(1) Minimum coverage. The Department shall require that each permittee maintain in full force and effect, throughout the term of a small wireless facility permit, an insurance policy or policies issued by an insurance company or companies satisfactory to the city's Risk Manager. Such policy or policies shall, at a minimum, afford insurance covering all of the permittee's operations, vehicles, employees, agents, subcontractors, successors, and assigns:
(a) Workers' compensation, in statutory amounts, with employers' liability limits not less than $500,000 each accident, injury, or illness;
(b) Commercial general liability insurance with limits not less than $2,000,000 each occurrence combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage, including contractual liability, personal injury, products and completed operations;
(c) Commercial automobile liability insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage, including owned, non-owned and hired auto coverage, as applicable; and
(d) Contractors' pollution liability insurance, on an occurrence form, with limits not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage and any deductible not to exceed $25,000 each occurrence.
(2) Insurance requirements. Each permittee's insurance policy or policies are subject to the following:
(a) Said policy or policies shall include the city and its officers and employees jointly and severally as additional insureds, shall apply as primary insurance, shall stipulate that no other insurance effected by the city will be called on to contribute to a loss covered thereunder, and shall provide for severability of interests.
(b) Said policy or policies shall provide that an act or omission of one insured, which would void or otherwise reduce coverage, shall not reduce or void the coverage as to any other insured. Said policy or policies shall afford full coverage for any claims based on acts, omissions, injury, or damage which occurred or arose, or the onset of which occurred or arose, in whole or in part, during the policy period.
(c) Said policy or policies shall be endorsed to provide 30 calendar days advance written notice of cancellation or any material change to the Department.
(d) Should any of the required insurance be provided under a claims-made form, a permittee shall maintain such coverage continuously throughout the term of a small wireless facility permit, and, without lapse, for a period of three years beyond the expiration or termination of the small wireless facility permit, to the effect that, should occurrences during the term of the small wireless facility permit give rise to claims made after expiration or termination of the small wireless facility permit, such claims shall be covered by such claims-made policies.
(e) Should any of the required insurance be provided under a form of coverage that includes a general annual aggregate limit or provides that claims investigation or legal defense costs be included in such general annual aggregate limit, such general aggregate limit shall be double the occurrence or claims limits specified herein.
(3) Indemnity obligation. Such insurance shall in no way relieve or decrease a permittee's or its agent's obligation to indemnify the city pursuant to this chapter.
(4) Proof of insurance. Before the Department will issue a small wireless facility permit, an applicant shall furnish to the Department certificates of insurance and additional insured policy endorsements with insurers that are authorized to do business in the State of Minnesota and that are satisfactory to the Department evidencing all coverages set forth herein.
(Ord. 01-19, passed 11-25-2019)
Cross-reference:
City fee schedule, see § 218.01