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(A) Any person desiring a permit required by the provisions of this subchapter shall make application therefor to the Director of Transportation and Planning.
(B) The application shall be in writing and shall contain the following:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) Plans and specifications for the work to be done;
(3) All information required under § 121.35 of this chapter; and
(4) Any other information as the Director of Transportation and Planning shall require.
(1998 Code, § 50-172) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
Before any permit shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter, the applicant therefor shall pay to the Director of Transportation the following fees:
(A) Permit application fee: $2,000, and an additional permit fee; and
(B) For each street or drainage ditch crossing: $500.
(C) The City Commission, by ordinance, reserves the right to change the fees set out in this section. The current fees under this section, after approval by the Commission, are posted at the City Hall Annex, 928 5th Avenue North.
(1998 Code, § 50-173) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
(A) Before any permit shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter, the applicant therefor shall first post with the city, at his or her own expense, a public liability insurance certificate covering all of his or her operations in the city limits, in bodily injury limits not less than $1,000,000 for each person and $1,000,000 for each accident, and property damage limits of not less than $1,000,000 for each accident and $1,000,000 umbrella insurance coverage. The city shall be named as an additional insured and a certificate of insurance evidencing the city as an additional insured, the applicable limits of liability, and the term of the policy of insurance shall be delivered to the Director of Transportation and Planning before or at the time of application for a permit. The public liability insurance required under the provisions of this section shall be carried in companies acceptable to the city. The insurance shall be continued in force so long as the applicant remains engaged in pipeline operations within the city.
(B) The application shall also be accompanied by a surety bond in the sum of $75,000, payable to the city, executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company as surety, acceptable to the city, conditioned that the applicant and surety will pay all unrepaired damages, if any, caused by the applicant in the movement of pipeline equipment, pipe, tools, tanks, machinery and supplies over city streets and public ways to and from the site.
(1998 Code, § 50-174) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
Upon the payment of the required fee, the posting of the required bond and the approval of the application for a permit required by the provisions of this subchapter, the Director of Transportation and Planning shall issue the permit. Prior to issuance of the permit, a review and approval by the Planning Board may be required, if the proposed routing of the line is in close proximity to residential structures, platted residential subdivision lots or other structures.
(1998 Code, § 50-175) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
Any permit issued under the provisions of this subchapter may be revoked by the Director of Transportation and Planning in the event of any violation of any applicable provision of this code, state law or city ordinance, rule or regulation by the permittee or his or her agents, employees or assigns.
(1998 Code, § 50-176) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
OPERATION
(A) The owner of every pipeline now located across or along or under the public streets, highways, sidewalks, parks, public squares or public places within the city, and the owner of any pipeline constructed or replaced hereafter, shall prepare and file with the Director of Transportation and Planning three official scaled city street maps, as currently revised by the City Engineer, upon which the owner shall fully delineate the area within the city’s corporate limits traversed by the existing or proposed pipeline, with the route, distance and shutoff valve locations clearly and indelibly drawn thereon, together with the name and mailing address of the owner and the telephone number of at least one officer or person available on a 24-hour basis who can furnish, or obtain immediately, information as to the pressure at the points of input nearest to the city and the common name of the commodity carried by the pipeline of such owner. The Director of Transportation and Planning shall transmit one copy to the Director of Transportation and Planning and one copy to the Fire Department, and shall retain one copy in his or her files. The Director of Transportation and Planning shall issue a receipt for each registration filed. Any change in the 24-hour contact information must be promptly reported to the Fire Department.
(B) This chapter shall not apply to the distribution system of any corporation now or hereafter providing natural gas service to the inhabitants of the city pursuant to Art. XVII of the Charter; provided, however, that, transmission lines as defined in 48 C.F.R. § 192.3 shall be subject to all requirements of this chapter.
(C) This chapter shall not apply to those pipelines or pipeline sections inside of industrial facilities which meet the requirements of § 150.069 of this code of ordinances.
(D) No failure to register a pipeline or to obtain a permit for work performed prior to 1-1-2002, shall be subject to punishment if the affected pipeline is registered in compliance with this chapter and a permit application fee is paid prior to 1-1-2003.
(E) Pipeline owners shall promptly register any new pipeline information with the city. In addition, all pipeline owners shall re-register all pipeline information with the city every two years following initial issuance of a permit. Re-registration information shall be submitted on a form acceptable to the Director of Transportation and Planning.
(1998 Code, § 50-191) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
Every pipeline, new or existing, within the corporate limits of the city shall bear signs in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations or, if unregulated, signs denoting the owner or operator of the pipeline, affixed in the pipeline right-of-way every 500 feet along the route and located at road crossings, on both sides, and on entering or leaving public property. No person, except the owner or his or her duly authorized agent, shall tamper with or remove any such sign.
(1998 Code, § 50-192) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001) Penalty, see § 121.99
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