(A) Any person, firm, public utility, or corporation desiring to construct an improvement, or to alter, change or modify an existing structure in the right-of-way of the Owen County Highway System shall make application for a permit to the Highway Superintendent on the forms provided, accompanied by the required information and fees.
(B) The owner of record of the property to be served by an improvement shall certify as to ownership and if not the applicant, authorize the application.
(C) The property owner of record shall accept an encroachment agreement for the requested improvement as part of the application and permitting process.
(D) The Highway Engineer shall not accept incomplete applications, or applications not accompanied by the required fees.
(E) An application accepted as complete may be revised by applicant to address review comments by the Highway Engineer. Such revised application shall not be considered a new application for the purposes of this chapter.
(F) Any application for which a permit is not issued or which the applicant is not actively pursuing resolution of review comments shall be considered abandoned by the applicant 90 days after the date of the last interaction between the applicant and the Highway Engineer related to the application.
(G) The application for a permit to work in the county rights-of-way is attached to Ord. 2020-0056 as Exhibit "B" and is herein incorporated by reference.
(Ord. 2020-0056, passed 11-2-2020)