(a) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) below, the City Manager may promulgate regulations, as the City Manager deems appropriate from time to time, to carry out the express purposes and intent of this chapter, including subsection regulations governing the procedures and the permitting process.
(b) Such regulations shall not materially increase the obligations of any permittee hereunder, provided, however, that in promulgating such regulations, including those related to Section 1446.06(a), adoption of regulations increasing fees in accordance with Section 1446.07(h), or requiring placement of facilities in designated portions of the rights-of-way underground pursuant to Section 1446.06(a)(4), shall not be construed as materially increasing the obligations of a permittee.
(c) The City Manager shall promulgate proposed regulations by filing the same with the Clerk of Council for publication as provided for by Section 222.01 of the Administration Code. Each right-of-way permittee shall be served with a copy of the proposed regulations by regular U.S. mail, provided, however, that any failure of any permittee to actually receive such notice shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of such regulation. Any person, including any permittee, may file specific written comments on or objections to the proposed regulations within a thirty-day period after such publication (hereinafter "comment period"). The proposed regulations shall become effective thirty days after the end of the comment period (or such longer period as determined by Council), unless such regulation is modified or rejected by City Council.
(d) The City may adopt emergency regulations to be immediately effective when the City determines the same to be appropriate or required by the public health, safety or welfare, provided, however, that any such regulation shall nonetheless be subject to the comment and review process as set forth in subsection (c) hereof.
(Ord. 99-64. Passed 9-7-99.)