A. Upon the expiration date of the permit, including any extensions, earlier termination or revocation of the WTFP or abandonment of the facility, the permittee, owner or operator shall remove its wireless telecommunications facility and restore the site to the condition it was in prior to the granting of the WTFP, except for retaining the landscaping improvements and any other improvements at the discretion of the city. Removal shall be in accordance with proper health and safety requirements and ail ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city. Expired, terminated or revoked wireless telecommunications facility equipment shall be removed from the site at no cost or expense to the city.
B. Failure of the permittee, owner or operator to promptly remove its facility and restore the property within ninety days after expiration, earlier termination or revocation of the WTFP, or abandonment of the facility, shall be a violation ofthis code. Upon a showing of good cause, an extension may be granted by the public works director where circumstances are beyond the control of the permittee after expiration. Further failure to abide by the timeline provided in this Section shall be grounds for:
1. Prosecution;
2. Acting on any security instrument required by this chapter or conditions of approval of permit;
3. Removal of the facilities by the city in accordance with the procedures established under this code for abatement of a public nuisance at the owner’s expense; and/or
4. Any other remedies permitted under this code or by law.
C. Summary removal. In the event any city director or city engineer determines that the condition or placement of a wireless telecommunications facility located in the PROW constitutes a dangerous condition, obstruction of the PROW, or an imminent threat to public safety, or determines other exigent circumstances require immediate corrective action (collectively, “exigent circumstances”), such director or city engineer may cause the facility to be removed summarily and immediately, without advance notice or a hearing. Written notice of the removal shall include the basis for the removal and shall be served upon the permittee and person who owns the facility, within five business days of removal and all property removed shall be preserved for the owner’s pick-up as feasible. If the owner cannot be identified following reasonable effort or if the owner fails to pick-up the property within sixty days, the facility shall be treated as abandoned property.
D. Removal of facilities by city. In the event the city removes a wireless telecommunications facility in accordance with nuisance abatement procedures or summary removal, any such removal shall be without any liabilitv to the city for any damage to such facility that may result from reasonable efforts of removal. In addition to the procedures for recovering costs of nuisance abatement, the city may collect such costs from the performance bond posted and to the extent such costs exceed the amount of the performance bond, collect those excess costs in accordance with this code. Unless otherwise provided herein, the city has no obligation to store such facility. Neither the permittee, owner nor operator shall have any claim if the city destroys any such facility not timely removed by the permittee, owner or operator after notice, or removal by the city due to exigent circumstances. (Ord. 2019-04-1504 § 6)