(a) Any utility service provider, cable operator or person seeking to obtain a rights-of- way construction permit shall file an application with the Director of Engineering Services. The application shall be in such form as the Director of Engineering Services directs, but at a minimum shall be signed by such utility service provider, cable operator or person, or a duly authorized agent thereof; shall incorporate, directly or by reference, the terms of this chapter; shall set forth the applicant's consent to and agreement to comply with the terms of the application, chapter, and the rights-of-way permit; and shall require the applicant to provide the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of both applicant and its agent upon whom service can be made and notices provided;
(2) A statement as to the nature of the applicant's business, whether its operations and facilities are subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or federal regulatory agency, and whether it is certified or authorized by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to provide service in Ohio;
(3) Location of the proposed construction;
(4) Type of facility to be installed or constructed;
(5) Method of construction, installation, or placement to be used;
(6) Estimated time to complete construction;
(7) Whether street pavement will be cut, broken, opened, or bored under;
(8) Whether traffic will be obstructed and, if so the portion of the rights-of-way obstructed and the dates of the obstruction;
(9) Proposed means of restoring the rights-of-way;
(10) A statement describing how traffic flow will be maintained during the construction period; and
(11) A description of the purpose and use of the facilities constructed, installed, or placed in the rights-of-way (power with voltage, gas with maximum allowable operating pressure, etc.) and other pertinent details.
(b) If the applicant is not certified or authorized by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to provide service in Ohio, applicant shall also submit such additional information as the Director of Engineering Services requests to determine the financial, technical and managerial expertise of the applicant to construct, operate and maintain facilities in the right-of-way.
(c) Applicants shall also submit, as an attachment to their application, scale drawings showing completely the nature, location, construction materials and design of the facilities to be installed or constructed. Such drawings shall include:
(1) Street and/or road names;
(2) A north arrow;
(3) The offset, in feet and inches, from the centerline of the roadway to the proposed facilities to be constructed or installed;
(4) The rights-of-way limits;
(5) The pavement width;
(6) The distance from edge of pavement to the facilities being constructed, installed or placed;
(7) The distance from nearest major intersection, railroad crossing, and/or other physical features to the facilities being constructed, installed or placed;
(8) A description of the nature of the facilities and the materials to be used in their construction, including without limitation and where applicable, the number, size, dimensions, and composition of the pipes, conduits and ducts, poles and other supporting structures, manholes and vaults, cable and wire and other facilities;
(9) One or more typical cross sections as required to adequately display and demonstrate the proposed location of the facilities in the rights-of-way and in relation to the existing facilities of the City, cable operators, and other utility service providers, however, if only aerial facilities requiring no additional poles are to be constructed, placed or installed, then only aerial facilities need be shown on the permit drawing;
(10) The minimum vertical clearance above or below the pavement or the existing or finished grade; and
(11) The location, in relation to the facilities to be constructed, placed or installed, of all known, existing utilities in the rights-of-way.
(d) If the applicant requests that it be permitted to self insure and/or bond as provided in Section 919.20, then it shall also submit with its application a copy of its last audited annual report to shareholders or the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(e) The Director of Engineering Services shall determine which drawings, if any, shall be certified by an engineer registered in the State of Ohio.
(Ord. 00-261. Passed 9-25-00.)