(A) Information required.
(1) Each registrant and permittee shall provide mapping information required by the county in accordance with Minn. Rules parts 7819.4000 and 7819.4100.
(2) Therefore, in managing the use of its public rights-of-way, the county may establish, develop, and implement a right-of-way mapping system as follows. The purpose of a mapping system is to:
(a) Allow flexibility in its use by the county as an effective management tool;
(b) Enhance public safety and user facility safety;
(c) Provide for long-term cost savings;
(d) Improve public right-of-way design quality; and
(e) Allow for better information collection and cooperative usage among local government units, telecommunications companies and other users of the public right-of-way.
(B) Application required. When the county requires a permit for an excavation or an obstruction of its public right-of-way, a person wishing to undertake a project within the public right-of-way shall submit a right-of-way permit application, which may require the filing of mapping information pursuant to division (C) below.
(C) Information. The county may require as part of its permit application the filing of all the following information:
(1) Location and approximate depth of applicant’s mains, cables, conduits, switches and related equipment and facilities, with the location based on:
(a) Offsets from property lines, distances from the centerline of the public right-of-way and curb lines as determined by the local government unit;
(b) Coordinates derived from the coordinate system being used by the local government unit; or
(c) Any other system agreed upon by the right-of-way user and local government unit.
(2) The type and size of the utility facility;
(3) A description showing above ground appurtenances;
(4) A legend explaining symbols, characters, abbreviations, scale and other data shown on the map; and
(5) Any facilities to be abandoned, if applicable, in conformance with M.S. § 216D.04, subd. 3, as it may be amended from time to time.
(D) Changes and corrections. The application must provide that the applicant agrees to submit “as built” drawings, reflecting any changes and variations from the information provided under divisions (C)(1) through (C)(5) above.
(E) Additional construction information. In addition, the right-of-way user shall submit to the county at the time the project is completed a completion certificate according to Minn. Rules part 7819.1300.
(F) Manner of conveying permit data. A right-of-way user is not required to provide or convey mapping information or data in a format or manner that is different from what is currently utilized and maintained by that user. A permit application fee may include the cost to convert the data furnished by the right-of-way user to a format currently in use by the county. These data conversion costs, unlike other costs that make up permit fees, may be included in the permit fee after the permit application process.
(G) Data on existing facilities. At the request of the county, a right-of-way user shall provide existing data on its existing facilities within the public right-of-way in the form maintained by the user at the time the request was made, if available.
(Ord. 06-01, passed 4-4-2006)