A. Township Review Of Permit Applications: Completed permit applications, containing all required documentation, shall be examined by Township Engineer and the Highway Commissioner within a reasonable time after filing. If the application does not conform to the requirements of all applicable ordinances, codes, laws, rules, and regulations, the Township Engineer or Highway Commissioner shall reject such application in writing, stating the reasons therefor. If the Township Engineer and Highway Commissioner are satisfied that the proposed work conforms to the requirements of this chapter and all applicable ordinances, codes, laws, rules, and regulations, the Highway Commissioner shall issue a permit therefor as soon as practicable. In all instances, it shall be the duty of the applicant to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Township Engineer or Highway Commissioner that the construction proposed under the application shall be in full compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
B. Additional Township Review Of Applications Of Telecommunications Retailers:
1. Pursuant to section 4 of the Telephone Company Act, 220 Illinois Compiled Statutes 65/4, a telecommunications retailer shall notify the Township that it intends to commence work governed by this chapter for facilities for the provision of telecommunications services. Such notice shall consist of plans, specifications, and other documentation sufficient to demonstrate the purpose and intent of the facilities, and shall be provided by the telecommunications retailer to the Township not less than ten (10) days prior to the commencement of work requiring no excavation and not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of work requiring excavation. The Highway Commissioner shall specify the portion of the right-of-way upon which the facility may be placed, used and constructed.
2. In the event that the Highway Commissioner fails to provide such specification of location to the telecommunications retailer within either: a) ten (10) days after service of notice to the Township by the telecommunications retailer in the case of work not involving excavation for new construction or b) twenty five (25) days after service of notice by the telecommunications retailer in the case of work involving excavation for new construction, the telecommunications retailer may commence work without obtaining a permit under this chapter. For purposes of determining when the ten (10) or twenty five (25) day period specified in this subsection begins, service of notice to the Township shall be considered to have occurred on the date that the Township has received all of the documentation required to be submitted under subsection B1 of this section.
3. Upon the provision of such specification by the Township, where a permit is required for work pursuant to section 4-6-4 of this chapter, the telecommunications retailer shall submit to the Township an application for a permit and any and all plans, specifications and documentation available regarding the facility to be constructed. Such application shall be subject to the requirements of subsection A of this section.
C. Additional Township Review Of Applications Of Holders Of State Authorization Under The Cable And Video Competition Law Of 2007: Applications by a utility that is a holder of a State-issued authorization under the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 shall be deemed granted forty five (45) days after the submission to the Township, unless otherwise acted upon the Township, provided the holder has complied with all applicable Township codes, ordinances and regulations.
D. Small Wireless Facilities: Notwithstanding the foregoing, applications for small wireless facilities shall be made and processed pursuant to the Township regulations implementing the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act. (Ord. SWO-2018-6, 8-14-2018)