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<br />Note: Minn. Stat. § 237.162, Subd. 12.
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<br />WIRELESS FACILITY. Equipment at a fixed location that enables the provision of wireless
<br />services between user equipment and a wireless service network, including equipment associated with
<br />wireless service, a radio transceiver, antenna, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power
<br />supplies, and a small wireless facility, but not including wireless support structures, wireline backhaul
<br />facilities, or cables between utility poles or wireless support structures, or not otherwise immediately
<br />adjacent to and directly associated with a specific antenna.
<br />Note: Minn. Stat. § 237.162, Subd. 13.
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<br />WIRELESS SERVICE. Any service using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum, including the
<br />use of Wi-Fi, whether at a fixed location or by means of a mobile device, that is provided using wireless
<br />facilities. Wireless service does not include services regulated under Title VI of the Communications
<br />Act of 1934, as amended, including cable service.
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<br />WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE. A new or existing structure in a right-of-way designed to
<br />support or capable of supporting small wireless facilities, as reasonably determined by the city.
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<br />Note: Minn. Stat. § 237.162, Subd. 16.
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<br />§ 96.04 ADMINISTRATION.
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<br />The city may designate a principal city official responsible for the administration of the rights-
<br />of-way, right-of-way permits, and the ordinances related thereto. The city may delegate any or all of
<br />the duties hereunder.
<br />(1993 Code, § 1165.03)
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<br />§ 96.05 UTILITY COORDINATION COMMISSION
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<br />The city may create an advisory utility coordination committee. Participation on the committee is
<br />voluntary. It will be composed of any registrants that wish to assist the city in obtaining information and,
<br />by making recommendations regarding use of the right-of-way, and to improve the process of
<br />performing construction work therein. The city may determine the size of such committee and shall
<br />appoint members from a list of registrants that have expressed a desire to assist the city.
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<br />§ 96.06 REGISTRATION, BONDING, AND RIGHT-OF-WAY OCCUPANCY.
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<br />(A) Each person or service that occupies, uses, or seeks to occupy or use, the right-of-way or any
<br />equipment located in the right-of-way, including by lease, sublease or assignment, or who has, or
<br />seeks to have, equipment located in any right-of-way, must register with the city. Registration will
<br />consist of providing application information and as required by the city, paying a registration fee, and
<br />posting a performance and restoration bond. The performance and restoration bond required in this
<br />section, and in §§ 96.12, 96.15, and 96.34, shall be in an amount determined at the city’s sole discretion,
<br />sufficient to serve as security for the full and complete performance of the obligations under this chapter,
<br />including any costs, expenses, damages, or loss the city pays or incurs because of any failure to comply
<br />with this chapter or any other applicable laws, regulations or standards. During periods of construction,
<br />repair, or restoration of rights-of-way or equipment in rights-of-way, the performance and restoration
<br />bond shall be in an amount sufficient to cover 100% of the estimated cost of the work, as documented
<br />by the person proposing to perform the work, or in the lesser amount as may be determined by the
<br />city, taking into account the amount of equipment, in the right-of-way, the location and method of
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