(A) City review of permit applications. Completed permit applications, containing all required documentation, shall be examined by the Director of Public Works within a reasonable time after filing. If the application does not conform to the requirements of applicable ordinances, codes, laws, rules and regulations, the Director of Public Works shall reject the application in writing, stating the reasons therefor. If the Director of Public Works is satisfied that the proposed work conforms to the requirements of this subchapter and applicable ordinances, codes, laws, rules and regulations, the Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works, that the construction proposed under the application shall be in full compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.
(B) Additional city review of applications of telecommunications retailers.
(1) Pursuant to § 4 of the Telephone Company Act, ILCS Ch. 220, Act 65, § 4, a telecommunications retailer shall notify the city that it intends to commence work governed by this subchapter for facilities for the provision of telecommunications services. The 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 city not less than ten days prior to the commencement of work requiring no excavation and not less than 30 days prior to the commencement of work requiring excavation. The Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works fails to provide the specification of location to the telecommunications retailer within either ten days after service of notice to the city by the telecommunications retailer in the case of work not involving excavation for new construction or 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 subchapter.
(3) Upon the provision of such specification by the city, where a permit is required for work pursuant to § 151.069 of this subchapter the telecommunications retailer shall submit to the city an application for a permit and any and all plans, specifications and documentation available regarding the facility to be constructed. The application shall be subject to the requirements of division (A) of this section.
(C) Minimum general application requirements. The application shall be made by the utility or its duly authorized representative and shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The utility's name and address and telephone and telecopy numbers;
(2) The applicant's name and address, if different than the utility, its telephone, telecopy numbers, e-mail address and its interest in the work;
(3) The names, addresses and telephone and telecopy numbers and email addresses of all professional consultants, if any, advising the applicant with respect to the application;
(4) A general description of the proposed work and the purposes and intent of the facility and the uses to which the facility will be put. The scope and detail of the description shall be appropriate to the nature and character of the work to be performed, with special emphasis on those matters likely to be affected or impacted by the work proposed;
(5) Evidence that the utility has placed on file with the city:
(a) A written traffic control plan demonstrating the protective measures and devices that will be employed consistent with the Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, to prevent injury or damage to persons or property and to minimize disruptions to efficient pedestrian and vehicular traffic; and
(b) An emergency contingency plan which shall specify the nature of potential emergencies, including without limitation, construction and hazardous materials emergencies, and the intended response by the applicant. The intended response shall include notification to the city and shall promote protection of the safety and convenience of the public. Compliance with ICC regulations for emergency contingency plans constitutes compliance with this section unless the city finds that additional information or assurances are needed.
(6) Drawings, plans and specifications showing the work proposed, including the certification of an engineer that the drawings, plans and specifications comply with applicable codes, rules and regulations;
(7) Evidence of insurance as required in § 151.073;
(8) Evidence of posting of the Security Fund as required in § 151.075;
(9) Any request for a variance from one or more provisions of this chapter (§ 151.086); and
(10) Additional information as may be reasonably required by the city.
(D) Supplemental application requirements for specific types of utilities. In addition to the requirements of division (C) of this section, the permit application shall include the following items, as applicable to the specific utility that is the subject of the permit application:
(1) In the case of the installation of a new electric power, communications, telecommunications, cable television service, video service or natural gas distribution system, evidence that any certificate of public convenience and necessity or other regulatory authorization that the applicant is required by law to obtain, or that the applicant has elected to obtain, has been issued by the ICC or other jurisdictional authority;
(2) In the case of natural gas systems, state the proposed pipe size, design, construction class and operating pressures;
(3) In the case of water lines, indicate that all requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Public Water Supplies, have been satisfied;
(4) In the case of sewer line installations, indicate that the land and water pollution requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Water Pollution Control and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (other local or state entities with jurisdiction), have been satisfied; or
(5) In the case of petroleum products pipelines, state the type or types of petroleum products, pipe size, maximum working pressure and the design standard to be followed.
(E) Applicant's duty to update information. Throughout the entire permit application review period and the construction period authorized by the permit, any amendments to information contained in a permit application shall be submitted by the utility in writing to the city within 30 days after the change necessitating the amendment.
(F) Application fees. Unless otherwise provided by franchise, license or similar agreement, all applications for permits pursuant to this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of $50. No application fee is required to be paid by any electricity utility that is paying the municipal electricity infrastructure maintenance fee pursuant to the Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act, or by any telecommunications retailer that is paving the municipal telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee or the optional state telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fee pursuant to the Telecommunications Municipal Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act.
(Ord. 2007-10-0128O, passed 10-9-2007; Am. Ord. 2017-10-0665O, passed 10-24-2017)