Obligations of permittees—Conditions of permits.
Columbus City Codes § 910.06
in effect910.06 - Obligations of permittees—Conditions of permits.
A. In addition to the other requirements set forth herein and in the regulations each permittee, except a special right-of-way permittee for residential purposes, shall:
1. Use its best efforts to cooperate with other permittees and the city for the best, most efficient, most aesthetic and least obtrusive use of rights-of-way, consistent with safety, and to minimize traffic and other disruptions including street cuts;
2. Participate in such joint planning, construction and advance notification of right-of-way work, excepting such work performed in an emergency provided the permittee uses its best efforts to contact the city at the earliest possible time after beginning any such emergency work requiring excavation or other interference with the flow of traffic, as may be required by Chapter 903 and this chapter and as may be more specifically set forth in regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and provided further, that mandatory joint planning shall not (i) commence prior to January 1, 1999, or (ii) require the exchange or provision of trade secrets or competitively sensitive materials or information;
3. Reasonably cooperate with other permittees in utilization of, construction in and occupancy of private rights-of-way within the city, but only to the extent the same is consistent with the grant thereof, is not additionally burdensome to any property owner or unreasonably burdensome to the permittee; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require expenditure of funds or rearrangement of facilities by a permittee without fair compensation;
4. Upon reasonable written notice of not less than sixty (60) days, except in an emergency threatening the public health, safety or welfare, and at the direction of the director, and at the permittee's sole cost, promptly remove or rearrange facilities as necessary, as further specified in the regulations (i) during any construction, repair or modification of any street, sidewalk, city utility (except for the nonstreet lighting facilities of the division of electricity) or other public improvement, (ii) as part of the director's determination, to the extent permitted by Ohio law, that designated portions of its rights-of-way should accommodate only underground facilities or that facilities should occupy only one side of a street or other public way, provided that such determination is reasonable and a part of an overall improvement or beautification plan or project, (iii) if an additional or subsequent city or other public use of rights-of-way is inconsistent with the then current uses of such permittee, (iv) or for any other reasonable cause as determined by the director pursuant to Section 910.14(B);
5. Provide maps and other information relating to a permittee's facilities and operations within the rights-of-way and compliance with this chapter in such form, including, for general right-of-way permittees, digital or other form compatible with any city geographic information system; provided, however, that such maps or information for facilities in place as of January 1, 1999 shall not be required to be in digital form prior to January 1, 2002, and at such times, no less than annually, as the regulations require. Said maps and information shall, at a minimum, locate, describe and identify all uses of, and structures and facilities of such permittee in, the rights-of-way;
6. Perform all work, construction, maintenance or removal of structures and facilities within the right-of-way, including tree trimming, in accordance with good engineering and construction practice including any appropriate safety codes and in accordance with the regulations and use its best efforts to repair and replace any street, curb or other portion of the right-of-way, or facilities or structure located therein, to a condition to be determined by the director to be adequate under current standards and not less than materially equivalent to its condition prior to such work and to do so in a manner which minimizes any inconvenience to the public, the city and other permittees, all in accordance with the regulations adopted hereunder or under Chapter 903;
7. Register, or cause to be registered, its facilities with underground reporting services as set forth in the regulations;
8. Use its best efforts to cooperate with the city in any emergencies involving the rights-of-way in such manner as the regulations shall require including the maintenance of a twenty-four (24) hour emergency contact;
9. Unless otherwise set forth in a right-of-way permit, or without director's prior written approval, if the permittee has elected to pay fee under this chapter pursuant to Section 910.07(B)(1)(ii), refrain from entering into leases or other "wholesale" type agreements with affiliates for the use of such permittee's facilities located within the rights-of-way. Any such lease or agreement shall be filed with the director for the director's approval in such manner as the regulations require;
10. Field identify, using distinct identification, all structures and facilities in areas of the rights-of-way designated for construction or related activities in accordance with the regulations, provided that the regulations shall require that the field identifications utilize, to the greatest extent possible, customary industry standards for such identification; and
11. Designate a single point of contact for all purposes hereunder, as well as comply with such other contact and notice protocols as the regulations require.
B. Each permittee shall assure that any subcontractor or other person performing any work or service in the right-of-way on behalf of said permittee will comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter and its right-of-way permit and will identify the permittee for whom such contractor is working. Said permittee shall be responsible and liable hereunder for all actions of any such subcontractor or others as if said permittee had performed or failed to perform any such obligation.
(Ord. 1589-98 § 1 (part).)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT9STPAPUPRCO_CH910CORI-W_910.06OBPEONPEFetched: 10/27/2026