11.50.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is as follows:
A. Establish a City policy concerning use of public rights of way by providers of utility services;
B. Establish clear and nondiscriminatory local guidelines, standards, and timeframes for the exercise of local authority with respect to the regulation of the use of public rights of way;
C. Conserve the limited physical capacity of public rights of way held in public trust by the City;
D. Assure that all persons providing utility services within the City comply with the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City and with applicable state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations;
E. Assure that the City can continue to fairly and responsibly protect the public health, safety, and welfare;
F. Enable the City to discharge its public trust consistent with evolving federal and state regulatory policies, industry competition, and technological development; and
G. Reserve to the City and provide for the fullest exercise possible of the authority and discretion of the City to require that:
1. Facilities are installed and maintained within public rights of way in such manner and at such points so as not to inconvenience the public use of the public rights of way or to adversely affect the safety and welfare of the public; and
2. All non-City users of the rights of way reimburse and hold harmless the City for the actual costs incurred by the City by reason of the construction or presence in the public rights of way of the facilities of such other users. (Ord. M-4026 §9, 2012)