[R.O. 1985 § 24-63; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002; Ord. No. 4814, § 1, 11-28-2017]
To the extent permitted by law, this Article shall apply to all persons desiring to construct, operate, excavate, or maintain facilities in, along, across, under or over public rights-of-way within the City of Crestwood, Missouri. No person shall commence or continue with the operation of any facilities or structures in the rights-of-way except as provided and in compliance with this Chapter. Because numerous types of users and uses of the rights-of-way may be subject to various or changing regulatory schemes under Federal or State law, any such limitation or qualification that may be applicable to less than all users and uses of the rights-of-way are not duplicated herein, but are nevertheless incorporated herein, whenever application is so required by law, including but not limited to applicable provisions of Chapter 67, RSMo., and other applicable State and Federal law.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-64; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
To recognize the City's primary role as chief steward of the right-of-way and its duty to its citizens to recover the costs of managing the right-of-way and incursions into it;
(b) 
To clarify and regulate conditions of occupancy and construction for those ROW-users occupying space within the City's right-of-way given the anticipated increased use of the right-of-way by various ROW-users throughout the country;
(c) 
To recognize the necessity of sound management practices in light of increased use of the right-of-way and the fact that the right-of-way is a limited resource;
(d) 
To treat each ROW-user equitably and in a competitively neutral manner with considerations that may be unique to the technologies and situation of each particular ROW-use;
(e) 
To minimize disruption, visual impact or inconvenience to the public, and to preserve the public health, safety and welfare; and
(f) 
To comply with applicable State and Federal legislation.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-65; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002; Ord. No. 4814, § 2, 11-28-2017]
For the purposes of this Article, the following terms, phrases, words, and abbreviations shall have the meanings given herein, unless otherwise expressly stated. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present 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 Municipal Code, and, if not defined therein, their common and ordinary meaning.
ABANDONED FACILITIES
Any equipment materials, apparatuses, devices or facilities that are: declared abandoned by the owner of such equipment or facilities; no longer in active use, physically disconnected from a portion of the operating facility or any other facility that is in use or in service, and no longer capable of being used for the same or similar purpose for which the equipment, apparatuses or facilities were installed; or no longer in active use and the owner of such equipment or facilities fails to respond within thirty (30) days to a written notice from the City.
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE
The fee charged by the City to recover its cost incurred for right-of-way management; including, but not limited to, costs associated with registering applicants; issuing, processing, and verifying right-of-way permit applications; inspecting job sites and restoration of improvements; determining the adequacy of right-of-way restoration; revoking right-of-way permits and, other costs the City may incur in managing the provisions of this Article.
AFFILIATE
Any person controlling, controlled by or under the common control of a "service provider."
ANTENNA
Communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of any type of wireless communications services.
APPLICANT
Any person requesting permission to occupy, lease or operate facilities using the right-of-way, or to excavate the right-of-way.
AREA OF INFLUENCE
That area within one (1) foot around a street excavation where the pavement and sub-grade is impacted by the excavation and is subject to more rapid deterioration.
CITY
The City of Crestwood, Missouri, a municipal corporation and any duly authorized representative thereof.
CONSTRUCT
And includes construct, install, erect, build, affix or otherwise place any fixed structure or object, in, on, under, through or above the right-of-way.
DAY
Calendar day unless otherwise specified.
DEPRECIATION RATE
The rate at which the useful service life of a public street deteriorates over time.
EMERGENCY
A condition that:
(a) 
Poses a clear and immediate danger to life or health or of a significant loss of property; or
(b) 
Requires immediate repair or replacement in order to restore service to a user.
EXCAVATE
And includes any cutting, digging, excavating, tunneling, boring, grading or other alteration of the surface or subsurface material or earth in the right-of-way.
FACILITY BASED SERVICE PROVIDER
A service provider owning or possessing facilities in the right-of-way.
FACILITY or FACILITIES
Lines, pipes, irrigation systems, wires, cables, conduit facilities, poles, towers, vaults, pedestals, boxes, appliances, antennas, transmitters, gates, meters, appurtenances, or other equipment.
FCC
Federal Communications Commission.
GOVERNING BODY
The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Crestwood, Missouri.
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
Any county, township, City, town, village, school district, library district, road district, drainage or levee district, sewer district, water district, fire district or other municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State of Missouri or of any other State of the United States and any agency or instrumentality of the State of Missouri or of any other State of the United States or of the United States.
PARKWAY
The area between a property line and the street curb, sometimes called boulevard, tree-shelf or snow-shelf.
PAVEMENT
And includes Portland cement concrete pavement, asphalt concrete pavement, asphalt treated road surfaces and any aggregate base material.
PERMITTEE
Any person to whom a right-of-way permit is issued to excavate a right-of-way.
PERSON
Any natural or corporate person, business association or business entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership, a sole proprietorship, a political subdivision, a public or private agency of any kind, a utility, a successor or assign of any of the foregoing, or any other legal entity.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
Any project undertaken by the City for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of any public infrastructure, and including without limitation, streets, alleys, bridges, bikeways, parkways, sidewalks, sewers, drainage facilities, traffic control devices, street lights, public facilities, public buildings or public lands; provided that projects undertaken by the City for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of any public infrastructure funded by or substantially by user fees imposed upon those using the public infrastructure shall not be deemed "public improvements" and shall not be exempt from the permit requirements of this Article.
PUBLIC LANDS
Any real property of the City that is not right-of-way.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
The Public Works Director for Crestwood, Missouri or any authorized representative.
REGISTRATION
The permit application process of a service provider, the approval of the application by the City, and the authorization of the service provider to use any portion of the right-of-way within the City to provide service both within and beyond the City limits.
REPAIR
The temporary construction work necessary to make the right-of-way usable.
RESELLER SERVICE PROVIDER
A service provider providing service within the City that does not have its own facilities in the right-of-way, but instead uses the right-of-way by interconnecting with or using the network elements of another service provider utilizing the right-of-way, and/or by leasing excess capacity from a facility-based service provider.
RESTORATION
The process by which an excavated right-of-way and surrounding area, including pavement and foundation, is returned to the same condition that existed before the commencement of the work.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
The area on, below or above the present and future City streets, alleys, bridges, bikeways, parkways and sidewalks.
RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT
The authorization to excavate for the construction, installation, repair, restoration or maintenance of any type of facility within the right-of-way.
ROUTINE SERVICE OPERATION
A work activity that makes no material change to the facilities and does not disrupt traffic.
ROW-USER
A person, its successors and assigns, that uses the right-of-way for purposes of work, excavation, provision of services, or to install, construct, maintain, or repair facilities thereon, including, but not limited to, landowners and service providers. A ROW-user shall not include ordinary vehicular or pedestrian traffic or any governmental entity that has entered into an inter-local agreement with the City regarding the use and occupancy of the City's right-of-way (unless that governmental entity is acting as a service provider in a proprietary capacity), or a reseller service provider that does not own or control its own facilities in the right-of-way.
SERVICE
A commodity provided to a person by means of a delivery system that is comprised of facilities located or to be located in the right-of-way, including, but not limited to, gas, telephone, cable television, internet services, alarm systems, electric, water, telegraph, data transmission, or sanitary sewerage.
SERVICE PROVIDER
Any person that is a provider of a service for or without a fee that has the requisite certifications and authorizations from applicable governmental entities, including the FCC, to provide such service. Service provider includes both facility-based service providers and reseller service providers.
STREET
The pavement and sub-grade of a City residential, collector or arterial roadway.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-66; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002; Ord. No. 4814, § 3, 11-28-2017]
(a) 
It is the policy of the City to authorize any service provider to utilize the right-of-way in a competitively neutral, non-discriminatory manner that maximizes the efficient use of and conserves the right-of-way and minimizes the burden on the right-of-way, physically and aesthetically. Any use of the right-of-way by a ROW-user shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in addition to other applicable Federal, State or local requirements.
(b) 
The rights granted to use the right-of-way shall be for the sole use of the ROW-user and are limited to the use as set forth by the ROW-user in its permit application and related documents filed with the City in accordance with this Article. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by State or Federal law, no other person may use the ROW-user's right, unless authorized by the City.
(c) 
This Article also is designed to regulate occupancy and excavations in the right-of-way by providing, among other things, for the issuance of permits to construct, reconstruct, restore, repair and maintain facilities within the right-of-way in the City.
(d) 
All ROW-users shall be subject to all rules, regulations, policies, resolutions, and ordinances, including zoning and building code requirements, now or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the City in the reasonable exercise of its police power and are subject to all applicable laws, orders, rules and regulations adopted by governmental entities now or hereafter having jurisdiction. In addition, the ROW-users shall be subject to all technical specifications, design criteria, policies, resolutions and ordinances now or hereafter adopted or promulgated by the City in the reasonable exercise of its police power relating to permits and fees, sidewalk and pavement cuts, utility location, construction coordination, surface restoration, and other requirements on the use of the right-of-way.
(e) 
For applications for installation of any facility in the rights-of-way: 1) the most restrictive adjacent underlying zoning district classification shall apply unless otherwise specifically zoned and designated on the official zoning map; and 2) no application to construct or erect a wireless facility or wireless support structure shall be submitted for approval without attaching the City's consent to use the rights-of-way for the specific construction application in accordance with Chapter 67, RSMo.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-67; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The Public Works Director is the principal City official authorized to administer right-of-way permits for work and excavations made in the right-of-way. The Public Works Director may delegate any or all of the duties hereunder.
(b) 
The Public Works Director is the principal City official responsible for administration of the registration of a service provider. The Public Works Director may delegate any or all of the duties hereunder.
(c) 
The Public Works Director shall prepare, maintain and update schedules of planned road construction and overlay, with proposed start dates. These schedules shall be available for inspection by service providers and the public at the Crestwood Government Center or other location(s) as so designated.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-68; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Any existing service provider must register within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Article.
(b) 
Any person, who is not an existing service provider prior to the effective date of this Article and who wishes to become a service provider, must first register with the City.
(c) 
The service provider shall report any changes in its registration information within thirty (30) days.
(d) 
No service provider shall be authorized to utilize the right-of-way in any capacity or manner without registering and obtaining the necessary right-of-way permit from the City.
(e) 
The information required for registration includes the following:
(1) 
Identity and legal status of service provider, including related affiliates.
(2) 
Name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of officer, agent or employee responsible for the accuracy of the registration statement.
(3) 
Name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the local representative of the service provider who shall be available at all times to act on behalf of the service provider in the event of an emergency.
(4) 
Proof of any necessary permit, license, certification, grant, registration, franchise agreement or any other authorization required by any appropriate governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the City or the FCC.
(5) 
Description of the service provider's intended use of the right-of-way.
(6) 
Information sufficient to determine whether the service provider is subject to franchising by Missouri law.
(7) 
Information sufficient to determine that the service provider has applied for and received any permit or other approvals required by the Federal Communications Commission.
(8) 
Information which identifies reseller service providers as provided hereinafter.
(9) 
Such other information as may be required by the City to complete the registration statement.
(f) 
Each service provider shall designate a local person familiar with the facilities that will act as a local agent for the service provider and will be responsible for satisfying information requirements of this Article. The service provider shall present to the City the agent's name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address. The agent shall be the person to whom relocation notices and other such notices shall be sent, and with whom rests the responsibility to facilitate all necessary communications. The service provider shall be responsible for all costs incurred by the City due to the failure to provide such information to the City.
(g) 
The service provider shall participate in any joint planning, construction and advance notification of right-of-way work, including coordination and consolidation of street cut work as directed by the Public Works Director. In addition, the service provider shall cooperate with other service providers and the City for the best, most efficient, most aesthetic and least obtrusive use of the right-of-way, consistent with safety, and to minimize traffic and other disruptions, including street cuts.
(h) 
To the extent allowed by law, the City may limit the number of registrations in a competitively neutral manner, based upon, but not necessarily limited to, specific local considerations such as:
(1) 
The capacity of the right-of-way to accommodate service facilities;
(2) 
The impact on the community of the volume of facilities in the right-of-way;
(3) 
The disruption arising from numerous excavations of the right-of-way;
(4) 
The financial capabilities of the service provider and its guaranteed commitment to make necessary investments to erect, maintain and operate the proposed facilities; or
(5) 
Any other consideration based upon the interests of the public safety and welfare.
(i) 
The City shall not exercise its authority under this provision to in any way deter competition or discriminate against any service provider.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-69; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
In the event a service provider shall sell, transfer, lease, assign, sublet, or dispose of its facilities, or any portion thereof, that is located in City right-of-way, or any right, title or interest in the same, or transfer of any rights granted by the City to any person either by forced or involuntary sale, or by ordinary sale, consolidation or otherwise, it shall notify the City of same. In such case, the buyer, transferee, lessee or assignee shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Article, including the requirement to register as provided in Section 24-68. This provision shall not apply to the sale of property or equipment in the normal course of business. No notice to the City shall be required for a transfer in trust, mortgage, or other similar instrument, in whole or in part, to secure an indebtedness, or for a pro forma transfer to a corporation, partnership, or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the service provider.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-70; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
A service provider may permit and has the authority to sell, sublet, or lease any use of excess capacity and sell services for resale to any reseller service provider providing service within the City, including the service provider's subsidiary or affiliate. The reseller service provider shall first register and obtain any necessary permit, license, certification, grant, registration, franchise agreement or any other authorization required by any appropriate governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the City or the FCC. Unless otherwise prohibited by law or regulatory authority, the service provider shall use all reasonable efforts to provide the City on an annual basis the identity of entities with which the service provider has entered into an interconnection and/or resale agreement within the City. This notice will not relieve the reseller service provider from its own obligation to register and obtain any necessary franchise with the City. Nothing in this Article shall prevent a facility-based service provider from providing to any reseller service provider the use of the facility-based service provider's facilities in the right-of-way as authorized by Federal or State law.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-71; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002; Ord. No. 4814, § 4, 11-28-2017]
(a) 
The ROW-user's use of the right-of-way shall in all matters be subordinate to the City's use or occupation of the right-of-way. Without limitations of its rights, the City expressly reserves the right to exercise its governmental powers now and hereafter vested in or granted to the City.
(b) 
The ROW-user shall coordinate the placement of facilities in a manner that minimizes adverse impact on any public improvement, as reasonably determined by the City. Where placement is not regulated, the facilities shall be placed with adequate clearance from such public improvements so as not to impact or be impacted by such public improvement in accordance with such standards as adopted by the City and made known to the ROW-user.
(c) 
The ROW-user shall consider any request made by the City concerning placement of facilities in private easements in order to limit or eliminate future street improvement relocation expenses.
(d) 
All facilities shall be located and laid so as not to disrupt or interfere with any pipes, drains, sewers, irrigation systems or other structures or public improvements already installed. In addition, the ROW-user shall, in doing work in connection with its facilities, avoid, so far as may be practicable, disrupting or interfering with the lawful use of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or other public lands of the City.
(e) 
All facilities of the ROW-user shall be placed so that they do not interfere with the use of right-of-way and public lands. The City, through its Public Works Director, shall have the right to consult and review the location, design and nature of the facility prior to installation.
(f) 
The ROW-user shall not interfere with the facilities of the other ROW-users without obtaining their permission. If and when the City requires or negotiates to have a service provider cease using its existing poles and to relocate its facilities underground, all other service providers using the same poles shall also relocate their facilities underground at the same time. The City may waive this requirement when in its sole discretion, it deems relocation impractical. The cost of such relocation shall be borne in accordance with this Article and any applicable tax governing that service provider.
(g) 
The Public Works Director may assign specific corridors within the right-of-way, or any particular segment thereof as may be necessary, for each type of facility that is currently or, pursuant to current technology, the Public Works Director expects will someday be located within the right-of-way. All right-of-way permits issued by the Public Works Director shall indicate the proper corridor for the ROW-user's facilities. Any ROW-user whose facilities are currently in the right-of-way in a position at a variance with the designated corridors shall, no later than at the time of next reconstruction or excavation of the area where its facilities are located, move the facilities to its assigned position within the right-of-way, unless this requirement is waived by the Public Works Director for good cause shown, upon consideration of such factors as the remaining economic life of the facilities, public safety, user service needs and hardship to the ROW-user.
(h) 
If, in the preparation and planning of right-of-way project, the Public Works Director deems it appropriate for a conduit to be constructed along, across or under the right-of-way, the Public Works Director shall contact all appropriate ROW-users for their input on the planning and design of such conduit. If a ROW-user desires to construct, maintain or operate facilities along such right-of-way, the Public Works Director may require the ROW-user to use such conduit, and to contribute to the cost of such conduit; provided, however, the ROW-user's use of the conduit is reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances.
(i) 
All earth, materials, sidewalks, paving, crossings, utilities, other public improvements or improvements of any kind damaged or removed by the ROW-user shall be fully repaired or replaced promptly by the ROW-user at its sole expense and to the reasonable satisfaction of the City. Upon determination by the Public Works Director that such repair or replacement is a public safety matter, all such repair or replacement shall be corrected within twenty-four (24) hours of notice from the City, or the Public Works Director may cause such repair or replacement to be completed and bill the ROW-user for the cost. The Public Works Director has the authority to inspect the repair or replacement of the damage, and if necessary, to require the ROW-user to do any necessary additional work.
(j) 
All technical standards governing construction, reconstruction, installation, operation, testing, use maintenance, and dismantling of a ROW-user's facilities in the right-of-way shall be in accordance with applicable Federal, State and local law and regulations, including those promulgated by national trade associations commonly associated with the service provided by the ROW-user. A ROW-user shall not construct or reconstruct any of its facilities located upon, over, under or within the City right-of-way without first having submitted in writing a description of its planned improvement to the Public Works Director and having received a permit for such improvement. The Public Works Director may require that any drawings, plans and/or specifications comply with all applicable technical codes, rules and regulations, unless such plans are based directly on nationally recognized codes.
(k) 
The ROW-user shall cooperate promptly and fully with the City and take all reasonable measures necessary to provide accurate and complete on-site information regarding the nature and location of its facilities within the right-of-way, both underground and overhead, when requested by the City or its authorized agent for a public improvement. Such location and identification shall be at the sole expense of the ROW-user without any expense to the City, its employees, agents, or authorized contractors.
(l) 
Wireless Facilities, And Support Structures. Pursuant to the City's authority, including by Section 67.1830 et seq., RSMo., and due to the limited space in the City's rights-of-way and in order to minimize obstructions and interference with the use of the rights-of-way and to ensure traffic safety, preserve property values, and enforce the public policy to maintain neutrality as to ownership of wireless locations, wireless facilities, support structures and equipment shall not be permitted in the rights-of-way on new structures unless the Board of Aldermen determines on a non-discriminatory basis such proposed application is in the public interest addressing all concerns stated in this Article, and provided such use and location has received prior, separate zoning authorization to the extent permitted by law. In such circumstances where any new wireless application is permitted in the rights-of-way, such uses shall be subject to reasonable regulations, including any applicable specifications, compensation, and other terms established by the City in such approval or agreements. Wireless antennas and related facilities on existing structures or underground may be permitted in the same manner as other uses in the rights-of-way but subject to approval, denial or condition relating to location, design, height, appearance, safety, and such other zoning, building specification or other regulations, except as may be limited by law.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-72; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The ROW-user shall promptly remove, relocate or adjust any facilities located in the right-of-way as directed by the City for a public improvement or when reasonably required by the City by reason of public safety. Such removal, relocation, or adjustment shall be performed by the ROW-user at the ROW-user's sole expense without expense to the City, its employees, agents, or authorized contractors and shall be specifically subject to rules, regulations and schedules of the City pertaining to such. The ROW-user shall proceed with relocations promptly upon notice by the City to begin relocation.
(b) 
The ROW-user shall promptly remove, relocate or adjust any facilities located in private easement, at the City's cost and as directed by the City, for a public improvement, by moving such facilities to areas within the expanded right-of-way or within remaining private easements or remaining portions of such easements not condemned by nor disclaimed to the City to avoid conflict with City construction and improvements. The ROW-user shall disclaim those parts of its easements, which lie within the expanded right-of-way. Should the City, in the future, decide to require the ROW-user to again relocate its facilities to other areas within the expanded right-of-way, the cost of any such future relocation shall be borne by the City.
(c) 
As soon as working drawings are available for public improvements that will require the ROW-user to relocate its facilities, the City shall provide the ROW-user with written notice of relocations and the anticipated bid letting date of said improvements. The ROW-user shall respond with any conflicts and a proposed construction schedule within thirty (30) days.
(d) 
Following notice by the City in the form of the delivery of final design plans for such public improvements, the ROW-user shall remove and relocate its facilities in accordance with the mutually agreed upon schedule, provided the project is not delayed by adverse weather conditions and other factors beyond the control of the ROW-user. The ROW-use shall certify to the City, in writing, that its facilities have been relocated or adjusted to clear construction in accordance with project plans provided by the City.
(e) 
Any damages suffered by the City, its agents or its contractors to the extent caused by ROW-user's failure to timely relocate or adjust its facilities, or failure to properly relocate or adjust such facilities, shall be borne by the ROW-user.
(f) 
In the event the ROW-user is required to move its facilities in accordance with this Section, the right-of-way permit fee hereunder shall be waived.
(g) 
It is the intent of this Section for both the City and the ROW-user to cooperate with one another so that the need for facility relocation is minimized and, when required and feasible, relocations may be completed prior to receipts of bids by the City for a public improvement.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-73; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
It shall be the responsibility of the ROW-user to take adequate measures to protect and defend its facilities in the right-of-way from harm and damage.
(b) 
The City shall be liable for any damage to or loss of any of the ROW-user's facilities within the right-of-way as a result of or in connection with any construction, excavation, grading, filling or work, including public improvements by or on behalf of the City, to the extent caused by the negligent, willful, intentional, or malicious acts of the City.
(c) 
The ROW-user shall be responsible to the City and its agents, representatives, and authorized contractors for all damages, including, but not limited to delay of any kind arising out of the failure of the ROW-user to perform any of its obligations under this Article.
(d) 
The City or its authorized contractors shall be responsible for taking reasonable precautionary measures, including requesting facility locations.
(e) 
Any ROW-user who for any purpose makes or causes to be made any excavation in, upon, under, through or adjoining any street, sidewalk, alley, or other right-of-way, and shall leave any part or portion thereof open, or shall leave part or portion thereof disrupted with rubbish, building or other material during construction and/or the night time, shall cause the same to be enclosed with good substantial and sufficient barricades or drums equipped with the appropriate type warning lights and orange safety fencing material properly secured around the excavation or the disruption.
(f) 
Whenever a ROW-user shall excavate the full width of any street, sidewalk, driveway approach or other right-of-way, it shall be its duty to maintain an adequate passage for vehicles and pedestrians across or around the excavation until it is refilled as specified.
(g) 
Any excavation left open overnight on any arterial or collector type street shall be securely covered. The ROW-user assumes the sole responsibility for maintaining proper barricades, plates, safety fencing and/or lights as required from the time of opening of the excavation until the excavation is surfaced and opened for travel.
(h) 
In the event the ROW-user severely disturbs or damages the root structure of any tree in the right-of-way to the detriment of the health and safety of the tree, the ROW-user will be required to remove and replace the tree at the ROW-user's cost. Further, in review of the ROW-user's plan, the Public Works Director, in his/her discretion, may require the ROW-user to directionally bore around any tree in the right-of-way.
(i) 
Upon the appropriate request of any person having satisfied City procedure and ordinances, the ROW-user shall remove, raise, or lower its facilities temporarily to permit the moving of houses or other structures. The expense of such temporary removal, raising or lowering shall be paid by the person requesting the same, and the ROW-user may require such payment in advance. The ROW-user must be given not less than fifteen (15) days' written notice from the person detailing the time and location of the moving operations.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-74; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
If the City vacates a right-of-way which contains the facilities of the service provider, and if the vacation does not require the relocation of the service provider's facilities, the City shall reserve, to and for itself and all service providers having facilities in the vacated right-of-way, an easement for the right to install, maintain and operate any facilities in the vacated right-of-way and to enter upon such vacated right-of-way at any time for the purpose of reconstructing, inspecting, maintaining or repairing the same.
(b) 
If the vacation requires the relocation of facilities; and
(1) 
If the vacation proceedings are initiated by the service provider, the service provider must pay the relocation costs; or
(2) 
If the vacation proceedings are initiated by the City, the service provider must pay the relocation costs unless otherwise agreed to by the City and the service provider; or
(3) 
If a person other than the service provider or the City initiates the vacation proceedings, such other person must pay the relocation costs.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-75; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The Public Works Director may allow underground facilities or portions thereof to remain in place if the Public Works Director determines that it is in the best interest of public safety to do so. If the ROW-user proceeds under this Section, the ROW-user shall submit to the City a proposal and instruments for transferring ownership of its facilities to the City.
(b) 
Facilities of a ROW-user who fails to comply with this Section, and whose facilities remain unused for two (2) years, shall be deemed to be abandoned. The City may take possession and ownership of such facilities.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-76; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002; Ord. No. 4814, § 5, 11-28-2017]
(a) 
Except as otherwise provided, no ROW-user may excavate any right-of-way or conduct any repair, construction, or reconstruction of facilities located within the right-of-way without first having obtained the appropriate right-of-way permit.
(b) 
There are two (2) exemptions to this provision:
(1) 
Contractors working on the construction or reconstruction of public improvements.
(2) 
ROW-users performing routine service operations which do not require excavation in the right-of-way and do not disrupt traffic for more than four (4) hours.
(c) 
No person owning or occupying any land abutting on a public right-of-way shall construct, maintain, or permit in or on the portion of the public right-of-way to which such land is adjacent, any fixed structure, material or object other than a U.S. Mail box without having obtained the appropriate right-of-way permit.
(d) 
A right-of-way permit is required for emergency situations. If, due to an emergency, it is necessary for the ROW-user to immediately perform work in the right-of-way, and it is impractical for the ROW-user to first get the appropriate permit, the work may be performed, and the required permit shall be obtained during the next business day.
(e) 
Except in the case of an emergency, the Public Works Director may deny an application for permit in the following events:
(1) 
Facilities work is sought which requires excavation of any portion of the paved public right-of-way which was constructed or reconstructed in the preceding five (5) years, or has a pavement condition index (PCI) greater than eighty-five (85), as determined by the Public Works Director.
(2) 
The applicant, contractor or facilities owner owes undisputed past due fees from prior permits, or is in violation of the provisions of this Article.
(3) 
The applicant, contractor, or facilities owner has failed to return the public right-of-way to its previous and acceptable condition under previous permits.
(4) 
The facilities work will cause undue disruption to existing or planned utilities, transportation, public or City use.
(5) 
Failure to pay for damages caused to any City facilities from prior facilities work by the applicant or facilities owner.
(f) 
No permittee may excavate the right-of-way beyond the date or dates specified in the right-of-way permit unless the permittee:
(1) 
Makes a supplementary application for another right-of-way permit before the expiration of the initial permit; and
(2) 
A new right-of-way permit or permit extension is granted.
(g) 
Right-of-way permits issued shall be conspicuously displayed by the permittee at all times at the indicated work site and shall be available for inspection by the Public Works Director, other City employees and the public. In lieu of the display of the permit, the City may issue a sign, stake or other device to confirm the issuance of the permit that shall be conspicuously displayed at the work site.
(h) 
Before receiving a right-of-way permit, the applicant must show proof of any necessary permit, license, certification, grant, registration or any other authorization required by any appropriate governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the City.
(i) 
Any ROW-user who is found to be working in the public right-of-way without a permit will be directed to stop work until a permit is acquired and properly posted at the work site. The only exception allowed is for emergency repair work. Refusal to comply with a stop work order is punishable as provided in Section 24-96.
(j) 
Any permittee found to be working without providing for required safety and traffic control will be directed to stop work until the appropriate measures are implemented in accordance with the current edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices. Refusal to comply with a stop work order is punishable as provided in Section 24-96.
(k) 
Any request to construct or modify any wireless facility or wireless support structure within the City's rights-of-way shall comply with all requirements for placement and construction of wireless facilities and wireless support structures set forth in the Uniform Wireless Communications Infrastructure Deployment Act (Section 67.5090 et seq., RSMo.) and Section 26-77, including all applicable permitting requirements.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-77; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Application for a right-of-way permit shall be submitted to the Public Works Director by the person who will do the work and/or excavation in the right-of-way.
(b) 
Right-of-way applications shall contain and be considered complete only upon receipt of the following:
(1) 
Compliance with verification of registration;
(2) 
Submission of a completed permit application form, including all required attachments and drawings showing the location and area of the proposed project and the location of all existing and proposed facilities at such locations;
(3) 
A traffic control plan;
(4) 
Payment of all money due to the City for permit fees and costs, for prior excavation costs, for any loss, damage or expense suffered by the City because of the applicant's prior excavations of the right-of-way or for any emergency actions taken by the City, unless the payment of such money is in dispute and timely appealed as provided hereafter;
(5) 
A commitment from the applicant to contact the Missouri One Call program or comparable successor program.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-78; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The permittee shall file with the City evidence of liability insurance with an insurance company licensed to do business in Missouri. The amount will be not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) in aggregate. The insurance will protect the City from and against all claims by any person whatsoever for loss or damage from personal injury, bodily injury, death, or property damage to the extent caused or alleged to have been caused by the negligent acts or omissions of the permittee or persons under the control of permittee. If the permittee is self-insured, it shall provide the City proof of compliance regarding its ability to self-insure and proof of its ability to provide coverage in the above amounts.
(b) 
The permittee shall at all times during the term of the permit, and for two (2) years thereafter, maintain a performance and maintenance bond in a form approved by the City Attorney. The amount of the bond will be five thousand ($5,000) or the value of the restoration, whichever is greater, for a term consistent with the term of the permit plus two (2) additional years, conditioned upon the permittee's faithful performance of the provisions, terms and conditions required by this Article. An annual bond in an amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) automatically renewed yearly during this period shall satisfy the requirements of this Section. In the event the City shall exercise its right to revoke the permit as granted herein, then the City shall be entitled to recover under the terms of said bond the full amount of any loss occasioned thereby.
(c) 
A copy of the liability insurance certificate and performance and maintenance bond must be on file with the City Clerk.
(d) 
No performance and maintenance bond or liability insurance will be required of any governmental entity, or of any residential property owner working in the right-of-way adjacent to his/her residence, who does not utilize a contractor to perform the excavation.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-79; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
The right-of-way permit and inspections fees shall be determined by the Director of Public Works and listed in the schedule of fees maintained in the City Clerk's office. Said permit and inspection fees shall be based on the City's actual costs to manage the City's right-of-way.
(a) 
Application for an excavation permit as required in Section 24-76 shall be made on a form provided by the City, which application shall contain information regarding the purpose, location, and size of the proposed excavation and the approximate time work thereon will be commenced, and shall state the length of time applicant estimates will elapse from the commencement of the work until the complete restoration of the surface. Each excavation shall require a separate permit. A minimum of two (2) inspections shall be required for each permit.
(b) 
The right-of-way permit fee may include an administrative fee to be determined by the Public Works Director.
(c) 
Fees paid for a right-of-way permit, which is subsequently revoked by the Public Works Director, are not refundable.
(d) 
In the event the scope of the project is revised during the course of the work, the Public Works Director may recalculate the fee based on the actual size of the excavation, and may require an additional administrative fee.
[1]
Editor's Note: R.O. 1985 § 24-80, Deposit, was repealed by the City during the 2024 recodification project.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-81; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
If the Public Works Director determines that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this Article, the Public Works Director shall issue a right-of-way permit.
(b) 
The Public Works Director may impose reasonable conditions upon the issuance of a right-of-way permit and the performance of the permittee in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare, to ensure the structural integrity of the right-of-way, to protect the property and safety of other users of the right-of-way, and to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to the public.
(c) 
When a right-of-way permit is requested for purposes of installing additional facilities and a performance and maintenance bond for additional facilities is reasonably determined to be insufficient, the posting of an additional or larger performance and maintenance bond for the additional facilities may be required.
(d) 
Issued permits are not transferable.
(e) 
If work is being done for the ROW-user by another person, a subcontractor or otherwise, the person doing the work and the ROW-user shall be jointly and severally liable and responsible for all damages, obligations, and warranties herein described.
(f) 
A right-of-way permit shall have an effective date and an expiration date. Establishment of the expiration date shall be in the discretion of the Public Works Director, which discretion shall be reasonably exercised to achieve the City's policy of minimizing disruption of public rights-of-way.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-82; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The permittee shall not make any cut, excavation or grading of right-of-way other than excavations necessary for emergency repairs without first securing a right-of-way permit.
(b) 
The permittee shall not, at any one (1) time, open or encumber more of the right-of-way than shall be reasonably necessary to enable the permittee to complete the project in the most expeditious manner.
(c) 
The permittee shall, in the performance of any work required for the installation, repair, maintenance, relocation and/or removal of any of its facilities, limit all excavations to those excavations that are necessary for efficient operation.
(d) 
The permittee shall not permit such an excavation to remain open longer than is necessary to compete the repair or installation.
(e) 
The permittee shall notify the City no less than three (3) working days in advance of any construction, reconstruction, repair, location or relocation of facilities which would require any street closure or which reduces traffic flow to less than two (2) lanes of moving traffic for more than four (4) hours. No construction work shall begin in any street right-of-way and no curb on any street shall be cut until at least forty-eight (48) hours' prior notice of intention to begin work is given to the Public Works Director by the facilities owner, permittee or contractor. Except in the event of an emergency as reasonably determined by the permittee, no such closure shall take place without notice and prior authorization from the City.
(f) 
Non-emergency work on arterial and collector streets may not be performed during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in order to minimize disruption of traffic flow.
(g) 
No such work shall be done until a City inspector is present. If any portion of the work fails to meet the requirements hereunder, the Public Works Director or inspector on the job shall cause the work to be stopped until the unsatisfactory conditions are remedied.
(h) 
If any portion of any street, sidewalk, curb, alley or driveway entrance is constructed in violation of the provisions hereof, the Public Works Director may order such work to be removed unless the owner, permittee or contractor shall submit borings and such other tests as shall be required by the Public Works Director and the Director is satisfied that the work has been done in conformity with applicable specifications.
(i) 
The permittee shall provide for the flow of all water courses, sewers or drains intercepted during the facilities work and shall replace same in as good condition as same were at the time facilities work was begun or shall make such provisions for them as the Public Works Director shall prescribe. The permittee shall not obstruct the gutter of any street and shall use all proper measures to provide for the free passage of surface water. The permittee shall make provision to take care of all surplus water, muck, silt, slickings or other runoff pumped from the work site or other operations and shall be responsible for any damage resulting from the failure to so provide.
(j) 
All work performed in the right-of-way or which in any way impacts vehicular or pedestrian traffic shall be properly signed, barricaded, and otherwise protected at the permittee's expense. Such signage shall be in conformance with the latest edition of the manual on uniform traffic control devices, unless otherwise agreed to by the City.
(k) 
The permittee shall be liable for any damages to underground facilities caused by its work. The permittee shall not make or attempt to make repairs, relocation or replacement of damaged or disturbed underground facilities without the approval of the owner of the facilities.
(l) 
Whenever there is an excavation by the permittee, the permittee shall be responsible for providing appropriate traffic control measures to ensure that during the performance of the excavation work traffic conditions as nearly normal as practicable shall be maintained at all times so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to the occupants of the abutting property and to the general public, provided that the Public Works Director may permit the closing of streets to all traffic for a period of time if in the opinion of the Public Works Director such closing is necessary. The permittee shall route and control traffic, including its own vehicles as directed by the Public Works Director. The following steps shall be taken before any roadway may be closed or restricted to traffic:
(1) 
The permittee must receive the approval of the Public Works Director and the Police Department;
(2) 
The permittee must notify the Fire Department of any street so closed;
(3) 
Upon completion of construction work, the permittee shall notify the Public Works Director and City Police Department before traffic is moved back to its normal flow so that any necessary adjustments may be made;
(4) 
When flagmen are deemed necessary by the Public Works Director, they shall be furnished by the permittee at its own expense. Through traffic shall be maintained without the aid of detours, if possible. In instances in which this would not be feasible, the Public Works Director will designate detours. The City shall maintain roadway surfaces of existing highways designated as detours without expense to the permittee; but in case there are no existing highways, the permittee shall construct all detours at its expense and in conformity with the specifications of the Public Works Director. The permittee will be responsible for any unnecessary damage caused to any highways by the operation of its equipment.
(m) 
All facilities and other appurtenances laid, constructed and maintained by the permittee shall be laid, constructed and maintained in accordance with acceptable engineering practices and in full accord with any and all applicable engineering codes adopted or approved by the parties and in accordance with applicable statutes of the State of Missouri, as well as the rules and regulations of any local, State or Federal agency having jurisdiction over the parties.
(n) 
Following completion of permitted work for new construction, the permittee shall keep, maintain and provide to the City accurate records and as-built drawings, drawn to scale and certified to the City as accurately depicting the location of all facilities constructed pursuant to the permit. When available to the permittee, maps and drawings provided will be submitted in AUTOCAD.DXF, AUTOCAD.DWG, MICROSTATION.DGN (or comparable, as allowed by the Public Works Director) automated formats if available, or in hard copy otherwise. The Public Works Director may waive this requirement.
(o) 
The City may use the as-built records of the service provider's facilities in connection with any public improvements.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-83; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The work to be done under the right-of-way permit and the repair and restoration of the right-of-way as required herein must be completed within the dates as specified by the permit. However, in the event of circumstances beyond the control of the permittee or when work was delayed by conditions beyond the permittee's control, the Public Works Director may extend the date for completion of the project upon receipt of a supplementary application for a permit extension.
(b) 
All earth, materials, sidewalks, paving, crossing, utilities, public improvement or improvements of any kind damaged or removed by the permittee shall be fully repaired or replaced promptly by the permittee at its sole expense and to the reasonable satisfaction of the City. The Public Works Director has the authority to inspect the repair or replacement of the damage, and if necessary, to require the permittee to do additional necessary work. Notice of the unsatisfactory restoration and the deficiencies found will be provided to the permittee and a reasonable time not to exceed fifteen (15) days will be provided to allow for the deficiencies to be corrected.
(c) 
After any excavation, the permittee shall, at its expense, restore all portions of the right-of-way.
(d) 
If the permittee fails to restore the right-of-way in the manner and to the condition required by the Public Works Director, or fails to satisfactorily and timely complete all restoration, the City may, at its option, serve written notice upon the permittee and its surety that, unless within five (5) days after serving of such notice, a satisfactory arrangement can be made for the proper restoration of the right-of-way, the City shall immediately serve notice of failure to comply upon the surety and the permittee, and the surety shall have the right to take over and complete the work;. provided, however, that if the surety does not commence performance thereof within ten (10) days from the date of notice, the City may take over the work and undertake same to completion, by contract or otherwise, at the expense of the permittee, and the permittee and its surety shall be liable to the City for any and all cost incurred by the City by reason of such completion.
(e) 
The permittee responsible for the excavation shall be responsible for providing safety protection in accordance with the latest edition of the manual of uniform traffic control devices and any applicable Federal or State requirements.
(f) 
If an excavation cannot be back-filled immediately and is left unattended, the permittee shall securely and adequately cover the unfilled excavation. The permittee has sole responsibility for maintaining proper barricades, safety fencing and/or lights as required, from the time of the opening of the excavation until the excavation is surfaced and opened for travel.
(g) 
In restoring the right-of-way, the permittee guarantees its work and shall maintain it for twenty-four (24) months following its completion. During the twenty-four (24) months the permittee shall, upon notification from the Public Works Director, correct all restoration work to the extent necessary, using any method as required by the Public Works Director. Said work shall be completed within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days, of the receipt of notice from the Public Works Director (not including days during which work cannot be done because of circumstances constituting force majeure or days when work is otherwise delayed through no fault of the permittee). The Public Works Director shall have the authority to extend the guarantee period for up to an additional twenty-four (24) months from the date of any new restoration, if the Public Works Director determines any intentional action by the permittee not to comply with the conditions of the right-of-way permit and any restoration requirements. The foregoing shall not apply to landscaping materials restored in the right-of-way; however, landscaping material must be replaced as directed by the Public Works Director and reasonable efforts taken to ensure their survival.
(h) 
The twenty-four-month guarantee period shall be applicable to failure of the pavement surface as well as failure below the pavement surface.
(i) 
All excavations in a street shall be restored and maintained in accordance with the following:
(1) 
No person shall perform any backfilling in any excavation unless an inspector from the Department of Public Works is present to observe the work and the backfill is made in accordance with the standards established hereunder.
(2) 
Whenever it is necessary to break through existing pavement, the pavement shall be removed to at least two (2) feet beyond the outer limits of the subgrade that is to be disturbed in order to prevent settlement and a two-foot shoulder of undisturbed materials shall be provided in each side of the excavated trench. The face of the remaining pavement shall be approximately vertical. A power-driven concrete saw shall be used so as to permit complete breakage of concrete pavement or base without ragged edges. Asphalt paving shall be cut in a straight line. No pile driver may be used in breaking up the pavement.
(3) 
The Public Works Director shall prepare a utility policy that shall contain a detailed set of specifications for backfilling and restoring pavement.
(4) 
No person shall make any street excavation without providing barricades around the same as a warning to the public and providing adequate lights around the excavation between sunset and sunrise. Traffic warning signs and devices shall be provided in accordance with the manual on uniform traffic control devices, as amended from time to time, and as required by the Public Works Director.
(5) 
Should a facilities owner desire to have the City restore the surface of the street with a PCI greater than seventy (70), then they shall pay an additional amount equal to the City's actual cost to perform the pavement restoration. These costs shall be determined by the Director of Public Works on a time and material basis.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-84; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Applicants may apply jointly for permits to excavate the right-of-way at the same time and place. All joint applicants must jointly execute all required documents and shall be jointly and severally liable for all duties and obligations hereunder.
(b) 
Applicants who apply jointly for a right-of-way permit may share in the payment of the permit fee. Applicants must agree among themselves as to the portion each shall pay.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-85; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
A right-of-way permit shall only be valid for the area of the right-of-way specified within the permit. No permittee may cause any work to be done outside the area specified in the permit, except as provided herein. Any permittee who determines that an area greater than that which is specified in the permit must be excavated must do the following prior to the commencement of work in that greater area:
(1) 
Make application for a permit amendment or a new permit and pay any additional fees required thereby; and
(2) 
Receive the new or amended permit.
(b) 
A right-of-way permit shall be valid only for the dates specified in the permit. No permittee may commence work before the permit start date or, except as provided herein, continue working after the end date. If a permittee does not complete the work by the permit end date, the permittee must apply for and receive a new right-of-way permit or a permit extension for additional time. This application must be submitted to the City prior to the original permit end date.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-86; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Obtaining a right-of-way permit under this Article shall not relieve the permittee of its duty to obtain any necessary permit, license, certification, grant, registration, franchise agreement or any other authorization required by any appropriate governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the City or the FCC, and to pay any fees required by any other City, county, State, or Federal rules, laws or regulations. A permittee shall perform all work in full accord with any and all applicable engineering codes adopted or approved by the parties and in accordance with applicable statutes of the State of Missouri, and the rules and regulations of the FCC or any other local, State or Federal agency having jurisdiction over the parties. A permittee shall perform all work in conformance with all applicable codes and established rules and regulations and shall be responsible for all work done in the right-of-way pursuant to its permit, regardless of who does the work.
(b) 
Except in cases of an emergency or with approval of the Public Works Director, no right-of-way work may be done when conditions are unreasonable for such work.
(c) 
A permittee shall not disrupt a right-of-way such that the natural free and clear passage of water through the gutters or other waterways is interfered with private vehicles may not be parked within or next to the permit area.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-87; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
The Public Works Director may deny a permit to protect the public health, safety and welfare, to prevent interference with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel over the right-of-way, or when necessary, to protect the right-of-way and its users. The Public Works Director, at his/her discretion, may consider one (1) or more of the following factors in denial of the permit:
(1) 
The extent to which the right-of-way space where the permit is sought is available;
(2) 
The competing demands for the particular space in the right-of-way;
(3) 
The availability of other locations in the affected right-of-way or in other rights-of-way for the facilities of the applicant;
(4) 
The applicability of any ordinance or other regulations that affect location of facilities in the right-of-way;
(5) 
The degree of compliance of the applicant with the terms and conditions of its franchise, this Article, and other applicable ordinances and regulations;
(6) 
The degree of disruption to surrounding communities and businesses that will result from the use of that part of the right-of-way;
(7) 
The condition and age of the right-of-way, and whether the right-of-way was constructed or reconstructed within the preceding five (5) years;
(8) 
The balancing of costs of disruption to the public and damage to the right-of-way, against the benefits to that part of the public served by the construction in the right-of-way;
(9) 
Whether the applicant maintains a current registration with the City;
(10) 
Whether the applicant has failed within the last three (3) years to comply with, or is presently not in full compliance with, the requirements of this Article;
(11) 
Whether the applicant owes monies to the City;
(12) 
Whether the issuance of a right-of-way permit for the particular dates and/or time requested would cause a conflict or interferes with an exhibition, celebration, festival, or any other event. In exercising this discretion, the Public Works Director shall be guided by the safety and convenience of anticipated travel of the public over the right-of-way.
(b) 
Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Public Works Director may, in his/her discretion, issue a right-of-way permit in any case where the permit is necessary to:
(1) 
Prevent substantial economic hardship to a user of the applicant's service;
(2) 
Allow such user to materially improve the service provided by the applicant.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-88; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Permittees hold right-of-way permits issued pursuant to this Article as a privilege and not as a right. The City reserves its right, as provided herein, to revoke any right-of-way permit, without refund of the permit fee, in the event of a substantial breach of the terms and conditions of any law or the right-of-way permit. A substantial breach shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) 
The violation of any material provision of the right-of-way 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 City or its residents;
(3) 
Any material misrepresentation of any fact in the permit application;
(4) 
The failure to maintain the required bond or insurance;
(5) 
The failure to complete the work in a timely manner;
(6) 
The failure to correct a condition indicated on an order issued pursuant to this Article;
(7) 
Repeated traffic control violations; or
(8) 
Failure to repair facilities damaged in the right-of-way.
(b) 
If the Public Works Director determines that the permittee has committed a substantial breach of any law or condition placed on the right-of-way permit, the Public Works Director shall make a written demand upon the permittee to remedy such violation. The demand shall State that the continued violation may be cause for revocation of the permit, or legal action if applicable. Further, a substantial breach, as stated above, will allow the Public Works Director, at his/her discretion, to place additional or revised conditions on the right-of-way permit, specifically related to the manner in which the breach is cured by the permittee. Within five (5) calendar days of receiving notification of the breach, permittee shall contact the Public Works Director with a plan, acceptable to the Public Works Director, for correction of the breach. Permittee's failure to contact the Public Works Director, permittee's failure to submit an acceptable plan, or permittee's failure to reasonably implement the approved plan shall be cause for immediate revocation of the right-of-way permit.
(c) 
If a right-of-way permit is revoked, the permittee 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.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-89; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Any excavation, backfilling, repair and restoration, and all other work performed in the right-of-way shall be done in conformance with the City's standards as promulgated by the Public Works Director.
(b) 
The permittee will notify the Public Works Director to schedule an inspection at the start of backfilling. Upon completion of all right-of-way restorative activities, the permittee will schedule a closeout inspection. In the event a permittee fails to obtain any interim inspections, the Public Works Director may require re-opening of the excavation to allow such inspections.
(c) 
The permittee shall notify the office of the Public Works Director upon completion of the authorized work permit.
(d) 
When any corrective actions required have been completed and inspected to the Public Works Director's satisfaction, the two-year maintenance/guarantee period will begin.
(e) 
In addition to the required scheduled inspections, the Public Works Director may choose to inspect the ongoing permitted work in the right-of-way at any time to ensure that all requirements of the approved permit are being met by the permittee.
(f) 
At the time of any inspection, the Public Works Director may order the immediate cessation of any work, which poses a serious threat to the life, health, safety, or well-being of the public. The Public Works Director may issue a citation to the permittee for any work which does not conform to the applicable standards, conditions, code or terms of the permit. The citation shall state that failure to correct the violation will be cause for revocation of the permit.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-90; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002; Ord. No. 5169, 7-27-2021; Ord. No. 5294, 8-23-2022]
(a) 
Whenever a permittee shall deem himself/herself aggrieved by any decision or action taken by the Director of Public Works or his/her designee pursuant to Chapter 24, the permittee may file an appeal to the Public Works Board within ten (10) calendar days of the date of notice of such decision or action. The decision of the Public Works Board shall be final and no other appeals shall be considered by the City.
(b) 
If a permittee still deems himself/herself aggrieved after the appeal to the Public Works Board, such permittee shall have thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Public Works Board's final decision to institute an action in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-91; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
A permittee operating under the provisions of this Article shall fully indemnify, release, defend and hold harmless the City and agents of the City when acting in their capacity as municipal officials, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, proceedings, and actions, liability and judgment by other persons for damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including attorney fees, to the extent caused by negligent acts or omissions of the permittee or those under the control of the permittee in the performance of the permitted work. The City agrees to timely notify permittee of such claim, demand, suit, proceedings, and/or action by providing written notice to permittee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the City, or any agent thereof, from participating in the defense of any litigation by their own counsel at their own expense. Such participation shall not under any circumstances relieve the person from the duty to defend against liability or its duty to pay any judgment entered against the City, or its agents.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-92; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
Each and every provision hereof shall be subject to acts of God, fires, strikes, riots, floods, war and other circumstances beyond the ROW-user's or the City's control.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-93; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
This Article shall be construed in a manner consistent with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article 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 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. Finally, failure of the ROW-user to comply with any applicable law or regulation may result in a forfeiture of any permit, registration or authorization granted in accordance with this Article.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-94; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
If any Section, Subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Article is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-95; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
The City's failure to enforce or remedy any non-compliance of the terms and conditions of this Article or of any permit granted hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of the City's rights nor a waiver of any person's obligations as herein provided.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-96; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
Any person or entity violating any provision of this Article is guilty of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as set forth in Section 1-6 of this Code. Every day that this Article is violated shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) 
The violation of any provision of this Article is hereby deemed to be grounds for revocation of the permit and registration to operate within the City.
(c) 
The City shall have the authority to maintain civil suits or actions in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Article. In addition to any other remedies, the City Attorney may institute injunction, mandamus or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent violation of this Article.
[R.O. 1985 § 24-97; Ord. No. 3746, § 4, 9-10-2002]
(a) 
In addition to any rights specifically reserved to the City by this Article, the City reserves unto itself every right and power which is required to be reserved by a provision of any ordinance under any registration, permit or other authorization granted under this Article. The City shall have the right to waive any provision of this Article or any registration, permit or other authorization granted thereunder, except those required by Federal or State law, if the City determines as follows:
(1) 
That it is in the public interest to do so; and
(2) 
That the enforcement of such provision will impose an undue hardship on the person affected thereby.
To be effective, such waiver shall be evidenced by a statement in writing signed by a duly authorized representative of the City. Further, the City hereby reserves to itself the right to intervene in any suit, action or proceeding involving the provisions herein.
(b) 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of this Article shall not infringe upon the rights of any person pursuant to any applicable State or Federal statutes, including, but not limited to, the right to occupy the right-of-way.