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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 515', '§ 515', '§ 515', '§ 515', '§1', '§1', '§19']

Platte City, MO Managing Use and Occupancy of Public Rights-of-Way
§ 515.025
Franchise or Right-of-Way Agreement Required.
§ 515.027
§ 515.035
Facilities Work.
§ 515.045
Performance Guarantee and Remedies.
Relocation of Facilities On Existing Right-of-Way.
Chapter 515 : Managing Use and Occupancy of Public Rights-of-Way
Section 515.025
Section 515.027
Section 515.035
Section 515.045
[Ord. No. 1310 §§1, 3, 7-9-2003]
Except as provided herein, this Chapter shall apply to all excavation
and use, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities, in,
across, under or over all public rights-of-way within the City.
Definitions And Word Usage. For the purposes
of this Chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and abbreviations
shall have the meanings given herein, unless otherwise expressly stated.
tense include the future tense and vice versa, words in the plural
number include the singular number, and vice versa, and the masculine
gender includes the feminine gender and vice versa. The words "shall"
and "will" are mandatory, and "may" is permissive. Unless otherwise
expressly stated or clearly contrary to the context, terms, phrases,
words, and abbreviations not defined herein shall be given the meaning
set forth in the City Code, and if not defined therein, their common
and ordinary meaning
The specific person applying for and receiving a permit for
That form designed by the City of Platte City which an applicant
must use to obtain a permit to conduct facilities work within, across,
under, or over the City's rights-of-way.
The governing body of the City of Platte City, Missouri.
The City of Platte City, Missouri and its agencies, departments,
agents, and employees acting within their respective areas of authority.
Any act by which earth, asphalt, concrete, sand, gravel,
rock or any other material in or on the ground is cut into, dug, uncovered,
removed, or otherwise displaced by means of any tools, equipment or
explosives, except that, any de minimis displacement or movement of
ground caused by pedestrian or vehicular traffic which does not materially
disturb or displace surface conditions of the earth, asphalt, concrete,
sand, gravel, rock or any other material in or on the ground shall
not be deemed excavation, or such other activities excluded by applicable
law from these regulations.
Any conduit, duct, line, pipe, wire, hose, cable, culvert,
pole, receiver, transmitter, satellite dish, micro call, Pico cell,
repeater, amplifier, or other device, material, apparatus, or medium,
usable (whether actually used for such purpose or not) for the transmission
or distribution of any service or commodity installed below or above
ground within the public rights-of-way of the City, whether used privately
or made available to the public. Facilities shall not include minor
residential or other incidental uses such as mailboxes, driveway aprons,
private utility connections or other such non-service related incidental
facilities which may be permitted by special permit issued by the
The installation of new facilities, or any change, replacement,
relocation, removal, alteration or repair of existing facilities,
that requires excavation within the public rights-of-way, except for:
1. The occasional replacement of utility poles and related equipment
at an existing location or immediately adjacent to an existing location,
2. Individual service connections, or
3. As otherwise may be exempted herein.
Individual water and sewer taps permitted as part of a building
permit, and individual service connections from a supply line, wire,
or cable, for natural gas, electric, cable television, telecommunications,
or other services to a residence or business.
MINOR FACILITIES WORK
Work that will not disrupt any pavement, drainage systems
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, Monday through
A permit granted by the City Engineer to do the facilities
work within the public rights-of-way.
An individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
association, joint stock company, trust, organization, or other entity,
or any lawful successor thereto or transferee thereof.
A written plan of work prepared and presented by an applicant
that encompasses an outlined scope of work to be conducted within
the City's right-of-way.
The area on, below or above a public roadway, highway, street
or alleyway in which the City has an ownership interest, but not including:
1. The airwaves above a public right-of-way with regard to cellular
or other non-wire telecommunications or broadcast service;
2. Easements obtained by utilities including the municipal utility
or private easements in platted subdivisions or tracts;
3. Railroad rights-of-way and ground utilized or acquired for railroad
4. Poles, pipes, cables, conduits, wires, optical cables, or other
means of transmission, collection or exchange of communications, information,
substances, data, or electronic or electrical current or impulses
utilized by a municipally owned or operated utility pursuant to Chapter
91, RSMo., or pursuant to a charter form of government.
No reference herein, or in any permit, to "Public Rights-of-Way"
shall be deemed to be a representation or guarantee by the City that
its interest or other right to control the use of such property is
sufficient to permit its use for such purposes.
ROW-USER
The term "Rights-Of-Way User" or "ROW-User"
shall mean such persons and entities maintaining or installing facilities
in the public rights-of-way of the City that provide a service for
or without a fee including, but not limited to, every cable television
service provider, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical
corporation, rural electric cooperative, telecommunications company,
water corporation, heating or refrigerating corporation or sewer corporation
under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission; every municipally
owned or operated utility pursuant to Chapter 91, RSMo., or pursuant
to a charter form of government or cooperatively owned or operated
utility pursuant to Chapter 394, RSMo.; every street light maintenance
district; every privately owned utility; and every other entity, regardless
of its form of organization or governance, whether for profit or not,
which in providing a public utility type of service for members of
the general public, utilizes pipes, cables, conduits, wires, optical
cables, poles, or other means of transmission, collection or exchange
of communications, information, substances, data, or electronic or
electrical current or impulses, in the collection, exchange or dissemination
of its product or services through the public rights-of-way, and all
other persons or entities installing or maintaining facilities in
the public rights-of-way of the City not otherwise expressly exempted.
A. Agreement Or Franchise Required. Except when otherwise authorized
by applicable law, no ROW-User may construct, maintain, own, control,
or use Facilities in the Rights-of-Way without a franchise or ROW
agreement with the City as provided herein. All such franchises and
agreements shall be approved by ordinance of the Board on a non-discriminatory
basis provided that the applicant is in compliance with all applicable
requirements. Such franchises and agreements shall be deemed to incorporate
the terms of this Chapter and other applicable laws of the City, except
as may be expressly stated in such agreements and franchises. Reseller
Service ROW-Users shall not be required to obtain a franchise or agreement
but shall be required to register with the City prior to providing
service on forms provided by the City.
1. Franchise. A franchise shall be obtained in conformance
with all applicable franchise procedures for any ROW-User seeking
to use the Rights-of-Way for purposes of providing cable television
service, or distribution of electricity, gas, water, steam, lighting,
or sewer public utility service in the City. Such franchise may be
granted only after a public hearing and on satisfaction of all other
applicable procedural or substantive requirements. ROW-Users shall
also be subject to the City's Cable Television Services Ordinance
or other ordinances of the City applicable to specific uses of the
ROW, to the extent permitted under applicable law.
2. ROW agreement. A ROW agreement shall be required for all ROW-Users not set forth in Subsection (1), except as otherwise required herein or by law. Such agreements shall conform to all applicable law, but shall not be subject to procedures applicable to franchises and the City may, if appropriate, approve form agreements that may be executed by the City Administrator after approval by the Board.
3. Incidental uses. Incidental uses of the public Rights-of-Way
may be permitted without a franchise or ROW agreement pursuant to
a right-of-way excavation permit issued by the Public Works Director.
The Public Works Director may establish such application, requirements
and conditions applicable to such uses consistent with the purposes
of this Chapter or as otherwise established by law.
B. Franchises And Agreements Non-Exclusive. The authority granted
by the City in any agreement or franchise shall be for nonexclusive
use of the Rights-of-Way. The City specifically reserves the right
to grant, at any time, such additional agreements or other rights
to use the Rights-of-Way for any purpose and to any other person,
including itself, as it deems appropriate, subject to all applicable
law. The granting of an agreement or franchise shall not be deemed
to create any property interest of any kind in favor of the ROW-User.
C. Lease Required For Public Lands. Unless otherwise provided,
use or installation of any Facilities in, on or over public lands
of the City not constituting Rights-of-Way shall be permitted only
if a lease agreement or other separate written approval has been negotiated
and approved by the City with such reasonable terms and conditions
as the City may require.
D. Application For Franchise Or Agreement Required.
1. Application. An application for franchise or ROW agreement
shall be presented to the City Administrator in writing and shall
include all such information as is required by this Section. The ROW-User
shall be responsible for accurately maintaining the information in
the application during the term of any franchise or agreement and
shall be responsible for all costs incurred by the City due to the
failure to provide or maintain as accurate any application information
2. Application fee. An application fee for review, documentation
and approval of such agreement or franchise shall be established by
the City Administrator to recover any actual costs anticipated and
incurred by the City in reviewing, documenting, or negotiating such
agreement or franchise, including reasonable legal fees, provided
that no costs, if any, of litigation or interpretation of Sections
67.1830 or 67.1832, RSMo., shall be included if such inclusion is
prohibited by law as to that applicant. If the actual costs are thereafter
determined to be less than the application fee, such amount shall
be returned to the applicant after written request therefrom; if the
actual costs exceed the application fee, applicant shall, after written
notice from the City, pay such additional amount prior to issuance
by the City of any final approval. Nothing herein shall be construed
to prohibit the City from also charging reasonable compensation for
use of the public Rights-of-Way where such a fee is not contrary to
3. Application form. A ROW-User shall submit a completed application
for franchise or ROW agreement on such form provided by the City,
which shall include information necessary or appropriate to determine
4. Approval process. After submission by the ROW-User of a
duly executed and completed application and application fee, and executed
franchise or ROW agreement as may be provided by the City Administrator,
or as modified by the City Administrator in review of the specific
circumstances of the application, all in conformity with the requirements
of this Chapter and all applicable law, the City Administrator shall
submit such franchise or agreement to the Board of Aldermen for approval.
Upon determining compliance with this Chapter, the Board of Aldermen
shall authorize execution of the franchise or agreement (or a modified
agreement otherwise acceptable to the City consistent with the purposes
of this Chapter), and such executed franchise or agreement shall constitute
consent to use the public Rights-of-Way; provided that nothing herein
shall preclude the rejection or modification of any executed franchise
or agreement submitted to the City to the extent such applicable law
does not prohibit such rejection or modification, including where
necessary to reasonably and in a uniform or nondiscriminatory manner
reflect the distinct engineering, construction, operation, maintenance,
public work or safety requirements applicable to the applicant.
Except as provided in this Chapter or as otherwise required
by law, no franchise, agreement or permit may be transferred without
the written application to and consent of the City based on the requirements
and policies of this ROW Chapter. The City shall not unreasonably
withhold its consent to transfer as provided herein.
[Ord. No. 1310 §§1, 3, 7-9-2003; Ord. No. 1683 §19, 3-9-2011]
as otherwise provided herein, no ROW user or other person shall perform
excavation or facilities work in the right-of-way without a right-of-way
permit. Any person desiring to conduct facilities work within public
rights-of-way shall first apply for and obtain a permit, in addition
to any other building, permit, license, easement, or authorization
required by law, unless such facilities work must be performed on
an emergency basis, then the person conducting the work shall as soon
as practicable notify the City of the location of the work and shall
apply for the required permit by the next business day following the
commencement of the facilities work. A permit should be obtained for
each project. A separate special permit or agreement shall be required
for excavation in or use of any real property interest of the City
that is not right-of-way.
B. All applications
for permits shall be submitted to the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer.
The Building/Codes Enforcement Officer shall design and make available
standard forms for such application, requiring such information as
the City Engineer determines to be necessary, to be consistent with
the provisions of this Chapter and applicable law, and to accomplish
the purposes of this Chapter. Except as may otherwise be provided
by law, the application shall contain the following information:
name, address, and telephone number of the applicant.
legal status of the applicant to do the proposed business in this
jurisdiction (corporate status, PSC certifications, etc.).
name, address, and telephone number of a responsible person whom the
City may notify or contact at any time concerning the applicant's
facilities work in or on the City public rights-of-way.
name, address, and telephone number of the owner of the facilities
if different than the applicant.
5. An engineering
site plan showing the proposed location of the applicant's facilities
including manholes or overhead poles; the length, size, type, and
proposed depth of any conduit or any other enclosures; and the relationship
of the facilities to all existing streets; length of rights-of-way;
the number of road crossings and the dimensions and character of any
cut or excavation, and the number of square feet to be resurfaced.
application should include the projected commencement and termination
dates or, if such dates are unknown at the time the permit is issued,
a provision requiring the permit holder to provide the Building/Codes
Enforcement Officer with reasonable advance notice of such dates once
of insurance providing proof of liability coverage for personal injury
and property damage as required herein.
sufficient to determine whether the ROW user is subject to other laws
relating to franchising, service regulation, payment of compensation
for the use of the right-of-way, taxation, or other requirements as
additional information that the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer
may require which may include such conditions and requirements as
are reasonably necessary to protect structures and facilities in the
public rights-of-way from damage and for the proper restoration of
such public rights-of-way, structures and facilities, and for the
protection of the public and the continuity of pedestrian and vehicular
the applicant claims an exemption from any requirement in this Chapter,
applicant shall include a detailed explanation provision subject to
exemption and the facts, legal basis, and documentation supporting
C. Building permits issued by the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer shall include authorization to make and repair individual service connections in the public rights-of-way without the need for a separate right-of-way permit. All repairs to the right-of-way made as a result of individual service connections shall be in accordance with Section 515.040(B) of this Chapter and applicable construction standards adopted by the City.
D. Each such application shall be accompanied by payment of fees as designated in this Chapter. The Building/Codes Enforcement Officer shall review each application for a permit and, upon determining that the applicant has all requisite authority to perform the desired facilities work, and that the applicant has submitted all necessary information and has paid the appropriate fee, shall issue the permit, except as provided in Subsection (H) hereof.
the intention of the City that disruption of the public rights-of-way
should be minimized. Upon receipt of an application for a permit,
the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer shall do the following:
1. Evaluate the degree of excavation necessary to perform the facilities work in the right-of-way and determine whether the proposed excavation will be more than minor in nature. The City Engineer shall grant a permit within ten (10) business days for facilities work deemed minor in nature. If the applicant can show to the City Engineer's reasonable satisfaction that the facilities work involves time sensitive maintenance, then the City Engineer shall grant the permit within two (2) business days. In either instance, if the permit is not issued in ten (10) business days, the aggrieved party may appeal to the City Administrator as provided in Subsection (J), unless the applicant is submitting one (1) project application for multiple excavations, constructions or installations; and
2. For circumstances where the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer determines that the proposed facilities work will not be minor in nature and no exemption under Subsection (E)(1) or any other provisions of this Subsection applies, the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer may, consistent with the time requirements set forth in Subsection (E) and in the permit, direct permit holders performing facilities work in the same area to consult with the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer on how they may schedule and coordinate their work to accomplish the goal of this Section. If the permit is not issued within ten (10) business days, the aggrieved party may appeal to the City Administrator as provided in Subsection (J) of this Section, unless the applicant is submitting one (1) project application for multiple excavations, constructions or installations.
F. An applicant
receiving a permit shall promptly notify the Building/Codes Enforcement
Officer of any changes in the information submitted in his/her application.
G. The Building/Codes
Enforcement Officer shall maintain an index of all applicants who
have been granted permits and their point(s) of contact.
H. Any permit
granted pursuant to this Chapter shall be deemed to include and be
subject to the provisions of this Chapter as fully as if copied therein
I. Permit Denial. The Building/Codes Enforcement Officer may
deny an application for a right-of-way permit if:
ROW user, or any persons acting on behalf of the ROW user, fails to
provide all the necessary information requested by the City for managing
ROW user, or any persons acting on behalf of the ROW user, including
contractors or subcontractors, has a history of non-compliance or
permitting non-compliance within the City. For purposes of this Section,
"history of non-compliance, or permitting non-compliance, within the
City" shall include the ROW user, or any persons acting on behalf
of the ROW user, including contractors or subcontractors, has failed
to return the public right-of-way to its previous condition under
a previous right-of-way.
City has provided the ROW user with a reasonable, competitively neutral,
and non-discriminatory justification for requiring an alternative
method for performing the excavation or work identified in the right-of-way
permit application or a reasonable alternative route that will not
result in additional installation expense of more than ten percent
(10%) to the ROW user or a declination of service quality.
Building/Codes Enforcement Officer determines that the denial is necessary
to protect the public health and safety, provided that the authority
of the City does not extend to those items under the jurisdiction
of the PSC, such denial shall not interfere with a ROW user's right
of eminent domain of private property, if any, and such denials shall
only be imposed on a competitively neutral and non-discriminatory
basis. In determining whether denial of a right-of-way permit application
is necessary to protect the public health and safety, the Building/Codes
Enforcement Officer may consider one (1) or more of the following
extent to which the right-of-way space where the right-of-way permit
is sought is available, including the consideration of competing demands
for the particular space in the right-of-way, or other general conditions
applicability of any ordinance, Code provision, or other regulations
that affect the location of facilities in the right-of-way.
degree and nature of disruption to surrounding communities and businesses
that will result from the use of that part of the right-of-way, including
whether the issuance of a right-of-way permit for the particular dates
and/or times requested would cause a conflict or interfere with an
exhibition, celebration, festival, or any other event.
area is environmentally sensitive as defined by State Statute or Federal
law or is a historic district defined by local ordinance.
failure to comply with applicable City ordinances or any other reason
that would constitute a lawful basis for revocation or denial of a
permit to reasonably manage the rights-of-way and protect the public
from interference or improper use of the public assets.
J. The Building/Codes
Enforcement Officer may deny an application for the previous listed
reasons if deemed in the public's interest.
permit is denied due to the location of the planned facilities, the
City Engineer will cooperate with the applicant to identify alternative
routes which most nearly match the routes requested by applicant for
the placement of facilities.
may appeal any final decision of the Building/Codes Enforcement Officer
to the City Administrator, which appeal shall be acted upon by the
City Administrator within five (5) business days, and if denied by
the City Administrator, the applicant may then appeal to the Board
of Aldermen of the City, which shall act upon the appeal within sixty
K. Applicable Fees.
fees collected pursuant to this Section will be used only to reimburse
the City for costs incurred in managing the activities within the
rights-of-way and will not be used to generate revenue to the City
above such costs.
a. Excavation permit fee.
(1) Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for work which does not require the
removal and/or replacement of sidewalks, curbing or pavement;
(2) Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) plus ten dollars ($10.00) per linear
foot of sidewalk, curbing and pavement to be removed and/or replaced
in conjunction with work requiring such.
excavation permit fee for non-exclusive franchisees and owners of
facilities that maintain more than one thousand (1,000) lineal feet
of facilities within the public right-of-way two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) plus ten dollars ($10.00) per linear foot of sidewalk, curbing
and pavement removed and/or replaced in conjunction with work requiring
2. Fees for private connections for water and sewer service shall be in conformance with Chapter 700.
may, after reasonable notice and an opportunity to cure, revoke a
right-of-way permit granted to a ROW-User, without a fee refund, if
1. A material
violation of a provision of the right-of-way permit, including the
violation of any provision of this Chapter or of any additional provisions
of a specific permit;
2. An evasion
or attempt to evade any material provision of the right-of-way permit,
or the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any fraud or deceit upon
the political subdivision or its citizens;
3. A material
misrepresentation of fact in the right-of-way permit application;
to complete excavation or work by the date specified in the right-of-way
permit, unless a right-of-way permit extension is obtained or unless
the failure to complete the excavation or work is due to reasons beyond
the ROW-User's control;
5. A failure
to correct, within the time specified by the City, excavation or work
that does not conform to applicable national safety codes, industry
construction standards, or applicable City Code provisions or safety
codes that are no more stringent than national safety codes or provisions,
upon inspection and notification by the City of the faulty condition.
right-of-way permit is revoked, the ROW-User shall also reimburse
the City for the City's reasonable costs, including administrative
costs, restoration costs and the costs of collection and reasonable
attorneys' fees incurred in connection with such revocation.
A. Oversight Of Facilities Work.
shall comply with all City codes and ordinances.
work shall be subject to periodic inspection by the City.
City Engineer shall have full access to all portions of facilities
work and may issue stop work orders and corrective orders to prevent
unauthorized work. Such corrective or stop work orders shall state
that work not authorized by the permit is being carried out, summarize
the unauthorized work and provide a period of not longer than thirty
(30) days to cure the problem, which cure period may be immediate
if certain activities must be ceased to protect the public safety,
and may be delivered personally or by certified mail to the address
listed on the application for permit or to the person in charge of
the construction site at the time of delivery. Such orders may be
enforced by equitable action in the Circuit Court of Platte County,
Missouri, and if the City prevails in such case, the person involved
in the facilities work shall be liable for all costs and expenses
incurred by the City, including reasonable attorney's fees, in enforcing
such orders, in addition to any and all penalties established in this
person who engages in facilities work in the public rights-of-way
and who has not received a valid permit from the City shall be subject
to all requirements of this Chapter. Except in those instances where
facilities work must be performed on an emergency basis, the City
may, in its discretion, at any time until a permit is secured, order
the facilities work ceased and do any of the following:
such person to apply for a permit within thirty (30) days of receipt
of a written notice from the City that a permit is required;
such person to remove its property and restore the affected area to
a condition satisfactory to the City; or
any other action it is entitled to take under applicable law, including,
but not limited to, filing for and seeking damages for trespass.
5. Records. Owners of facilities that maintain more than one
thousand (1,000) lineal feet of facilities within the public rights-of-way
shall keep complete and accurate maps and records of the location
of their facilities. Applicants that maintain more than one thousand
(1,000) lineal feet of facilities within the public rights-of-way
shall, within twelve (12) months of the passage of this Chapter, file
with the City Engineer a current map of those portions of the owner's/franchisee's
system which lie within the public rights-of-way. Maps furnished to
the City Engineer shall show the location of facilities and their
relationship to existing street or right-of-way. Map updates shall
be provided to the City Engineer at the time of payment of the annual
excavation permit fee. The information shall be solely for use by
the City and no other person may seek to hold ROW-User liable for
information obtained from the City from such maps and/or records unless
such damage or harm is caused by the owner of the facilities.
6. Assignment of permit. The rights granted by this Chapter
inure to the benefit of applicant. The rights shall not be assigned,
transferred, sold or disposed of, in whole or in part, by voluntary
sale, merger, consolidation or otherwise by force or involuntary sale
without the expressed written consent of the City. Any such consent
shall not be withheld unreasonably, and shall not be required for
assignment to entities that control, are controlled by, or are under
common control with applicant.
7. Termination of permit and removal of installations. Should
any applicant fail to abide by the terms of a permit, the Board of
Aldermen may, after thirty (30) days' written notice of breach or
default, and after a public hearing in which applicant has been afforded
due process terminate a permit if applicant has failed to undertake
reasonable steps to cure such default. Upon such termination, the
City may order the removal of any of applicant's installations under
this permit and if applicant should refuse, the City may remove such
installations at applicant's expense.
construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities shall
be in accordance with applicable health, safety, and construction
codes adopted by the City.
facilities shall be installed and located with due regard for minimizing
interference with the public, including the City and other owners
of facilities of the rights-of-way.
initiating construction on City streets and public rights-of-way,
applicant will make all reasonable efforts to use existing infrastructure
for new facilities (i.e., existing poles and conduit, etc.). However
an applicant shall not place facilities where they will damage or
interfere with the use or operation of previously installed facilities,
or obstruct or hinder the various utilities serving the residents
and businesses in the City or their use of any public rights-of-way.
contractor or subcontractor used for facilities work must be properly
licensed under laws of the State and all applicable local ordinances,
and each contractor or subcontractor shall have the same obligations
with respect to its work as an applicant would have hereunder and
shall be responsible for ensuring that the work of contractors and
subcontractors is performed consistent with its permits and applicable
law, shall be fully responsible for all acts or omissions of contractors
or subcontractors, and shall be responsible for promptly correcting
acts or omissions by any contractor or subcontractor.
concerning the restoration and maintenance of the public rights-of-way
during and after construction of the facilities work shall conform
to the Kansas City Chapter of American Public Works Association's
Standard Specifications and Design Criteria as may be amended from
standard specifications may be deviated from in special situations
where an alternative design is deemed, by the City Engineer, to be
necessary or more appropriate under the circumstances to insure conformance
with the performance standards underlying the Standard Specifications.
The City Engineer shall notify facility owners and contractors of
deviations or changes from the standard specifications, at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the implementation of the effected project.
C. Restoration And Guarantee Of Work.
ROW-User shall be liable for any damages to facilities due to excavation
or facilities work performed prior to obtaining the location of all
facilities in the area in which the excavation or facilities work
is to be performed, or for any damage to facilities that have been
properly identified prior to excavation or work. The ROW-User shall
not make or attempt to make repairs, relocation or replacement of
damaged or disturbed facilities without the approval of the owner
ROW-User shall be responsible for removing said debris from the right-of-way.
If the ROW-User fails to remove debris from the right-of-way, the
ROW-User shall be responsible for damages to the City, or its contractors,
resulting from such failure and shall indemnify the City and its contractors
as provided herein and pay the costs for remedying such failure.
event the ROW-User severely disturbs or damages the root structure
of any tree or landscaping in the right-of-way to the detriment of
the public safety survival of such tree or landscaping, the ROW-User
shall be required to remove and replace the landscaping or tree at
the ROW-User's cost. Further, in review of the ROW-User's plan, the
City Engineer, in his/her discretion, may require the ROW-User to
directionally bore in the right-of-way.
any excavation or work, the ROW-User shall, at its expense, promptly
restore all portions of the right-of-way to the same condition or
better condition than it was prior to the excavation or work. If the
ROW-User fails to restore the right-of-way in the manner and to the
condition required by the City Engineer, or fails to satisfactorily
and timely complete all restoration, the City, at its option, may
perform its own restoration excavation or work and prosecute same
to completion, by contract or otherwise. The ROW-User and its surety
shall be liable to the City for its actual costs of such restoration,
including the value of any time or overtime incurred through the labor
of City employees, the value of the use of City equipment, and the
cost of City materials used in the restoration project.
5. In restoring
the right-of-way, the ROW-User shall guarantee its excavation or work
and shall maintain it for a period of forty-eight (48) months, or
for the maximum period of time allowed by law, whichever is greater,
following its completion. During said guarantee period the ROW-User
shall, upon notification from the City Engineer, correct all restoration
excavation or work to the extent necessary, using any method as required
by the City Engineer. Said excavation or work shall be completed within
a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days of the
receipt of notice from the City Engineer (not including days during
which work cannot be done because of circumstances constituting force
majeure or days when work is prohibited as unseasonable or unreasonable).
In the event the ROW-User is required to perform new restoration pursuant
to the foregoing guarantee, the City Engineer shall have the authority
to extend the guarantee period for such new restoration for up to
an additional forty-eight (48) months, or other greater period allowed
by law, from the date of the new restoration, if the City Engineer
determines there was action by the ROW-User not to comply with the
conditions of the right-of-way permit and any restoration requirements.
The guarantee period shall be applicable to failure of the pavement
surface as well as failure below the pavement surface.
Except as provided in this Section, each ROW-User shall provide,
at its sole expense, and maintain during the term of an agreement
or franchise commercial general liability insurance with a reputable,
qualified, and financially sound company licensed to do business in
the State of Missouri, and unless otherwise approved by the City,
with a rating by Best of not less than "A," that shall protect the
ROW-User, the City, and the City's officials, officers, and employees
from claims which may arise from operations under an agreement or
franchise, whether such operations are by the ROW-User, its officers,
directors, employees and agents, or any subcontractors of the ROW-User.
This liability insurance shall include, but shall not be limited to,
protection against claims arising from bodily and personal injury
and damage to property, resulting from all ROW-User operations, products,
services or use of automobiles, or construction equipment. The amount
of insurance for Single Limit Coverage applying to Bodily and Personal
Injury and Property Damage shall be at least two million five hundred
thousand dollars ($2,500,000.00), but in no event less than the individual
and combined sovereign immunity limits established by Section 537.610,
RSMo., for political subdivisions; provided that nothing herein shall
be deemed to waive the City's sovereign immunity. An endorsement shall
be provided which states that the City is listed as an additional
insured and stating that the policy shall not be cancelled or materially
modified so as to be out of compliance with the requirements of this
Section, or not renewed without thirty (30) days' advance written
notice of such event being given to the City Administrator. The insurance
requirements in this Section or otherwise shall not apply to a ROW-User
to the extent and for such period during an agreement or franchise
as ROW-User is exempted from such requirements pursuant to 67.1830(6)(a)
and has on file with the City Clerk an affidavit certifying that ROW-User
has twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000.00) in net assets and
is otherwise therefore so exempted unless otherwise provided by agreement
or franchise. The City reserves the right to waive any and all requirements
under this Section when deemed to be in the public interest.
to any facilities work in the public rights-of-way, an applicant shall
establish in the City's favor a performance bond or other surety in
the penal sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), approved by the
City Clerk, and in proper form approved by the City Attorney. Owners
of facilities that maintain more than one thousand (1,000) lineal
feet of facilities within the public right-of-way and franchisees
shall establish in the City's favor a performance bond or other surety
in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), approved by
the City Clerk, and in proper form approved by the City Attorney.
Differences in bond requirements, including provisions for self-insurance
or provisions for a single continuing bond where facilities work is
conducted by the same applicant under numerous permits, may be established
by regulation based on the extent or nature of the facilities work,
the past performance of the applicant and not based on the characteristics
In the event an applicant fails to complete the facilities work
in a safe, timely, and competent manner or fails to satisfy the guarantee
of such work as provided herein, the City shall be entitled to recover,
jointly and severally from the principal and surety of the bond, any
damage or loss suffered by the City as a result, plus a reasonable
allowance for attorneys' fees.
completion of the facilities work to the satisfaction of the City
Engineer, the City Engineer shall eliminate the bond or reduce its
amount after such time appropriate to determine whether the work performance
was satisfactory, which time shall be established by the City Engineer
considering the nature of the work performed, and which may allow
for reasonable bond amounts to remain to secure the guarantee requirement.
In any event, the entire bond shall be released timely after the expiration
of guarantee period; provided the ROW-User has satisfied the guarantee
bond shall be issued in a form of surety acceptable to the City, and
shall contain an endorsement substantially as follows:
"This bond may not be canceled, or allowed to lapse until sixty
by the City of any amounts under the performance bond does not limit
an applicant's duty to indemnify the City in any way, nor shall such
recovery relieve or limit an applicant of its obligations under a
permit or reduce the amounts owed to the City other than by the amounts
recovered by the City under the performance bond, or in any respect
prevent the City from exercising any other right or remedy it may
B. Cost Recovery.
event that an excavation is not refilled within a reasonable time
after it is ready for refilling, the City Engineer shall notify the
applicant making the excavation that if such excavation is not filled
within four (4) days, it shall be filled by the City. The charge for
the cost of such work shall be paid by the permit holder within ten
(10) days after completion and no additional permit shall be issued
to that person after that time, unless such charge has been paid.
event that the applicant fails to backfill, repair or repave any excavations
made within the public rights-of-way, the City shall, at its option,
repair said cut with City employees forces or contract the repair
to be made, and charge the applicant for the full contract cost of
repair. If the City makes the repair with City employees forces the
charges shall be based on the unit price paid on the most recent Street
Improvement or Pavement Repair Contract issued by the City Engineer.
event the City incurs additional costs as a direct result of an unauthorized
action or an inaction by any person and/or owner of facilities, the
City shall have the right to recover from that person or owner any
and all documentable costs incurred, including, but not limited to
the identification of undocumented facilities, completion of improper
facilities work, long-term structural damage, construction delay fees
and penalties, fees paid to other agencies and any other documentable
costs incurred by the City within the rights-of-way.
C. Exemption. If a ROW-User has twenty-five million dollars
($25,000,000.00) in net assets and does not have a history of non-compliance,
or permitting non-compliance, within the City, then the ROW-User shall
not be required to maintain a performance or maintenance bond but
shall be deemed liable directly for payment under the same obligations
as if a bond had been required.
D. Penalties. For each violation of provisions of this Chapter,
or a permit granted pursuant to this Chapter as to which the City
has given notice to applicant as provided in this Chapter, penalties
may be chargeable to the applicant at a rate not exceeding one hundred
dollars ($100.00) per day for so long as the violation continues.
the City shall in its exercise of the public interest request of the
ROW-User the relocation or reinstallation of any of its facilities,
ROW-User shall forthwith remove, relocate, or reinstall any such property
as may be reasonably necessary to meet the request and the cost of
such relocation, removal, or reinstallation of the facilities shall
be the exclusive obligation of said ROW-User without expense to the
City. ROW-User shall upon request of any other person requesting relocation
of facilities and holding a validly issued building or moving permit
of the City, and within forty-eight (48) hours prior to the date upon
which said person intends to exercise its rights under said permit,
ROW-User shall thereupon temporarily raise, lower, or relocate its
wires or other facilities as may be required for the person to exercise
the rights under the permit, and ROW-User may require such permit
holder to make payment in advance for any expenses incurred by said
ROW-User pursuant to said person's request.
facilities are not relocated in accordance with this Section and within
the reasonable time frames required by the City, the City or its contractors
may relocate the facilities and the ROW-User and its surety shall
be liable to the City for any and all costs incurred by the City.
A. Compliance With Laws. Each applicant shall comply with all
applicable Federal and State laws as well as City ordinances, resolutions,
rules and regulations heretofore and hereafter adopted or established.
B. Applicant Subject To Other Laws, Police Power.
shall at all times be subject to all lawful exercise of the Police
powers of the City, including but not limited to all powers regarding
zoning, supervision of the restoration of the right-of-way, and control
or omission of the City shall operate as a future waiver of any rights
of the City under this Chapter.
where rights are expressly granted or waived by a permit, they are
reserved, whether or not expressly enumerated. This Chapter may be
amended from time to time and in no event shall this Chapter be considered
a contract between the City and an applicant such that the City would
be prohibited from amending any provision hereof.
C. Construction Of Applicable Federal, State And City Law. This
Chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with all applicable
Federal, State, and local laws. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Chapter to the contrary, the construction, operation and maintenance
of the ROW-User's facilities shall be in accordance with all laws
and regulations of the United States, the State and any political
subdivision thereof, or any administrative agency thereof, having
jurisdiction. In addition, the ROW-User shall meet or exceed the most
stringent technical standards set by regulatory bodies, including
the City, now or hereafter having jurisdiction. The ROW-User's rights
are subject to the police powers of the City to adopt and enforce
ordinances necessary to the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
The ROW-User shall comply with all applicable laws and ordinances
enacted pursuant to that power. The failure of the ROW-User to comply
with any applicable law or regulation may result in a forfeiture of
any permit, or authorization granted in accordance with this Chapter.
D. Indemnification. As a condition of use of the rights-of-way,
ROW-User at its sole cost and expense, shall indemnify, protect, defend
(with counsel acceptable to the City) and hold harmless the City,
its elected officials, officers, employees, and agents, from and against
any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, fines,
charges, penalties, administrative and judicial proceedings and orders,
judgments, remedial actions of any kind, and all costs and expenses
of any kind, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's
fees and costs of defense arising, directly or indirectly, in whole
or in part, out of the fact that the City approved an agreement or
franchise with ROW-User, the rights granted to ROW-User, or the activities
performed, or failed to be performed, by ROW-User under any approval
or by use of the rights-of-way, or otherwise, except to the extent
arising from or caused by the sole or gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the City, its elected officials, officers, employees,
agents or contractors. This indemnification shall survive the expiration
or termination of any agreement or use of the rights-of-way for a
period of five (5) years after the effective date of expiration or
E. Rights And Remedies.
exercise of one remedy under this Chapter shall not foreclose use
of another, nor shall the exercise of a remedy or the payment of damages
or penalties relieve an applicant of its obligations to comply with
its permits. Remedies may be used alone or in combination; in addition,
the City may exercise any rights it has at law or equity.
City hereby reserves to itself the right to intervene in any suit,
action or proceeding involving any provisions of this Chapter.
3. No applicant
shall be relieved of its obligation to comply with any of the provisions
of this Chapter by reason of any failure of the City to enforce prompt
City reserves unto itself every right and power which is required
to be reserved by a provision of any ordinance under any agreement,
franchise, permit or other authorization granted under this Chapter,
and as may be authorized by Sections 67.1830 — 67.1846, RSMo.,
and other authority applicable to regulation of the use of the rights-of-way.
F. Advertising, Signs Or Extraneous Markings. A ROW-User shall
not place or cause to be placed any sort of signs, advertisements
or other extraneous markings, whether relating to ROW-User or any
other person or entity on the public right-of-way, except such necessary
minimal markings as approved by the City as are reasonably necessary
purposes, or as may be otherwise required to be affixed by applicable
G. Tree Protection. Unless otherwise approved in writing by
the City, or as part of an approved tree trimming plan, or in the
attachment, installation, removal, reattachment, reinstallation, relocation
or replacement or otherwise of the facilities, ROW-User shall neither
remove, cut, nor damage any trees, or their roots, in and along the
streets, alleys and public places of the City. Tree trimming and pruning
may be permitted to occur only after prior written notice to the City
of the extent of trimming and pruning to be performed and the prior
written approval thereof by the City. The type and extent of trimming
and pruning shall be in accordance with the requirements of the City.
H. Antennae And Wireless Communications Equipment. Towers,
antennae, antennae structures and ground-mounted wireless communications
equipment shall not be placed in the right-of-way except as may be
permitted by the City's ordinances and regulations relating to placement
of wireless communications antennae, structures and towers, and only
with prior agreement approved by the Board establishing such conditions
as to the design, number, location, and compensation or reimbursement
of costs, if any, and other reasonable considerations. All such decisions
shall be made on a competitively neutral and non-discriminatory manner.
I. Taxes And Fees. ROW-Users shall be responsible for all applicable
business license taxes, sales taxes, occupation taxes, franchise fees
or taxes, property taxes, other similar taxes, permit fees and other
right-of-way management costs.
J. Force Majeure. An applicant shall not be deemed in violation
of provisions of this Chapter where performance was rendered impossible
by war or riots, civil disturbances, floods, or other natural catastrophes
beyond the applicant's control, and a permit shall not be revoked
or an applicant penalized for such non-compliance, provided that the
applicant takes immediate and diligent steps to bring itself back
into compliance and to comply as soon as possible under the circumstances
with its permit without unduly endangering the health, safety, and
integrity of the applicant's employees or property, the public, public
rights-of-way, public property, or private property.
K. Calculation Of Time. Unless otherwise indicated, when the
performance or doing of any act, duty, matter, or payment is required
under this Chapter or any permit, and a period of time is prescribed
and is fixed herein, the time shall be computed so as to exclude the
first and include the last day of the prescribed or fixed period of
L. Severability. If any term, condition, or provision of this
Chapter shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid or unenforceable,
the remainder hereof shall be valid in all other respects and continue
to be effective. In the event of a subsequent change in applicable
law so that the provision that has been held invalid is no longer
invalid, said provisions shall thereupon return to full force and
effect without further action by the City and shall thereafter be
binding on the applicant and the City.
M. Eminent Domain. Nothing herein shall be deemed or construed
to impair or affect, in any way or to any extent, any right the City
may have to acquire the property of the applicant through the exercise
N. Standards Applicable To City. Any standards in this Chapter
relating to facilities work shall be fully applicable to work performance
by the City and its departments.
O. Rights In The Event Of Abandonment. In the event that the
Governing Body of the City closes or abandons any right-of-way, which
contains the facilities of the applicant, installed hereunder, any
land contained in such closed or abandoned right-of-way shall be subject
to the rights of the applicant.
P. Savings Clause. Nothing contained herein shall in any manner
be deemed or construed to alter, modify, supersede, supplement, or
otherwise nullify any other ordinances of the City or requirements
thereof, whether or not relating to in any manner connected with the
subject written hereof, unless expressly provided otherwise herein
Q. Appeals. Unless otherwise provided herein or by any other
governing ordinance or law, any person aggrieved by a decision made
pursuant to this Chapter shall, prior to seeking any judicial relief,
file a written appeal of any such decision with the Board of Aldermen
within fifteen (15) days of such decision specifying this provision
and including specific details of the alleged claim or grievance,
and an evidentiary hearing shall be held on such appeal. Nothing herein
shall deny any other applicable appeal remedy that may be granted