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<br />prompt and accurate information on the service laterals installed may result in the <br />revocation of the permit issued for the work or future permits to the offending <br />permittee or its subcontractors. <br /> <br />Sec. 1.25. Location and Relocation of Facilities. <br />Subd. 1. Placement, location, and relocation of facilities must comply with the Act, with other <br />applicable law, and with Minn. R. 7819.3100, 7819.5000, and 7819.5100, to the extent the rules <br />do not limit authority otherwise available to cities. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Undergrounding. Unless otherwise agreed in a franchise or other agreement <br />between the applicable right of way user and the City, Facilities in the right of way must <br />be located or relocated and maintained underground in accordance with Section 2301 <br />of the City Code. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Corridors. The city may assign a specific area within the right of way, or any particular <br />segment thereof as may be necessary, for each type of facility that is or, pursuant to current <br />technology, the city expects will someday be located within the right of way. All excavation, <br />obstruction, or other permits issued by the city involving the installation or replacement of <br />facilities shall designate the proper corridor for the facilities at issue. <br /> <br />Any registrant who has facilities in the right of way in a position at variance with the corridors <br />established by the city shall, no later than at the time of the next reconstruction or excavation of <br />the area where the facilities are located, move the facilities to the assigned position within the <br />right of way, unless this requirement is waived by the city for good cause shown, upon <br />consideration of such factors as the remaining economic life of the facilities, public safety, <br />customer service needs, and hardship to the registrant. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Nuisance. One year after the passage of this chapter, any facilities found in a right of <br />way that have not been registered shall be deemed to be a nuisance. The city may exercise any <br />remedies or rights it has at law or in equity, including, but not limited to, abating the nuisance or <br />taking possession of the facilities and restoring the right of way to a useable condition. <br /> <br />Subd. 4. Limitation of Space. To protect the health, safet y, and welfare of the public, or when <br />necessary to protect the right of way and its current use, the city shall have the power to prohibit <br />or limit the placement of new or additional facilities within the right of way. In making such <br />decisions, the city shall strive to the extent possible to accommodate all existing and potential <br />users of the right of way, but shall be guided primarily by considerations of the public interest, <br />the public’s needs for the particular utility service, the condition of the right of way, the time of <br />year with respect to essential utilities, the protection of existing facilities in the right of way, and <br />future city plans for public improvements and development projects which have been determined <br />to be in the public interest. <br /> <br />Sec. 1.26 Pre-Excavation Facilities Location. <br />In addition to complying with the requirements of Minn. Stat. 216D.01-.09 (“One Call <br />Excavation Notice System”) before the start date of any right of way excavation, each <br />registrant who has facilities or equipment in the area to be excavated shall mark the horizontal