee shall make the work-site available to the city and to all others as authorized by law for inspection at all reasonable times during the execution of and upon completion of the work.
(C) Authority of Director.
(1) At the time of inspection, the Director may order the immediate cessation of any work which poses a serious threat to the life, health, safety or well-being of the public.
(2) The Director may issue an order to the permittee for any work that does not conform to the terms of the permit or other applicable standards, conditions, or codes. The order shall state that failure to correct the violation will be cause for revocation of the permit. Within ten days after issuance of the order, the permittee shall present proof to the Director that the violation has been corrected. If such proof has not been presented within the required time, the Director may revoke the permit pursuant to § 96.21.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
(A) Emergency situations.
(1) Each registrant shall immediately notify the Director of any event regarding its facilities that it considers to be an emergency. The registrant may proceed to take whatever actions are necessary to respond to the emergency. Excavators’ notification to Gopher State One Call regarding an emergency situation does not fulfill this requirement. Within two business days after the occurrence of the emergency, the registrant shall apply for the necessary permits, pay the fees associated therewith, and fulfill the rest of the requirements necessary to bring itself into compliance with this subchapter for the actions it took in response to the emergency.
(2) If the city becomes aware of an emergency regarding a registrant’s facilities, the city will attempt to contact the local representative of each registrant affected, or potentially affected, by the emergency. In any event, the city may take whatever action it deems necessary to respond to the emergency, the cost of which shall be borne by the registrant whose facilities occasioned the emergency.
(B) Non-emergency situations. Except in an emergency, any person who, without first having obtained the necessary permit, obstructs or excavates a right-of-way must subsequently obtain a permit and, as a penalty, pay double the normal fee for said permit, pay double all the other fees required by the city code, deposit with the city the fees necessary to correct any damage to the right-of-way, and comply with all of the requirements of this subchapter.
(Ord. 7517, passed 10-20-2009)
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