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(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
No person shall turn off or on or otherwise operate or tamper with any pipeline shutoff valve within the city’s corporate limits, unless such person is an employee of the owner or operator of the pipeline or a duly authorized agent of such owner or operator.
(1998 Code, § 50-193) Penalty, see § 121.99
No person, other than the owner of the pipeline or his or her duly authorized agent, shall excavate over or change the grade of or operate on or construct anything on or across the right-of-way in any pipeline without first notifying the Building Official and the owner of the pipeline and giving them reasonable opportunity to have an observer present during such activity; except that, in a bona fide emergency, repairs and alterations may be started and notification will be made as soon as practical.
(1998 Code, § 50-194) (Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013) Penalty, see § 121.99
Upon the construction, reconstruction, extension or alteration of any pipeline within the city right-of-way or on city property under a permit required by the provisions of this chapter, the permittee shall pay to the city an annual fee or annual easement charge. Effective 1-1-2014, fees will be de and payable on or before January first of each calendar year and annual fee rates will be as follows:
(A) Use of public right-of-way or city property:
(1) First year, per rod: $25; and
(2) Annual renewal, per rod: $40 per pipelines less than 24 inches in nominal diameter; $80 for pipelines equal to or greater than 24 inches in nominal diameter.
(B) A pipeline owner may pay up to ten years rental fees in advance in one lump sum payment.
(C) Payment of annual right-of-way fees or easement fees is cumulative of, and in addition to, any initial permit fees.
(D) Annual right-of-way fees shall not be assessed for simple perpendicular or angular street or ditch crossings.
(E) Payments received after January thirtieth of each year shall be subject to a late charge at the maximum allowable rate at law.
(F) 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, § 50-195) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)
Any violation of any section, division or part of this chapter shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and each violation during all or any portion of any day shall be a separate offense and subject to punishment as described in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(1998 Code, § 50-152) (Ord. 01-55, passed 12-5-2001; Ord. 13-23, passed 8-7-2013)