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<br />(3) require the registrant to post an additional bond or an increased bond amount <br />sufficient to reimburse the City for reasonably anticipated costs to be incurred in <br />removing the facilities. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Abandoned Facilities. Facilities of a registrant who fails to comply with subd. 1, <br />of this Section, and which, for two (2) years, remains unused shall be deemed to be abandoned. <br />Abandoned facilities are deemed to be a nuisance. The City may exercise any remedies or rights <br />it has at law or in equity, including, but not limited to, (i) abating the nuisance (ii) taking <br />possession of the facilities and restoring them to a usable condition, or (iii) requiring removal <br />of the facilities by the registrant, or the registrant's successor in interest. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Removal. Any registrant who has unusable and abandoned facilities in any right-of- <br />way shall remove it from that right-of-way during the next scheduled excavation, unless this <br />requirement is waived by the Director. <br /> <br />Sec. 707.31. Reservation of Regulatory and Police Powers. <br /> <br />A permittee's or registrant's rights are subject to the regulatory and police powers of the City <br />to adopt and enforce general ordinances necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of <br />the public. <br /> <br />Sec. 707.32. Franchise; Franchise Supremacy. <br /> <br />The City may, in addition to the requirements of this Chapter, require any person which has or <br />seeks to have equipment located in any right-of-way to obtain a franchise to the full extent <br />permitted by law, now or hereinafter enacted. The terms of any franchise which are inconsistent <br />with any provision of this Chapter, whether granted prior or subsequent to enactment of this <br />Chapter, shall control and supersede the conflicting terms of this Chapter. All other terms of <br />this Chapter shall be fully applicable to all persons whether franchised or not. <br /> <br />Sec. 707.33. Severability. <br /> <br />If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Chapter is for any reason <br />held invalid or unconstitutional by any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, <br />such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding <br />shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. If a regulatory body or a court <br />of competent jurisdiction should determine by a final, non-appealable order that any permit, right <br />or registration issued under this Chapter or any portions of this Chapter is illegal or <br />unenforceable, then any such permit, right or registration granted or deemed to exist hereunder <br />shall be considered as a revocable permit with a mutual right in either party to terminate without <br />cause upon giving sixty (60) days written notice to the other. The requirements and conditions <br />of such a revocable permit shall be the same requirements and conditions as set forth in the <br />permit, right or registration, respectively, except for conditions relating to the term of the permit <br />and the right of termination. Nothing in this Chapter precludes the City from requiring a <br /> <br />20 <br />