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u' • SECTION 2 PERMIT PROCEDURE Subdivision 1. Permit Required. A Company may not construct, install, repair, remove or relocate Facilities, or any part thereof, or otherwise open or disrupt any Public Ground without first obtaining a permit from the City. The City shall require a separate permit of a Company for each location where construction, installation, or other disturbance of the Public Ground is to occur, or for each convenient subdivision of construction, installation or other related work for which the City determines in its sole discretion a permit is required. Each permit shall state specifically the locations of any Facilities, and the nature of the work necessitating the permit, and shall contain reasonable regulations and conditions to protect the health, safety and welfare of the populace of the City. I - Subdivision 2. Application. Application for a permit shall be made to the Director. A Company shall apply for a permit or renewal of a permit a minimum of two (2) weeks before starting work and must submit detailed plans for street or sidewalk use and pedestrian safety on - major projects. This provision or portions thereof may be waived by the City in the event of an emergency. Upon application by a Company for a permit authorizing construction, installation, repair, removal, or relocation of Facilities, or other disturbance of Public Ground, the City may deny or approve such application. Denial of a permit shall be accompanied by a written statement of the • reasons for such denial. Denial of a permit shall be appealable to the City Council which shall issue detailed findings in the event such denial is sustained. An appeal of denial shall be heard at the first regularly scheduled Council meeting and any findings issued within thirty (30) days of such meeting. Subdivision 3. Issuance of Permit. If the Director determines that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this ordinance the Director may issue a permit to the Company. Subdivision 4. Permit Fee. A Company shall make a permit fee payment for each permit requested in an amount determined by the City. The permit fee shall include an application fee for administrative costs, plus an additional amount to be computed according to the portion of public right-of-way being occupied, computed by the length of area in fifty-foot increments, and the duration of the permit. To the extent that a company applies for a permit to indefinitely or permanently occupy a right-of-way, City shall set a permanent occupancy fee requiring periodic permit payments payable at such times as determined by City, but in any event at least annually. The City shall establish a table of permit fees, which table shall be subject to approval by the City Council and a copy of which shall be maintained in the Office of the City Clerk. The table of fees shall be amended annually and may be amended at other times as deemed necessary by the City. • 2