A right of way permit shall be granted to an applicant upon a determination that the issuance of the permit is consistent with the following:
(a) it will contribute to the public health, safety, welfare or economic development of the City;
(b) it will promote the availability of a wide range of utility, communication and other services, including the rapid deployment of new technologies and innovative services to the City's residents and taxpayers at reasonable costs;
(c) it will promote cooperation among permit holders and the City in the occupation of the right of way in order to minimize public inconveniences during right of way work and reduce wasteful, unnecessary or unsightly duplication of facilities;
(d) it will promote public safety and protect public property;
(e) it will ensure the full reimbursement of costs for private use of the right of way;
(f) it will promote and require reasonable accommodation of all uses of the right of way;
(g) it will ensure that the applicant has the financial, technical and managerial capability to comply with this chapter (which capability is presumed for a public utility subject to the jurisdiction and recognized on the rolls of the public utilities commission) and the provisions of the right of way permit issued to the applicant;
(h) the capacity of the right of way is sufficient to accommodate the applicant's proposed facilities;
(i) the proposed location of the applicant's facilities minimizes the cost and disruption to the right of way considering the availability of alternate routes and/or locations for the proposed facilities and the economic cost to the applicant.
(Ord. 375-02. Passed 10-8-02.)