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State rights-of-way and other dedicated rights of way for travel purposes,utility easements_
<br /> alongside and rear lot lines paralleling and adjacent to public roadway, except those along front
<br /> lot lines-and any other real property owned by or under the control of the City.
<br /> RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT: Either the excavation permit or the obstruction permit, or both,
<br /> depending on the context,required by this Chapter.
<br /> SERVICE OR UTILITY SERVICE: Includes,but is not limited to: a)those services provided
<br /> by a public utility as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 216B.02, subdivisions 4 and 6;b)
<br /> telecommunications,pipeline, community antenna television, fire and alarm communications,
<br /> water, electricity, light,heat, cooling energy, or power services; c) the services provided by a
<br /> corporation organized for the purposes set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 300.03; d)the
<br /> services provided by a district heating or cooling system; and e) cable communications systems
<br /> as defined in Minnesota Statutes chapter 238; and f) a telecommunications right-of-way user as
<br /> defined below; and g)water and sewer, including service laterals, steam, cooling or heating
<br /> services. (Ord. 1333, 3-13-2006)
<br /> SERVICE LATERAL: means an underground facility that is used to transmit, distribute, or
<br /> furnish gas, electricity, communications, or water from a common source to an end-use
<br /> customer. A service lateral is also an underground facility that is used in the removal of
<br /> wastewater from a customer's premises. (Ord. 1333, 3-13-2006)
<br /> SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY: a wireless facility owned and operated by an approved
<br /> telecommunications right-of-way user that meets both of the following qualifications:
<br /> (i) each antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume or
<br /> could fit within such an enclosure; and
<br /> (ii) all other wireless equipment associated with the small wireless facility provided such
<br /> equipment is, in aggregate, in an enclosure no more than 28 cubic feet in volume or
<br /> enclosures totaling 28 cubic feet in volume,_not including electric meters, concealment
<br /> elements, telecommunications demarcation boxes,battery backup power systems,
<br /> grounding equipment,power transfer switches, cutoff switches, cable, conduit, vertical
<br /> cable runs for the connection of power and other services, and any equipment concealed
<br /> from public view within or behind an existing structure or concealment.
<br /> SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION:An application made to excavate or obstruct more of the
<br /> right of way than allowed in, or to extend, a permit that had already been issued.
<br /> TELECOMMUNICATIONS RIGHTS-OF-WAY USER: Anentit which
<br /> directly provides and offers wireless service to the general public, owning or controlling a
<br /> facility in the right of way, or seeking to own or control a facility in the public right of way
<br /> that is used or is intended to be used for providing wireless service, or transporting
<br /> telecommunication or other voice or data information. For purposes of this Chapter, a cable
<br /> communication system defined and regulated under Minnesota Statutes chapter 238, and
<br /> telecommunication activities related to providing natural gas or electric energy services are
<br /> not included in this definition, except to the extent such entity is offering wireless service
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<br /> be inconsistent with Minn. Stats. 237.162, subd. 4.
<br /> UNUSABLE FACILITIES: Facilities in the right of way which have remained unused for one
<br /> year and for which the registrant is unable to provide proof that it has either a plan to begin
<br /> using it within the next twelve months or a potential purchaser or user of the equipment. (Ord.
<br /> 1209, 8-24-1998)
<br /> UTILITY POLE: a pole that is used in whole or in part to facilitate telecommunications or
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