(A) Pursuant to the authority granted to the county under state and federal statutory, administrative and common law, the county hereby elects pursuant M.S. § 237.163, subd. 2(b), as it may be amended from time to time, to manage right-of-way under its jurisdiction.
(B) MANAGE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY means the authority of the county to do any or all of the following:
(1) Require registration;
(2) Require construction performance bonds and insurance coverage;
(3) Establish installation and construction standards;
(4) Establish and define location and relocation requirements for equipment and facilities;
(5) Establish coordination and timing requirements;
(6) Require right-of-way users to submit henceforth required by the county project data reasonably necessary to allow the county to develop a right-of-way mapping system including GIS system information;
(7) Require right-of-way users to submit, upon request of the county, existing data on the location of user’s facilities occupying the public right-of-way within the county. The data may be submitted in the form maintained by the user in a reasonable time after receipt of the request based on the amount of data requested;
(8) Establish right-of-way permitting requirements for excavation and obstruction;
(9) Establish removal requirements for abandoned equipment or facilities, if required in conjunction with other right-of-way repair, excavation or construction; and/or
(10) Impose reasonable penalties for unreasonable delays in construction.
(Ord. 06-01, passed 4-4-2006)