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(a) Operations. Each registrant shall, at the time of registration and by December 1 of each year, file a construction and major maintenance plan for underground facilities with the city. Such plan shall be submitted using a format designated by the City and shall contain the information determined by the City to be necessary to facilitate the coordination and reduction in the frequency of excavations and obstructions of rights-of-way. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The locations and the estimated beginning and ending dates of all projects to be commenced during the next calendar year; and (2) To the extent known, the tentative locations and estimated beginning and ending dates for all projects contemplated for the five years following the next calendar year. The term project in this section shall include both next -year projects and five-year projects. By January 1 of each year, the City will have available for inspection in the City's office a composite list of all projects of which the City has been informed of the annual plans. All registrants are responsible for keeping themselves informed of the current status of this list. Thereafter, by February 1, each registrant may change any projects in its list of next -year projects, and must notify the City and all other registrants of all such changes in said list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a registrant may at any time join in a next -year project of another registrant listed by the other registrant. (b) Additional next -year projects. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City may give consideration to an application for a right-of-way permit for failure to include a project in a plan submitted to the City if the registrant has used commercially reasonable efforts to anticipate and plan for the project. (Ord. No. 2010-445, § 2, 4-5-2010) Sec. 82-305. Right -of -Way Permit requirement. (a) Permit required. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no person may obstruct or excavate any right-of-way without first having obtained the appropriate right-of-way permit from the City to do SO. (1) Excavation permit. An excavation permit is required by a registrant to excavate that part of the right-of-way described in such permit and to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of the right-of-way by placing facilities described therein, to the extent and for the duration specified therein. (2) Obstruction permit. An obstruction permit is required by a registrant to hinder free and open passage over the specified portion of right-of-way by placing equipment described on the right- of-way, to the extent and for the duration specified. An obstruction permit is not required if a person already possesses a valid excavation permit for the same project. (3) Small Wireless Facility permit. A small wireless facility permit is required by a registrant to erect or install a wireless support structure, to collocate a small wireless facility or to otherwise install a small wireless facility in the specified portion or the right-of-way. to the extent specified therein, provided that such permit shall remain in effect for the length of time the facility is in use unless lawfully revoked. No small wireless facility ermit is re uired to solely conduct: 1 routine maintenance of a small wireless facility, 2 replacement of a small wireless facility with a new facility that is substantially similar or smaller in size weLght, height, and wind or structural loading than the small wireless facility being replaced, or 3 installationPlacement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro wireless facilities that are suspended on cables provider is required to make written notice of such activities to the City if the micro wireless facility work will obstruct a public right-of-way. A small wireless facility_ permit is