GENERAL PROVISIONS

San Antonio City Code ch. 29, art. IV, div. 1

in effect

San Antonio City Code § 29-106 Administration.

Sec. 29-106. - Administration. The director is the principal city official responsible for the administration of the right of way, right of way permits, the regulation of same and ordinances related thereto. The director may delegate any or all of the duties hereunder. (1) The position of right-of-way manager in the public works department is hereby established. The right-of-way manager in the public works department shall have the same duties, responsibilities and authority as specified for the director stated herein. (2) The position of utility coordinator in the public works department is hereby established. The utility coordinator shall supervise utility construction projects and utility inspections. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-107 Definitions.

Sec. 29-107. - Definitions. The following definitions apply in this chapter of the city Code. The terms, phrases, words, abbreviations, and their derivations shall have the same meanings herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is mandatory and not merely permissive. Abandoned facilities means facilities no longer in service or physically disconnected from the operating facilities, or from any other facilities that are in use or that still carry service. Administrative fee means the fee charged by the city to recover its costs 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 improvements; determining the adequacy of right-of-way restoration; revoking right-of-way permits and other costs the city may incur in implementing the provisions of this article. Applicant means an owner or authorized agent of an owner, who submits an application for a permit under these provisions of the city Code. Area of influence means that area around a utility excavation where the pavement and subgrade is impacted by the excavation and is subject to more rapid deterioration due to the trench excavation. Certificated telecommunications provider or CTP means a person who has been issued a certificate of convenience and necessity, certificate of operating authority, or service provider certificate of operating authority by the Texas Public utility Commission or "PUC" to offer local exchange telephone service as defined by Section 283 of the Local Government Code or "the Act." City means the City of San Antonio. Contractor means any public or private person or organization, other than the city. Day means business day unless otherwise specified. Department means the department of public works or a successor department that is responsible for management of the right of way and roadway infrastructure. Director means the director of the city department of public works, or his or her designee. Emergency operations are defined as those operations and repairs necessary to prevent damage or injury to the health or safety of the public or any person and the work necessary to address a service interruption. Upgrading of facilities, new service installation and neighborhood improvement projects are not emergency operations. Excavation means an activity that removes or otherwise disturbs soil, pavement, driveways, curbs, or sidewalks in the right-of-way and does not include landscaping activity unless the activity removes or disturbs the paved portion of the right-of-way. Facilities means the plant, equipment, and property, including but not limited to lines, poles, mains, pipes, conduits, ducts, cables, micro network nodes, network nodes, node support poles, and wires located under, on, or above the surface of the ground within the right-of-way and valves, and related facilities and equipment used or useful for the provision of utility services. FCC means Federal Communications Commission. Governing body means the mayor and the city council of the city of San Antonio, Texas. Governmental entity means 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 Texas or of any other state of the United States and any agency or instrumentality of the State of Texas or of any other state of the United States or of the United States. Micro network node means a network node that is not larger in dimension than twenty-four (24) inches in length, fifteen (15) inches in width, and twelve (12) inches in height, and that has an exterior antenna, if any, not longer than eleven (11) inches. Network node means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network. The term includes: equipment associated with wireless communications; a radio transceiver, an antenna, a battery-only backup power supply, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration; and coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is immediately adjacent to and directly associated with a particular collocation. The term does not include: an electric generator; a pole; or a macro tower. Network provider means a wireless service provider; or a person that does not provide wireless services and that is not an electric utility but builds or installs on behalf of a wireless service provider: network nodes; or node support poles or any other structure that supports or is capable of supporting a network node. New street means the paved portion of the right-of-way that has been constructed, reconstructed, or resurfaced with an asphalt overlay, hot in place recycling, full-depth reclamation, reconstruction or other structural street maintenance treatment. "New street" includes all concrete paved streets, streets constructed or structurally resurfaced during the preceding seven years, for a collector or arterial street or during the preceding five (5) years for a residential street or alley or any street with a pavement condition index greater than eighty-five (85) as defined herein. Node support pole means a pole installed by a network provider for the primary purpose of supporting a network node. Pavement condition index (PCI) means a measure of the condition of the right-of-way on a scale of 1-100. The PCI is available through the department. Pavement degradation recovery fee means the cost incurred by the city and the public associated with a decrease in the useful life of a street caused by excavations and failures in restoration of the right-of-way. Permit means a permit issued under this chapter authorizing excavation in the right-of-way. Permittee means any person or right-of-way user to whom a permit is issued to excavate a right-of-way. Person means any person, company, partnership, agency or other public or private entity, excepting the city. Pole means a service pole, a municipally owned utility pole, node support pole, or utility pole. Registration means the application process of a ROW user to use any portion of the right-of-way. Repair means the temporary or permanent construction work necessary to make the right-of-way useable. Repair area means that area around an excavation where the pavement and subgrade is impacted by an excavation. Restoration means the process by which an excavated right-of-way and surrounding area, including pavement and foundation, is returned to the same condition, or better, than existed before the commencement of the work. Resurfacing means any repaving, overlay, seal or reconstruction which creates a new pavement surface over the entire width of the street, excluding crack seals and localized base and pavement repairs. Right-of-way or public right-of-way means the surface of, and the space above and below, any street, road, highway, freeway, lane, path, drainage way, channel, fee interest, public way or place, sidewalk, alley, boulevard, parkway, drive, or other easement now or hereafter held by the city or over which the city exercises any rights of management or control and shall include but not be limited to all easements now held, or hereafter held, by the city but shall specifically exclude private property. Right-of-way (ROW) user means a person, its successors and assigns, that uses the right-of-way for purposes of work, excavation, provision of services, and to install, construct, maintain, repair facilities thereon, including, but not limited to, landowners, utilities, service providers, and contractors. Routine service operation means a work activity that makes no material change to the facilities and does not disrupt traffic. Service means 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, wireless service, open video systems, alarm systems, steam, electric, water, telegraph, data transmission, petroleum pipelines, or sanitary sewage. Service pole means a pole, other than a municipally owned utility pole, owned or operated by a municipality and located in a public right-of-way, including: a pole that supports traffic control functions; a structure for signage; a pole that supports lighting, other than a decorative pole; and a pole or similar structure owned or operated by a municipality and supporting only network nodes. Street means the pavement and sub-grade of a city residential, collector or arterial roadway. Supplementary application means an application made to excavate or obstruct more of the right-of-way than allowed in, or to extend a permit that has already been issued. TMUTCD shall mean Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, latest edition. Transport facility means each transmission path physically within a public right-of-way, extending with a physical line from a network node directly to the network, for the purpose of providing backhaul for network nodes. Utility shall mean any privately or publicly owned entity which uses public rights-of-way to furnish to the public any general public service, including, without limitation, sanitary sewer, gas, electricity, water, mobile services, telecommunications services, information services, cable services, video services, petroleum products, telegraph, heat, steam or chilled water, together with the equipment, structures, and appurtenances belonging to such entity and located within and near the right-of-way. Poles are regulated herein only as specifically set forth in this chapter. UECM means Utility Excavation Criteria Manual, current edition. White lining means marking the excavation site with white washable marking paint or flags prior to requesting a utility locate in order to further identify the site. Wireless service means any service, using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum, including the use of Wi-Fi, whether at a fixed location or mobile, provided to the public using a network node. Wireless service provider means a person that provides wireless service to the public. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01; Ord. No. 2016-11-10-0894, § 2, 11-10-16; Ord. No. 2017-08-31-0609, § 1, 8-31-17)

San Antonio City Code § 29-108 Utility coordination committee.

Sec. 29-108. - Utility coordination committee. Each utility shall name a utility coordinator who shall participate in the utility coordination committee. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-109 Field utility coordination.

Sec. 29-109. - Field utility coordination. (a) The ROW user shall notify the department at each of the following times during a project: (1) Forty-eight (48) hours before the start of construction; (2) Upon completion of the initial backfill; and (3) Upon completion of the project. (b) The ROW user shall mark the site of the proposed excavation with white lining and/or flags prior to making a request for locates and actual excavation. White lining is not required for excavations of more than sixty (60) feet long unless the excavation is located in pavers, cobblestone, pavements, sidewalks, or other public flatwork. (c) The ROW user shall make a request for a utility locate not more than fourteen (14) days and not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of the proposed excavation. Such request shall be made to the state One-Call Center and the San Antonio Water System ("SAWS"). A request made using the One-Call Center (811) shall be made by telephone or facsimile and shall include the date, location, extent and reason for such proposed excavation. A request to SAWS shall be done via SAWS's website, www.saws.org. (d) The use of markers, stakes, poles, barricades or other devices shall be used in such a way to avoid damage to adjoining property. The use of "non-washable" markers is prohibited. (e) The ROW user shall mark the proposed excavation site with paint and/or flags in colors established by the One-Call System. The markings shall be placed a distance of not less than five (5) feet in all directions from the outside boundary of the site to be excavated. (f) All excavations shall commence within fourteen (14) days of the date of the utility locate. In the event that the excavator fails to commence work within fourteen (14) days or the utility locate marks are not visible at the time the excavation is scheduled to commence, the ROW user is required to request a new utility locate. (g) Compliance with the Texas Utilities Code is required at all times. (h) All barricades, plates, cones, traffic directional equipment, and all other traffic control devices owned by the ROW user and used on or near any excavation shall be clearly and visibly marked with the name of the permittee and/or ROW user, as applicable, at all times such equipment is used on or near the right of way. An exception to the marking requirement may be made in the event the traffic control equipment is not owned by the permittee or ROW user. (i) A network provider conducting routine maintenance on network nodes, including micro network nodes, or network support poles that do not require excavation or closing of sidewalks or vehicular lanes in the right-of-way as provided for in V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 284.157, shall provide the right-of-way manager notice not more than fourteen (14) days and not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to commencement of the planned routine maintenance. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01; Ord. No. 2017-08-31-0609, § 1, 8-31-17)

San Antonio City Code § 29-110 Maps and records of registrants.

Sec. 29-110. - Maps and records of registrants. Each ROW user must maintain accurate maps and records of its facilities. The information shall be made available to the department within five (5) days of request by the department. The maps and records shall depict horizontal and vertical locations of all facilities in and near the right of way. The information shall be provided in electronic format compatible with city software or shall be subject to a conversion fee. Maps and records shall indicate horizontal location and a description of the facility for the area involved in the permit application and two (2) block radius. The department may have facilities located if the ROW user does not provide the requested information. In such event the ROW user shall reimburse the cost to the city to locate the facilities. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-111 Notice.

Sec. 29-111. - Notice. Notice for purposes of this article shall be made to city via electronic message (e-mail), overnight courier (generally used carrier with tracing available), or hand delivery with signed receipt, facsimile to the department, or United States mail return receipt required. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-112 Registration.

Sec. 29-112. - Registration. All ROW users must register with the city within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives. Any person who is not an existing ROW user prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives and who wishes to become a ROW user must first register with the city. All ROW users shall report all changes in its registration information within thirty (30) days of such change. No ROW user 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. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-113 Registration information.

Sec. 29-113. - Registration information. The information required for registration includes the following: (1) Identity and legal status of ROW user and names of all operators of any facilities on the right of way. (2) Name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of officer, agent or employee responsible for the accuracy of the registration information. (3) Name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the local representative of the ROW user who shall be available at all times to act on behalf of the ROW user in the event of an emergency. (4) If applicable, certification number issued by public utilities commission. (5) General description of services to be provided. (6) Insurance and bonding information. (7) Employee safety certification information. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-114 Employee safety certification.

Sec. 29-114. - Employee safety certification. The ROW user operating facilities or constructing facilities in any public right of way is responsible for the safe movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic through the construction area. The ROW user shall obtain certification through a city approved training organization for a sufficient number of employees working within the right of way such that a certified employee is present at the job site during construction activities. The ROW user shall meet all requirements for barricading and traffic control as specified in the TMUTCD. Alternative training programs may be submitted to the director for city certification. Only those individuals who are qualified by means of adequate training in safe traffic control practices and have a basic understanding of the principles established by applicable standards and regulations, including those in TMUTCD, as evidenced by certification, shall place and maintain the traffic control devices in the construction area. Employee certificates shall be maintained current by ROW user at all times. An employee shall produce, upon request of an inspector or certified police officer, proof of a valid training certificate. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-115 Reserved.

San Antonio City Code § 29-116 Reporting obligations.

Sec. 29-116. - Reporting obligations. All ROW users shall provide on demand, proof of any necessary permit, license, certification, grant, registration, franchise agreement or any other authorization required by any governmental entity, including, but not limited to, the city, State or Federal Government, including a description of the ROW user's intended use of the right-of-way, information sufficient to determine whether the ROW user is subject to franchising or licensing by the city, and information to determine whether the ROW user has applied for and received any certificate of authority required by the PUC. The information provided shall be sufficient to determine that the ROW user has applied for and received any permit or other approvals required by the FCC. ROW users shall provide all such other information as may be reasonably required by the city to complete the registration statement. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-117 Permit required.

Sec. 29-117. - Permit required. It is unlawful for any person, its agents, servants or employees to dig, plow, blast, make cuts, openings, bore, excavate or use the right-of-way for any purpose without first having made application and obtained a permit therefore. It is unlawful for any person, its agents, servants or employees to make or cause to be made any excavation in or under the surface of any right-of-way for the installation, repair or removal of any facilities, or for any other purpose without first obtaining from the director a permit in compliance with this chapter. (1) Before issuing a permit, the director shall have been provided a written application, on a form furnished by the director, setting forth the name and residence or business address of the applicant; the location and approximate area of the excavation, including its approximate length and width, and, if the excavation is in a street, whether it is parallel or transverse to the direction of the travel lanes; and, the purpose of the excavation. The application form shall include plans prepared in accordance with city specifications. (2) At the time the permit is issued, the applicant shall pay a nonrefundable application fee in an amount as provided for in this chapter. (3) All sums paid to the city pursuant to this chapter, shall be deposited in a separate fund or funds and shall be expended only for the repair resurfacing, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or other improvement of city streets where excavation has occurred after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives. (4) The proposed location, depth and other characteristics of any facilities for which the permit is issued shall be subject to approval of the director, and all backfilling, compaction and pavement restoration performed for any excavation shall comply with the requirements of this chapter. (5) No fee or requirement authorized or imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be construed to affect or alter in any way any obligation of public and private utilities with facilities installed in any right-of-way to relocate the facilities at no cost to the city, subject to state law, if applicable, in the event that relocation is required by the city to accommodate a proper governmental use of the right-of-way. (6) Combinations of permits shall be permitted at the discretion of the director. Fees shall be assessed based on the excavations permitted. (7) Subdivision monuments, historical markers, and any other signs or structures with foundations in the right-of-way, excluding billboards, are subject to this chapter. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-118 Excavation permit application.

Sec. 29-118. - Excavation permit application. Application for a permit shall be addressed to the director and made on a form furnished for that purpose, stating the extent, dimensions, character and purpose of the cut or excavation to be made, the location, by street and number if possible, where the work is to be done, and the time in which it is to be completed. The application form shall be accompanied by maps of the existing facilities in the area, to the extent available, and the location of the proposed facilities, methodology of construction; proposed start and completion dates. (1) Joint applications. Applicants may apply jointly for permits to excavate the right-of-way at the same time and place. 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. The city will recognize only one (1) point of contact. (2) Supplementary applications. A 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: a. Make application for a permit extension and pay any additional fees required thereby; and b. Receive a new right-of-way permit or permit extension. Permits will be issued or denied within ten (10) days of application. Unless granted for a longer period, an excavation permit shall be valid for thirty (30) days and for the dates specified in the permit. The applicant may request the permit be valid for such longer period as may be necessary in the circumstances, in advance, as part of the application. The city may approve or deny the application for such extended permit period. No permittee may commence work before the permit start date or, except as provided herein, may 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 may receive a new right-of-way permit or a permit extension for additional time. This supplementary application must be submitted to the city prior to the permit end date. An expedited permit may be requested, and shall be issued within two (2) days of application upon a showing of good cause. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-119 Issuance of permit.

Sec. 29-119. - Issuance of permit. Every person making application for a permit in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and having complied with such provisions shall be entitled thereto, and, upon filing such application with the director, it shall be his duty to issue the permit, when the provisions of this chapter shall have been complied with. (1) Upon receiving a written application for an excavation permit and a plan prepared in accordance with city specifications, the director's designee shall set forth all requirements, approve or disapprove the application, sign and return it to the applicant. Excepting only emergency excavations, at least one (1) working day prior to the start of work, the applicant shall telephone the city street maintenance division and request a permit number, informing the city the date the work will commence. A permit number shall then be assigned to the job and a permit shall be sent to the applicant. (2) No permit shall be transferable. A permit shall be void unless the excavation to be made pursuant thereto is commenced within the time stated therein and the work diligently completed. (3) Each permit shall state a time period for completion of all the work to be done thereunder. The director may grant extensions of time. (4) No person in violation of any requirement of this chapter shall be issued an excavation permit, nor shall any contractor or agent apply for or be issued an excavation permit on the person's behalf, until the outstanding violation is corrected or a plan for correction is approved by the director. The foregoing requirement is in addition to any penalty or remedy for violation that may be imposed or sought by the city at law or equity. (5) No work shall be done under any permit issued under this chapter except as stated in the permit. If the permit is allowed to expire, the ROW user shall procure a new permit, paying the applicable fee therefor as before, before proceeding with any such work. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-120 Excavation to be under supervision of the director.

Sec. 29-120. - Excavation to be under supervision of the director. (a) Any ROW user engaged in making or backfilling any excavation in any right-of-way shall at all times while such work is in progress keep at the job location the permit, or a copy thereof, and shall, on demand, exhibit the permit to the director, right-of-way manager or designee, or any police officer. At all times while the work is in progress the ROW user shall also maintain at the job location, a barricade, approved traffic control plan if applicable, and signs bearing the contractor's name, the name of the utility that is having facilities installed, maintained, repaired, replaced, and/or removed under, on, or above the ROW, contact information for both the contractor and utility, and a brief description of the permitted work. Employees and contractors of the ROW user engaged in carrying out the permitted work shall also have on their person a conspicuous identifier of the utility for whom permitted work is being performed. (b) The ROW user shall protect from damage, utility conduits, sewer conduits, water conduits, lawns, shrubbery, trees, fences, structures, or other property at, near or encountered in his work. The ROW user shall determine the boundary of the right-of-way. (c) All excavations and other construction in the streets shall be conducted so as to interfere as little as practicable with the use of rights-of-way and with the use of private property, in accordance with any lawful and reasonable direction given by or under the authority of the governing body of the city under the policy and regulatory powers of the city necessary to provide for public convenience. The ROW user shall reasonably protect from damage, utility facilities, sewer facilities, water facilities, lawns, shrubbery, trees, fences, structures, or other property encountered in his work. The ROW user shall not trespass upon private property. The ROW users shall determine the boundary between public right-of-way and private property. (d) All transmission and distribution structures, lines, equipment and facilities erected by a ROW user within the city shall be so located as to cause minimum interference with the proper use of the public rights-of-way, and to cause minimum interference with the rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who join any of the said streets. (e) The city reserves the right to lay, and allow to be laid, electricity, sewer, gas, water and other pipe lines or cables and facilities, as well as drainage pipes and channels and streets and to perform, and allow to be performed, any underground and overhead installation or improvement that may be deemed necessary or proper by the governing body of the city, in, across, along, over or under any right-of-way or public place occupied by a ROW user and to change any curb or sidewalk or the grade of any street and to maintain all of the city's facilities. In allowing such work to be performed by others, the city shall not be liable to a ROW user for any damage caused by those persons or entities. Nothing herein shall relieve any third party from responsibility for damages caused to a ROW user by such third party. (f) If the city requires a ROW user to adapt or conform its facilities, or in any way or manner to alter, relocate or change its property to enable any other corporation or person, except the city, to use, or to use with greater convenience, any right-of-way or public place, the ROW user shall not be required to make any such changes until such other corporation or person shall have undertaken, with solvent bond, to reimburse a ROW user for any loss and expense which will be caused by, or arise out of such removal, change, adaptation, alteration, conformance or relocation of a ROW user's facilities; provided, however, that the city shall never be liable for such reimbursement. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01; Ord. No. 2016-11-10-0894, § 3, 11-10-16)

San Antonio City Code § 29-121 Additional excavation permit.

Sec. 29-121. - Additional excavation permit. Subsequent to issuance of a permit, if it is necessary to excavate a larger area than originally estimated, the permittee shall at once pay to city the amount necessary to obtain the additional permit necessary. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-122 Appeal.

Sec. 29-122. - Appeal. A right-of-way user that has been denied registration, has been denied a permit, has had a permit revoked, or believes that fees imposed are invalid, may have the denial, revocation, or fee imposition reviewed, upon written request as follows: (1) Appellant shall provide, within five (5) days of denial, a written notice of appeal filed with the right-of-way manager of the department. The notice must state the alternatives available and routes explored, hardship encountered, cost comparison of other alternatives and a statement of any other significant factors. The right-of-way manager shall provide a written decision within five (5) days of receipt of the appeal. Failure to render a decision within five (5) business days shall constitute a denial. (2) If a further denial is given, the appellant may thereafter file a written notice of appeal with the director within five (5) days. The notice must state the alternatives available and routes explored, hardship encountered, cost comparison of other alternatives and a statement of any other significant factors. The director shall provide a written decision within the ten (10) business days. Failure to render a decision within ten (10) days shall constitute a denial. (3) If a further denial is given, the appellant may thereafter file a written notice of appeal to the city council with the city clerk within five (5) business days of receipt of the directors written decision. The clerk shall notify the director and the appellant of the placement of the appeal on the first available city council agenda in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings law. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

San Antonio City Code § 29-123 Denial of permit.

Sec. 29-123. - Denial of permit. A permit may be denied or suspended for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to provide proof of a surety bond or liability insurance acceptable to the city. (2) Failure to secure a contractor's license or other required license. (3) Failure to perform in accordance with the requirements of the UECM or in accordance with these provisions. (4) The excavation would be in a new street and not otherwise permitted by this article. (5) The proposed warning or other traffic control procedures or equipment do not comply with the requirements of the TMUTCD or the requirements of the director. (6) The proposed activity would violate a city ordinance or State or Federal statute. (7) The permit application contains false or misleading information. (8) The activity would cause a public health or safety hazard. (9) The ROW user is not authorized within the city. (10) The ROW user is in violation of this chapter relative to work in progress. Denied permits may be appealed as set forth in this article. (Ord. No. 93319, § 1, 1-25-01)

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