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and vertical placement of all said facilities. Any registrant whose facilities are less than twenty (20) inches below a concrete or asphalt surface shall notify and work closely with the excavation contractor to establish the exact location of its facilities and the best procedure for excavation. Sec. 1.27. Damage to Other Facilities. When the city does work in the right of way and finds it necessary to maintain, support, or move a registrant’s facilities to protect it, the city shall notify the local representative as early as is reasonably possible. The costs associated therewith will be billed to that registrant and must be paid within thirty (30) days from the date of billing. Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any facilities in the right of way which it or its facilities damage. Each registrant shall be responsible for the cost of repairing any damage to the facilities of another registrant caused during the city’s response to an emergency occasioned by that registrant’s facilities. Sec. 1.28. Right of Way Vacation. Reservation of right. If the city vacates a right of way that contains the facilities of a registrant, the registrant’s rights in the vacated right of way are governed by Minn. R. 7819.3200. Sec. 1.29. Indemnification and Liability By registering with the city, or by accepting a permit under this chapter, a registrant or permittee agrees to defend and indemnify the city in accordance with the provisions of Minn. Rule 7819.1250. Sec. 1.30. Abandoned and Unusable Facilities. Subd. 1. Discontinued Operations. A registrant who has determined to discontinue all or a portion of its operations in the city must provide information satisfactory to the city that the registrant’s obligations for its facilities in the right of way under this chapter have been lawfully assumed by another registrant. Subd. 2. Removal. Any registrant who has abandoned facilities in any right of way shall remove it from that right of way if required in conjunction with other right of way repair, excavation, or construction, unless this requirement is waived by the city. Sec. 1.31. Appeal. A right of way user that: (1) has been denied registration; (2) has been denied a permit; (3) has had a permit revoked; (4) believes that the fees imposed are not in conformity with Minn. Stat. § 237.163, subd. 6; or (5) disputes a determination of the director regarding Section 1.24, subd.2 of this ordinance may have the denial, revocation, fee imposition, or decision reviewed, upon written request, by the City Council. The City Council shall act on a timely written request at its next regularly scheduled meeting, provided the right of way user has submitted its appeal with sufficient time to include the appeal as a regular agenda item. A decision by the City Council affirming the denial, revocation, or fee imposition will be in writing and supported by written findings establishing the reasonableness of the decision.