(A) Operations.
(1) Each registrant that provides utility service shall, at the time of registration and by December 31 of each year, file a construction and major maintenance plan for underground facilities with the Director. Such plan shall be submitted using a format designated by the Director and shall contain the information determined by the Director to be necessary to facilitate the coordination and reduction in the frequency of excavations and obstructions of rights-of-way. The county shall maintain in the file a copy of the county’s construction plan for construction projects. The utility facility plans shall be kept up-to-date by the registrant. The plans shall be on file and available for public inspection.
(2) The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(a) The locations and the estimated beginning and ending dates of all projects to be commenced during the next calendar year (in this section, a “next-year project”);
(b) How the registrant will accommodate the county plan; and
(c) To the extent known, the tentative locations and estimated beginning and ending dates for all projects contemplated for the five years following the next calendar year (in this section, a “five-year project”).
(3) It is the registrant’s responsibility to keep informed on available plans.
(4) The term “project” in this section shall include both next-year projects and five-year projects, but does not include individual service line hookups and minor maintenance unless they are part of an area wide program.
(B) Additional next-year projects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Director will not deny an application for a right-of-way permit for failure to include a project in a plan submitted to the county if the registrant has used commercially reasonable efforts to anticipate and plan for the project.
(Ord. 06-01, passed 4-4-2006)