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City of Rockwood, MI TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 228-2 Conflict.
§ 228-4 Permit required.
§ 228-5 Issuance of permit.
§ 228-6 Construction/engineering permit.
§ 228-7 Conduit or utility poles.
§ 228-8 Route maps.
§ 228-9 Repair of damage.
§ 228-10 Establishment and payment of maintenance fee.
§ 228-11 Modification of existing fees.
§ 228-12 Savings clause.
§ 228-13 Use of funds.
§ 228-14 Annual report.
§ 228-15 Cable television operators.
§ 228-16 Existing rights.
§ 228-17 Compliance.
§ 228-18 Reservation of police powers.
§ 228-19 Severability.
§ 228-20 Authorized City officials.
§ 228-21 Municipal civil infraction.
§ 228-22 Repealer.
Chapter 228: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Rockwood 10-16-2002 by Ord. No. 410. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Wireless communications facilities — See Ch. 263.
Chapter 228 : TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Act (Act No. 48 of the Public Acts of 2002), as amended from time to time. (Note: A copy of the Act can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.cis.state.mi.us/mpsc/comm/rightofway/rightofway.htm.)
The City of Rockwood.
The City Council of the City of Rockwood or its designee. This section does not authorize delegation of any decision or function that is required by law to be made by the City Council.
A nonexclusive permit issued pursuant to the Act and this chapter to a telecommunications provider to use the public rights-of-way in the City for its telecommunications facilities.
The equipment or personal property, such as copper and fiber cables, lines, wires, switches, conduits, pipes, and sheaths, which are used to or can generate, receive, transmit, carry, amplify, or provide telecommunication services or signals. Telecommunication facilities or facilities do not include antennas, supporting structures for antennas, equipment shelters or houses, and any ancillary equipment and miscellaneous hardware used to provide federally licensed commercial mobile service as defined in Section 332(d) of Part I of Title III of the Communications Act of 1934, Chapter 652, 48 Stat. 1064, 47 U.S.C. 332, and further defined as commercial mobile radio service in 47 CFR 20.3, and service provided by any wireless, two-way communication device.
Those terms as defined in Section 102 of the Michigan Telecommunications Act, 1991 PA 179, M.C.L.A. 484.2102. "Telecommunication provider" does not include a person or an affiliate of that person when providing a federally licensed commercial mobile radio service as defined in Section 332(d) of Part I of the Communications Act of 1934, Chapter 652, 48 Stat. 1064, 47 U.S.C. 332, and further defined as commercial mobile radio service in 47 CFR 20.3, or service provided by any wireless, two-way communication device. For the purpose of the Act and this chapter only, a provider also includes all of the following:
Application. Telecommunications providers shall apply for a permit on an application form approved by the MPSC in accordance with Section 6(1) of the Act. A telecommunications provider shall file one copy of the application with the City Clerk, one copy with the City Manager, and one copy with the City Attorney. Upon receipt, the City Clerk shall make 10 copies of the application and distribute a copy to the City Council. Applications shall be complete and include all information required by the Act, including without limitation a route map showing the location of the provider's existing and proposed facilities in accordance with Section 6(5) of the Act. (NOTE: A copy of the application form as approved by the Commission can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.cis.state.mi.us/mpsc/comm/rightofway/rightofway.htm.)
Confidential information. If a telecommunications provider claims that any portion of the route maps submitted by it as part of its application contain trade secret, proprietary, or confidential information, which is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, 1976 PA 442, M.C.L.A. 15.231 to 15.246, pursuant to Section 6(5) of the Act, the telecommunications provider shall prominently so indicate on the face of each map.
Previously issued permits. Pursuant to Section 5(1) of the Act, authorizations or permits previously issued by the City under Section 251 of the Michigan Telecommunications Act, 1991 PA 179, M.C.L.A. 484.2251, and authorizations or permits issued by the City to telecommunications providers prior to the 1995 enactment of Section 251 of the Michigan Telecommunications Act but after 1985 shall satisfy the permit requirements of this chapter.
Existing providers. Pursuant to Section 5(3) of the Act, within 180 days from November 1, 2002, the effective date of the Act, a telecommunications provider with facilities located in a public right-of-way in the City as of such date that has not previously obtained authorization or a permit under Section 251 of the Michigan Telecommunications Act, 1991 PA 179, M.C.L.A. 484.2251, shall submit to the City an application for a permit in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. Pursuant to Section 5(3) of the Act, a telecommunications provider submitting an application under this subsection is not required to pay the application fee of $500 required under Subsection D above. A provider under this subsection shall be given up to an additional 180 days to submit the permit application if allowed by the Authority, as provided in Section 5(4) of the Act.
Approval or denial. The authority to approve or deny an application for a permit is hereby delegated to the City Manager. Pursuant to Section 15(3) of the Act, the City Manager shall approve or deny an application for a permit within 45 days from the date a telecommunications provider files an application for a permit under § 228-4B of this chapter for access to a public right-of-way within the City. Pursuant to Section 6(6) of the Act, the City Manager shall notify the MPSC when the City Manager has granted or denied a permit, including information regarding the date on which the application was filed and the date on which permit was granted or denied. The City Manager shall not unreasonably deny an application for a permit.
Form of permit. If an application for permit is approved, the City Manager shall issue the permit in the form approved by the MPSC, with or without additional or different permit terms, in accordance with Sections 6(1), 6(2) and 15 of the Act. (NOTE: Copies of the permit forms currently approved by the MPSC can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.cis.state.mi.mpsc/comm/rightofway/rightofway.htm.)
Conditions. Pursuant to Section 15(4) of the Act, the City Manager may impose conditions on the issuance of a permit, which conditions shall be limited to the telecommunications provider's access and usage of the public right-of-way.
Bond requirement. Pursuant to Section 15(3) of the Act, and without limitation on Subsection C above, the City Manager may require that a bond be posted by the telecommunications provider as a condition of the permit. If a bond is required, it shall not exceed the reasonable cost to ensure that the public right-of-way is returned to its original condition during and after the telecommunications provider's access and use.
A telecommunications provider shall not commence construction upon, over, across, or under the public rights-of-way in the City without first obtaining a construction or engineering permit as required under Chapter 45 of this Code, as amended, for construction within the public rights-of-way. No fee shall be charged for such a construction or engineering permit.
Pursuant to Section 6(7) of the Act, a telecommunications provider shall, within 90 days after the substantial completion of construction of new telecommunications facilities in the City, submit route maps showing the location of the telecommunications facilities to both the MPSC and to the City. The route maps should be in [paper or electronic] format unless and until the Commission determines otherwise, in accordance with Section 6(8) of the Act.
In addition to the nonrefundable application fee paid to the City set forth in § 228-4D above, a telecommunications provider with telecommunications facilities in the City's public rights-of-way shall pay an annual maintenance fee to the Authority pursuant to Section 8 of the Act.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 13(1) of the Act, the City hereby modifies, to the extent necessary, any fees charged to telecommunications providers after November 1, 2002, the effective date of the Act, relating to access and usage of the public rights-of-way, to an amount not exceeding the amounts of fees and charges required under the Act, which shall be paid to the Authority. In compliance with the requirements of Section 13(4) of the Act, the City also hereby approves modification of the fees of providers with telecommunication facilities in public rights-of-way within the City's boundaries, so that those providers pay only those fees required under Section 8 of the Act. The City shall provide each telecommunications provider affected by the fee with a copy of this chapter, in compliance with the requirement of Section 13(4) of the Act. To the extent any fees are charged telecommunications providers in excess of the amounts permitted under the Act, or which are otherwise inconsistent with the Act, such imposition is hereby declared to be contrary to the City's policy and intent, and upon application by a provider or discovery by the City shall be promptly refunded as having been charged in error.
Pursuant to Section 13(5) of the Act, if Section 8 of the Act is found to be invalid or unconstitutional, the modification of fees under § 228-11 above shall be void from the date the modification was made.
Pursuant Section 9(4) of the Act, all amounts received by the City from the Authority shall be used by the City solely for rights-of-way-related purposes. In conformance with that requirement, all funds received by the City from the Authority shall be deposited into the Major Street Fund and/or the Local Street Fund maintained by the City under Act No. 51 of the Public Acts of 1951.
Pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act, except as expressly provided herein with respect to fees, this chapter shall not affect any existing rights that a telecommunications provider or the City may have under a permit issued by the City or under a contract between the City and a telecommunications provider related to the use of the public rights-of-way.
Exempting certain route maps from the Freedom of Information Act, 1976 PA 442, M.C.L.A. 15.231, 215.246, as provided in § 228-4C of this chapter;
Allowing certain previously issued permits to satisfy the permit requirements hereof, in accordance with § 228-4F of this chapter;
Allowing existing providers additional time in which to submit an application for a permit, and excusing such providers from the five-hundred-dollar application fee, in accordance with § 228-4G of this chapter;
Approving or denying an application for a permit within 45 days from the date a telecommunications provider files an application for a permit for access to and usage of a public right-of-way within the City, in accordance with § 228-5A of this chapter;
Notifying the MPSC when the City has granted or denied a permit, in accordance with § 228-5A of this chapter;
Not unreasonably denying an application for a permit, in accordance with § 228-5A of this chapter;
Issuing a permit in the form approved by the MPSC, with or without additional or different permit terms, as provided in § 228-5B of this chapter;
Limiting the conditions imposed on the issuance of a permit to the telecommunications provider's access and usage of the public right-of-way, in accordance with § 228-5C of this chapter;
Not requiring a bond of a telecommunications provider which exceeds the reasonable cost to ensure that the public right-of-way is returned to its original condition during and after the telecommunication provider's access and use, in accordance with § 228-5D of this chapter;
Not charging any telecommunications providers any additional fees for construction or engineering permits, in accordance with § 228-6 of this chapter;
Providing each telecommunications provider affected by the City's right-of-way fees with a copy of this chapter, in accordance with § 228-11 of this chapter;
Submitting an annual report to the Authority, in accordance with § 228-14 of this chapter; and
Not holding a cable television operator in default for a failure to pay certain franchise fees, in accordance with § 228-15 of this chapter.
Pursuant to Section 15(2) of the Act, this chapter shall not limit the City's right to review and approve a telecommunication provider's access to and ongoing use of a public right-of-way or limit the City's authority to ensure and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
The City Manager or his or her designee is hereby designated as the authorized City official to issue municipal civil infraction citations directing alleged violators to appear in court for violations under this chapter as provided by the City Code.
A person who violates any provision of this chapter or the terms or conditions of a permit is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, and shall be subject to the civil infraction fines and penalties set forth in § 1-9 of Chapter 1 of the Codified Ordinances. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the remedies available to the City in the event of a violation by a person of this chapter or a permit.