(A) The City of Rising Sun, Indiana (the "City) is granted the authority in the Indiana Code to regulate the usage of public rights-of-way through various statutes including, but not limited to, I.C. 36-8-2-10 which authorizes the city to regulate the operation of businesses, crafts, professions, and occupations, and I.C. 36-9-2-15 which authorizes the city to regulate the furnishing of utility service to the citizens of the city.
(B) Any "utility", as defined by I.C. 8-1-2-1(g), and any company offering "broadband services", as defined by I.C. 5-28-28-0.5, shall be required to obtain a right-of-way work permit from the city prior to the installation of any utility infrastructure in city rights-of-way.
(C) A permit is not required for the installation of any utility infrastructure by the Rising Sun Municipal Utilities ("RSMU") and the RSMU is hereby exempted from requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 2022-11, passed 12-1-22)