Permit fees shall be established by the City Council. The City Council shall periodically review and approve the fee schedule for permits issued under this chapter.
A. Excavation Permit Fee: The City shall establish an excavation permit fee in an amount sufficient to recover the following costs:
1. Management costs;
2. Degradation costs, if applicable.
B. Obstruction Permit Fee: The City shall establish an obstruction permit fee in an amount sufficient to recover the City management costs.
C. Small Wireless Facility Permit Fee: The City shall impose a small wireless facility permit fee for the placement of small wireless facilities and wireless support structures in the public right-of-way in an amount sufficient to recover:
1. Management costs; and
2. City engineering, make-ready, and construction costs associated with collocation of small wireless facilities.
D. Cost Of Initial Engineering Survey And Preparatory Construction Work Associated With Collocation: Any initial engineering survey and preparatory construction work associated with collocation must be paid by the cost causer in the form of a onetime, nonrecurring, commercially reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral charge to recover costs associated with a proposed attachment.
E. Payment Of Permit Fees: No excavation permit, obstruction permit, or small wireless facility permit shall be issued without payment of the respective excavation, obstruction, or small wireless facility permit fees. The City may allow the applicant to pay such fees within thirty (30) days of billing.
F. Nonrefundable: Permit fees that were paid for a permit that the City has revoked for a breach as stated in section 7-15-22 of this chapter are not refundable.
G. 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. (Ord. 990, 12-4-2017)