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- The purpose and intent of this Chapter is to:
- A. Grant and manage reasonable access to and use of the right-of-way, held in trust by the City, for utility purposes and to conserve the limited physical capacity of the right-of-way consistent with applicable state and federal law;
- B. Ensure that the City’s current and ongoing costs of granting and managing access to and the use of the right-of-way are fully compensated by the persons seeking such access and causing such costs;
- C. Secure fair and reasonable compensation to the City and its residents, who have invested millions of dollars in public funds to build and maintain the right-of-way, from persons who generate revenue by placing or using facilities in the right-of-way;
- D. Ensure that all utility companies, persons, and other entities owning or operating facilities or providing services within the City register and comply with the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City;
- E. Ensure that the City can continue to fairly and responsibly protect the public health, safety, and welfare of its residents, and ensure the structural integrity of its right-of-way when a primary cause for the early and excessive deterioration of the right-of-way is its frequent excavation by persons whose facilities are located in the right-of-way;
- F. Encourage the provision of advanced and competitive utility services on the widest possible basis to businesses and residents of the City; and
- G. Provide equal and consistent access to and usage of the right-of-way for all utility companies, persons, and other entities who provide services within the City.