(A) Permit required. Except as otherwise provided in this code, no person may obstruct, excavate, or place any structure in any right-of-way without first having obtained the appropriate right-of-way permit from the city to do so. All work completed as part of a right-of-way permit shall conform to the city’s general specifications and standard detail plates for street and utility construction, and the city’s design manual.
(1) Excavation permit. An excavation permit is required by a registrant to excavate that part of the right-of-way described in the permit and to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of the right-of-way by placing facilities described therein, to the extent and for the duration specified therein.
(2) Obstruction permit. An obstruction permit is required by a registrant to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of right-of-way by placing equipment described therein on the right-of-way, to the extent and for the duration specified therein. An obstruction permit is not required if a person already possesses a valid excavation permit for the same project.
(3) Small wireless facility permit. A small wireless facility permit is required by a registrant to place a new wireless support structure or to collocate a small wireless facility in a public right-of-way managed by the city. A separate collocation agreement is required to collocate a small wireless facility on existing city structures. A maximum of 15 small wireless facilities may be consolidated onto one permit application, provided that all of the facilities:
(a) Are located within a two-mile radius;
(b) Consist of substantially similar equipment; and
(c) Are to be placed on similar types of wireless support structures.
(B) Permit extensions. No person may excavate or obstruct the right-of-way beyond the date or dates specified in the permit unless:
(1) The person makes a supplementary application for another right-of-way permit before the expiration of the initial permit; and
(2) A new permit or permit extension is granted.
(C) Delay penalty. In accordance with Minn. Rules part 7819.1000, subd. 3 and notwithstanding division (B) above, the city shall establish and impose a delay penalty for unreasonable delays in right-of-way excavation, obstruction, patching, or restoration. The delay penalty shall be established from time to time by City Council resolution.
(D) Permit display. Permits issued under this subchapter shall be conspicuously displayed or otherwise available at all times at the indicated work site and shall be available for inspection by the city.
(Prior Code, § 8-11-8)