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ORDINANCE #99-XX CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 4.10 OF THE CITY CODE WHICH ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO MANAGE AND ADMINISTER THE USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND REGULATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITS. The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT Section 4.10 of the City Code (hereafter "this Code") is hereby repealed in its entirety, and is replaced by the following new Section 4.10, to read as follows: 4.10 Right-of-way Management 4.10.01 Findings and Purpose Subdivision 1. General. In order to provide for the health, safety and well-being of its citizens, as well as to insure the structural integrity of its streets and the use of the rights-of- way, the City strives to keep its rights-of-way in a state of good repair and free from unnecessary encumbrances. Although the general population bears the financial burden for the upkeep of the rights-of-way, a primary cause for the early and excessive deterioration of its rights-of-way is their frequent excavation by persons whose equipment is located therein. Right-of-way obstruction is a source of frustration for merchants, business owners and the general population which must avoid these obstructions or change travel or shopping plans because of them and has detrimental effect on commerce. Persons whose equipment is located within the fight-of-way are the primary cause of these frequent obstructions. The City holds the rights-of-way within its geographical boundaries as an asset in trust for its citizens. The City and other public entities have invested millions of dollars in public funds to build and maintain the fight-of-way. The City recognizes that some persons, by placing their equipment in the right-of-way and charging the citizens of the City for goods and services delivered thereby, are using this public groperty for private gain and profit. The Minnesota Legislature has recognized that it is in the public's interest that the use and regulation of rights-of-way be carried on in a fair, efficient, competitively neutral, and substantially uniform manner, while recognizing such regulation must reflect distinct engineering, construction, operation, maintenance, and public and worker safety requirements I, I I: I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I