(A) Definitions.
PERMIT. Any local permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, or similar form of approval required by policy, administrative rule, regulation, ordinance, or resolution with respect to a project.
PROJECT. The construction or deployment of wireline or wireless communications facilities to provide communications services (as defined in I.C. 8-1-32.5-3) in a unit.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of the City of Rushville's ordinance, regulation, policy or practice, the following shall apply to a project:
(C) The Mayor of the city shall:
(1) Appoint a single point of contact for all matters related to a project;
(2) Establish procedures to allow all forms, applications, and documentation related to a project to be filed or submitted and signed by electronic means;
(3) Review and approve or reject all applications for a permit related to a project within ten business days after an application is filed or submitted;
(4) Assure that after an application is approved pursuant to division (C)(3), any inspections, including any additional necessary approvals, related to a project will occur in a timely and expeditious manner.
(D) The city shall adopt adequate processes and procedures to implement the provisions of division (C) processes and procedures established hereunder may not do the following:
(1) Require an applicant to designate a final contractor to complete a project;
(2) Impose a fee to review an application or issue a permit for a project;
(3) Impose a seasonal moratorium on the issuance of permits for a project;
(4) Discriminate among communications service providers or utilities with respect to any action described in this section or otherwise related to a project, including granting access to public rights-of-way, infrastructure and poles, river and bridge crossings, and any other physical assets owned or controlled by the City of Rushville, Indiana.
(Ord. 2015-7, passed 7-21-2015)