<br />Effective: 8/9/95
<br />City of Centerville Ord. #60
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<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />COUNTYOFANOKA
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<br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE
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<br />ORDINANCE #60
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<br />AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, OPERATION,
<br />REP A1R, MAINTENANCE, REMOVAL, AND RELOCATION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIP:MENT
<br />USED FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR RELATED SERVICES IN
<br />THE PUBLIC GROUND OF THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE.
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<br />The City Council of the City of Centerville, Minnesota, does ordain:
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<br />SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
<br />. Company: A natural or corporate person, business association or other business entity
<br />including partnerships and sole proprietorships, political subdivision, public or private
<br />agency of any kind, its successors and assigns, who or which seeks to, or is required to
<br />construct, install, operate, repair, maintain, remove or relocate Facilities in the City.
<br />. Director: The Director ofPubllc Works (or equivalent position at the City).
<br />. Facilities: Communications lines or equipment of any kind, including, but not limited to,
<br />lines or equipment for the transmission of audio, video, or data, or other similar
<br />communications service including all trunks, lines cables, wires, optical fivers or other
<br />fiber optic cables, laser equipment, circuits, physical connections, switching equi8pment,
<br />wireless communication equipment of all kinds, towers, and any necessary appurtenances
<br />owned, leased or operated by a Company on, over, in under, across or along any Public
<br />Ground.
<br />. Public Ground: The surface of; and the space above and below highways, roads, streets,
<br />alleys, sidewalks, skyways, utilities easements and public easements in the City.
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<br />SECTION 2. PERMIT PROCEDURE.
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<br />Subdivision 1. Permit Required: A Company may not construct, install, repair, remove or
<br />relocate Facilities, or any part thereof; or otherwise open or disrupt any Public Ground without
<br />first obtaining a permit from the City. The City shaIl require a separate permit of a Company for
<br />each location where construction, installation, or disturbance of the Public Ground is to occur, or
<br />for each convenient SJlbdivision of construction, installation or other related work for which the
<br />City determines in its sole discretion a permit is required. Each permit shall state specifically the
<br />locations of any Facilities, and the nature of the work necessitating the permit, and shall contain
<br />reasonable regulations and conditions to protect the health, safety and welfare of the populace of
<br />the City.
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<br />Subdivision 2. Application. Application for a permit is made to the Director. A Company shall
<br />apply for a permit or renewal of a permit a minimum of two (2) weeks before starting work and
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