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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)