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Hole means an excavation in the right -of -way, with the excavation having a length less than the width of the pavement. "Management Costs" means the actual costs the city incurs in managing its rights -of -Way, including such costs, if incurred, as those associated with registering applicants; issuing, processing, and verifying right -of -way permit applications; inspecting job sites and restoration projects; maintaining, supporting, protecting, or moving user facilities during right - of -way work; determining the adequacy of right -of -way restoration; restoring work inadequately performed after providing notice and the opportunity to correct the work; and revoking right -of -way permits. Management costs do not include payment by a telecommunications right -of -way User for the use of the right -of -way, the fees and cost of litigation relating to the interpretation of Minnesota Session Laws 1997, Chapter 123; Minnesota Statutes Sections 237.162 or 237.163 or any ordinance enacted under those sections, or the city fees and costs related to appeals taken pursuant to Section of this chapter. "Obstruct" means to place any tangible in a right -of -way so as to hinder free and open passage over that or any part of the right -of -way. Obstruction Permit means the permit which, pursuant to this chapter, must be obtained before a person may obstruct a right - of -way, allowing the holder to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of that right -of -way, for the duration specified therein. Obstruction Permit Fee means money paid to the city by a permittee to cover costs as provided in Section Patch or Patching means a method of pavement replacement that is temporary in nature. A patch consists of (1) the compaction of the sub -base and aggregate base and (2) the replacement, in kind, of the existing pavement for a minimum of two feet beyond the edges of the excavation in all directions. A patch is considered full restoration only when the pavement is included in the city's five -year project plan. Pavement means any type of improved surface that is within the public right -of -way and that is paved or otherwise constructed with bituminous, concrete, aggregate, or gravel. Permit has the meaning given "right -of -way permit" in Minnesota Statutes, Section 237.162 Chapter 17 3 •