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								                   Routine Maintenance - means any standard maintenance that can be completed,
<br />on average, in less then fours hours. Routine maintenance shall include but not limited to
<br />streetlight maintenance, service measurements, hydrant flushing, customer initiated service
<br />changes. See 4.10.09.
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<br />               Service or Utility Service - includes, but is not limited to, (a) those services
<br />provided by a public utility as defined in Minn. Stat. §216B.02. Subds. 4 and 6 (1996), (b) a
<br />telecommunications right-of-way user, pipeline, community antenna television, cable
<br />communications systems as defined in Minn. Stat. Chap. 238, fire and alarm communications,
<br />water, electricity, light, heat, cooling energy, or power services, (c) the services provided by a
<br />corporation organized for the purposes set forth in Minn. Stat. {}300.03 (1996), and (4) the
<br />services provided by a district heating or cooling system.
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<br />               Supplementary Application - means an application made to excavate or obstruct
<br />more of the right-of-way than allowed in, or to extend, a permit that has already been issued.
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<br />               Telecommunications Right-of-way User - means a person owning or
<br />controlling a facility in the right-of-way, or seeking to own or control the same, that is used or is
<br />intended to be used for transporting telecommunication or other voice or data information. For
<br />purposes of this Section, a cable communications system defined or regulated under Minn. Stat.
<br />Chap. 238, and telecommunications activities related to providing natural gas or electric energy
<br />services are not included in this definition for purposes of this Section. This definition shall not
<br />be inconsistent with Minn. Stat. {}237.162, Subd. 4.
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<br />               Unusable Equipment - means equipment located in the right-of-way which has
<br />remained unused for one (1) year and for which the registrant is unable to provide proof that it
<br />has either a plan to begin using it within the next twelve (12) months or a potential purchaser or
<br />user of the equipment.
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<br />4.10.03     Administration. The City may designate a principal City official responsible for
<br />the administration of the right-of-way, right-of-way permits, and the ordinances related thereto.
<br />The City may delegate any or all of the duties hereunder.
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<br />4.10.04
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<br />Registration, Bonding and Right-of-way Occupancy
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<br />               Subdivision 1. Each person which occupies, uses, or seeks to occupy or use, the
<br />right-of-way or any equipment located in the right-of-way, including by lease, sublease or
<br />assignrnent, or who has, or seeks to have, equipment located in any right-of-way, must register
<br />with the City. Registration will consist of providing application information to and as required
<br />by the City, paying a registration fee, and posting a performance and restoration bond.
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<br />The performance and restoration bond required in this Section, and in Sections 4.10.10, Subd. 2;
<br />4.10.13, Subd. 2 (b), and Section 4.10.32, Subd. 1 (b) (3) shall be in an amount determined in the
<br />City's sole discretion, sufficient to serve as security for the full and complete performance of the
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