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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1783 (Public Right-of-Way Regulations)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and Ex -officio Clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Charter Ordinance No. 1783 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY" is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance of said City and was introduced at a REGULAR meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 17th day of June, 2002, a SUMMARY of Ordinance No. 1783 was published as required by City Charter in the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, a newspaper published in the City of San Rafael, and passed and adopted as an Ordinance of said City at a REGULAR meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 1 st day of Julv. 2002. by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAINING/ DISQUALIFIED COUNCILMEMBERS: Heller, Miller and Phillips COUNCILMEMBERS: None COUNCILMEMBERS: Cohen COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor Boro (due to absence from Public Hearing held 6/17/02 and due to conflict of interest) WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the City of San Rafael this 5th day of July, 2002 QLe AtA A- A (Seal) JE M. M. LEONCINI, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 1783 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: DIVISION 1. Title 11 of the San Rafael Municipal Code entitled "Public Works" is amended to add Chapter 11.06 to read as follows: Chapter 11.06 Use of Public Right -of -Way Sections: 11.06.010 Purpose; authority 11.06.020 Definitions 11.06.030 Agreement required 11.06.040 Exemptions; existing agreements 11.06.050 Application 11.06.060 Application - Fee 11.06.070 Approval and execution of agreement 11.06.080 Terms of agreement 11.06.090 Amendment; application and determination 11.06.100 Renewal; application and determination 11.06.110 Right-of-way usage fee 11.06.120 Security 11.06.130 Use of facilities; change in use 11.06.140 Transfer of agreement 11.06.150 Nonexclusive use; limitations 11.06.160 Facilities - Installation 11.06.170 Facilities - Relocation; removal 11.06.180 Facilities - Abandonment; removal 11.06.190 Damage to facilities and public property 11.06.200 Indemnification 11.06.210 Insurance 11.06.220 Timing of installations; special right-of-way restoration standards 11.06.230 Violations; penalties; remedies 11.06.240 Rights reserved to the City 11.06.250 Conflicts with other local laws 11.06.260 Right of Appeal 11.06.010 Purpose; authority. A. The public rights-of-way are unique public resources held in trust by the City for the benefit of the public. These physically limited resources require proper management by the City to maximize their efficiency and minimize the costs to the taxpayers, to protect against foreclosure of future economic expansion because of premature exhaustion of the public rights- of-way, and to minimize the inconvenience to and negative effects on the public from private uses of the public rights-of-way. B. Under applicable state and federal law including, but not limited to Section 253(c) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the City has the power to manage its public rights-of- way and to obtain reasonable and fair compensation for its use. The City recognizes that California Public Utilities Code Sections 7901 and 7901.1 currently limit the City's power to control use of the public rights-of-way by telephone companies, as that term is used by such statutes, to time, place, and manner regulations. The provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to the provisions regarding the consideration, amendment, renewal, transfer and implementation of right-of-way agreements, shall be applied to telephone companies in accordance with the requirements of California Public Utilities Code Sections 7901 and 7901.1. C. The purpose of this Chapter is to serve and further the purposes identified above and to enable the City to treat similarly persons who are making a similar use of the City's public rights-of-way. 11.06.020 Definitions. For purposes of carrying out the intent of this Chapter, the following words, phrases, and terms shall have the meanings set forth herein unless a different meaning is clearly intended by the use and context of the word, phrase or term. A. "Director" means the Director of Public Works of the City or his or her designee. B. "Facility" means any fiber optic, coaxial, or copper cable, telephone, telecommunications, electric or other wire or line, oil, gas, or other pipeline, duct, conduit, cabinet, tunnel, vault, equipment, drain, manhole, splice box, surface location, marker, pole structure, utility, or other appurtenance, structure, property, or tangible thing owned, leased, operated, or licensed by a person and located or proposed to be located in, upon, above, beneath, or across any public right-of-way. C. "Licensee" means a person with whom the City has executed a right-of-way agreement under this Chapter or any lawful successor, transferee, or assignee of such person. D. "Local agency" means a local public entity as defined by Government Code Section 54980(b). E. "Right-of-way agreement" means the authorization granted by the City to a person under this Chapter giving the person a non-exclusive right to occupy certain space in, upon, above, beneath, or across any public right-of-way for the purpose of providing a specified 2 service. F. "Person" means any person, business, firm, corporation, or other legal entity who places, constructs, owns, controls, operates, manages, or uses any facility in, upon, above, beneath, or across any public right-of-way. For the purposes of this Chapter, person does not include any local agency. G. "Public right-of-way" means the area in, upon, above, beneath, or across any public street, road, lane, court, alley, boulevard, sidewalk, median, parkway, or easement for vehicular travel within the City. "Public right-of-way" does not include any trail, pathway or lane used exclusively for pedestrian or bicycle use. H. "Standard specifications" means the then current version of the standard specifications, standard drawings, and uniform construction standards adopted by resolution of the City Council. 11.06.030 Agreement required. No person shall place, construct, own, control, operate, manage, or use any facility in, upon, above, beneath, or across any public right-of-way without first obtaining a right-of-way agreement from the City for such purpose. A right-of-way agreement may authorize multiple facilities and facilities constructed over a period of time. The execution of a right-of-way agreement shall not diminish, abrogate, or otherwise affect a licensee's obligation to comply with any other applicable provision of this Code or other City ordinances or regulations, or state or federal law, including, but not limited to, the following: A. Any permit or authorization required for the privilege of transacting business within the City as required by this Code or other City ordinances or regulations. B. Any permit, agreement, or authorization required in connection with activities in, upon, above, beneath, or across the public right-of-way, including by way of example but not limitation, street work, street excavation, use, removal and relocation of property within a street, or other street work. C. Any permits or agreements for occupying any other property of the City to which access is not specifically granted by the right-of-way agreement including, without limitation, permits and licenses for placing devices on or in poles, conduits, or other structures or facilities owned by the City or other governmental entities. 11.06.040 Exemptions; existing agreements. The right-of-way agreement requirement imposed by Section 11.06.030 shall not apply to the following persons or facilities: A. Any person who is a party to an existing agreement or franchise with the City that authorizes the use of the public right-of-way, and which agreement or franchise is in full force and effect on the effective date of this Chapter, shall not be subject to section 11.06.030 until 3 such time as the existing agreement or franchise expires or is terminated. If an existing agreement or franchise for use of the public right-of-way contains within it a provision for the renewal or extension of the agreement or franchise, then the renewal or extension shall be negotiated and executed pursuant to the terms of this Chapter. B. Any facility that the Director determines in writing (i) is an insignificant impact or encroachment on, or use of the public right-of-way, and (ii) does not inconvenience or jeopardize the public's continued use of the public right-of-way. C. Any facility consisting of a single pole with attachments and appurtenant equipment provided that the following conditions are met: 1. All appurtenant pedestals, cabinets and other equipment occupy less than fifty (50) square feet of public right-of-way. 2. The total excavation for the pole and all appurtenant equipment and telecommunications lines does not exceed two hundred (200) linear feet of public right-of-way. D. Any facility temporarily placed in the public right-of-way for a period not to exceed one (1) year, when such facility has been otherwise approved by the Director. E. Any person who is a party to an existing cable television franchise agreement with the City or an existing cable television or telecommunications franchise agreement with the Marin Telecommunications Agency. F. Any person placing or constructing a facility in the public right-of-way pursuant to an encroachment permit issued prior to the adoption of this Chapter. Any person or facility exempted by this section from the right-of-way agreement requirement, nonetheless shall obtain any and all encroachment, excavation or other permits (including but not limited to environmental and design review permits) required by this Code before commencing any work within a public right-of-way. 11.06.050 Application. Application for a right-of-way agreement shall be in writing, shall be filed with the Director, and shall contain the following information: A. The name, mailing and email address, telephone number, and facsimile number of the applicant. B. A detailed statement and description of the facilities proposed to be placed, constructed, owned, controlled, operated, managed, or used by the applicant; the proposed location of the facilities; the manner in which the applicant proposes to place, construct, own, control, operate, manage, or use the facilities; the services provided by the facilities and the manner in which existing or future poles or other facilities of other persons will be used. C. A detailed description and location map of the public rights-of-way or other public places within which the applicant proposes or seeks authority to place, construct, own, control, operate, manage, or use any facility; a detailed description and location map of the facilities to be installed in the public right-of-way and any adjacent public or private facilities, or property; a detailed description of the proposed traffic control plans and street repairs; and a construction schedule. The Director may allow the applicant to provide a detailed description of the specific design of the facility and the construction schedule to be submitted at the time an application for an encroachment permit is filed. D. Satisfactory evidence demonstrating the applicant's financial ability to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. E. Copies of all licenses, permits, franchises, or other written authorizations received by the applicant from the Federal Communications Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, or any other federal or state regulatory commission or agency that are required for the applicant to construct, operate or maintain the proposed facilities. F. The City may, at any time demand, and applicant shall provide within the time required supplementary, additional or other information necessary to determine whether the requested right-of-way agreement should be granted under the criteria set forth in Section 11.06.070. Such information may include the completion of a standard questionnaire for right- of-way users. 11.06.060 Application - Fee. Each application for a right-of-way agreement shall be accompanied by payment to the City of an application fee in an amount determined by the City necessary to pay all estimated expenses incurred by the City in connection with the processing of such application and the execution of a right-of-way agreement, including any expenses incurred by the City for outside technical or legal services to review such application or agreement. In the event the City subsequently determines the initial application fee is insufficient to pay for all expenses, it may require the applicant to pay an additional application fee in an amount sufficient to cover the additional estimated expenses. No portion of the application fee shall be considered a tax, compensation or revenue due to the City under this Chapter or Code, or any other local, state or federal law for use of the public right-of-way. 11.06.070 Approval and execution of agreement. A. Upon receipt of an application for a right-of-way agreement which is determined to be complete by the Director, the City Council shall consider the application and may, by resolution or ordinance, grant or deny the requested right-of-way agreement. If the right-of-way agreement is granted, the application submitted shall constitute and form part of the right-of-way agreement as executed to the extent not inconsistent therewith. If the application is denied, the resolution shall include the reasons for denial. The decision of the City Council shall be final. B. In considering whether to grant or deny a requested right-of-way agreement, the City Council shall apply the following criteria: 1. The applicant's ability to install, maintain and operate the facilities described in the application in a safe, proper and lawful manner. 2. The capacity of the public rights-of-way identified in the application to accommodate the applicant's proposed facilities and any foreseeable additional facilities of the applicant or other licensees which may need to be accommodated. 3. The City 's future plans for the affected public rights-of-way. 4. Whether any damage or disruption, if any, of public or private facilities, improvements, service, travel, or landscaping by the proposed use or its proposed location will occur. 5. Whether the public's right to use the public rights-of-way will be unreasonably interfered with or disrupted. 6. The availability of alternative routes or locations for the applicant's proposed facilities that will avoid or mitigate any adverse impacts potentially related to the proposed route or location. 7. Any licenses, permits, or franchises received by the applicant from the Federal Communications Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, or any other federal or state regulatory commission or agency affecting the applicant's ability to install, maintain and operate the proposed facilities. C. If the right-of-way agreement is approved, the right-of-way agreement shall not be effective unless and until the City and the licensee have executed a written right-of-way agreement that contains, at a minimum, the following: 1. The purpose, nature and specific uses of the facilities to be installed in the public right-of-way pursuant to the right-of-way agreement. 2. The right of the City to audit the licensee to ensure such purposes and uses have not been violated. 3. The terms and conditions for licensee's use of the public right-of-way, including all conditions imposed by the City Council in its approval of the right-of-way agreement. 4. The right-of-way usage fee, if any, or the methodology for determining the fee to be paid to the City by licensee pursuant to section 11.06.110. The City may refuse to enter into a right-of-way agreement with any proposed licensee who fails to agree to pay the right-of- way usage fee established by the City. 6 5. Incorporation of the provisions of this Chapter 6. Any other provision determined to be necessary or prudent by the City to further the purposes and comply with the requirements of this Chapter. D. The approval and execution of a right-of-way agreement shall not exempt the licensee from obtaining any encroachment or excavation permits required by Chapter 11.08 of this Code. No work shall be performed by any licensee in the public right-of-way before all required encroachment and excavation permits are granted or issued for the work. E. The power of the City Council to approve or deny an application for a right-of- way agreement under this section and its power to amend or renew an agreement under Sections 11.06.090 and 11.06.100 may be delegated by the City Council to the Director. The Director shall exercise such power in accordance with the provisions of Sections 11.06.070, 11.06.090 and 11.06. 100 except that the Director's decision shall be in the form of a written statement. The Director's decision may be appealed to the City Council pursuant to Section 11.06.260. 11.06.080 Term of agreement. A right-of-way agreement executed under this Chapter shall be valid for the period of time stated in the agreement. 11.06.090 Amendment; application and determination. A licensee may apply to amend its right-of-way agreement to revise the right-of-way within which the licensee proposes to place, construct, own, control, operate, manage, or use its facilities, as long as the type of facilities and the use of such facilities are already authorized by the licensee's existing right-of-way agreement. The amendment application shall contain the information required under section 11.06.050, and shall be accompanied by the application fee specified in section 11.06.060. Upon receipt of a completed amendment application, the City Council shall, by resolution or ordinance, approve or deny the amendment application in whole, in part, or with additional conditions, applying the following criteria: A. The criteria set forth in section 11.06.070. B. The applicant's history and current compliance with any applicable right-of-way agreement, this Chapter, or any other applicable local, state or federal law, regulation, or policy. C. The capacity of the streets, alleys, or other public rights-of-way identified in the amendment application to accommodate the applicant's facilities and uses of the public right-of- way. 11.06.100 Renewal; application and determination. A licensee that desires to renew its right-of-way agreement may file an application with the City for renewal, not more than one (1) year nor less than one hundred and eighty (180) days before expiration of its current right-of-way agreement. The renewal application shall contain the information required under section 11.06.050, and shall be accompanied by the application fee specified in section 11.06.060. Upon receipt of a completed renewal application, the City Council shall, by resolution or ordinance, grant or deny the renewal application in whole, in part, or with additional conditions, applying the following criteria: A. The criteria set forth in section 11.06.070. B. The applicant's history and current compliance with any applicable right-of-way agreement, this Chapter, or any other applicable local, state or federal law, regulation, or policy. C. The continuing capacity of the streets, alleys, or other public rights-of-way identified in the renewal application to accommodate the applicant's facilities and uses of the public right-of-way. 11.06.110 Right-of-way usage fee. Each right-of-way agreement granted under this Chapter is subject to the City's right, which is expressly reserved, to fix a fair and reasonable compensation to be paid by licensee for the rights granted in the right-of-way agreement. The right-of-way agreement shall specify the amount of compensation to be paid by the licensee for the use of the City 's right-of-way and the other privileges granted by the agreement. Compensation may be in the form of cash payments, in-kind contributions or other benefits of value paid or provided to the City by the licensee or any combination of the foregoing. This section shall not apply to right-of-way agreements approved and executed for right-of-way uses governed by the Broughton Act (Cal. Pub. Util. Code Section 6001 et seg.), the Franchise Act of 1937 (Cal. Pub. Util. Code Section 6201 et SeMc .), Section 7901 of the Public Utilities Code, or Section 10101 of the Public Utilities Code. 11.06.120 Security. A. Prior to the issuance of any permit for construction in the public right-of-way, the Director may require licensee to deliver to the City satisfactory security in the amount of one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the total estimated cost of all work to be performed under such permit, as determined by the Director. Such security shall consist of an irrevocable letter of credit, cash deposit, or performance bond as determined by the Director. The security shall be provided in the manner required by the Director and maintained in full force and effect until the permitted work in the public right-of-way is completed to the satisfaction of the Director, at which time the amount of the security shall be reduced to ten percent (10%) of the actual cost of the work. The reduced security shall be maintained by licensee for a period of one year as a guarantee that the work is of good quality and free from any defective or faulty material or workmanship. Any surety supplying a performance bond must be an "admitted surety insurer," as defined in Section 995.120 of the Code of Civil Procedure, authorized to do business in the State of California. Return of the security shall be conditioned upon licensee's faithful performance of all work in the public right-of-way specified in the applicable permit. In the event licensee fails to comply with any provisions of this Chapter related to such work, or any provision of any applicable right-of-way agreement or permit, or other approval related to such work, any damages or loss suffered by the City as a result thereof shall be recoverable from the 8 security, including but not limited to the full amount of any compensation, indemnification, cost of removal, or abandonment of any property of licensee, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs up to the full amount of the security. B. Neither the provisions of this section nor any damages recovered by the City hereunder shall be construed to excuse licensee's faithful performance of any right-of-way agreement or limit the liability or damages of licensee under this Chapter, either to the full amount of the security or otherwise. In addition to its rights to take action under the security, the City may pursue any other remedy provided by law. 11.06.130 Use of facilities; change in use. Licensee's facilities shall be placed, constructed, owned, controlled, operated, managed, and used solely and exclusively for the purposes and uses expressly set forth in licensee's right- of-way agreement. Licensee shall not in any way use, or authorize or allow another person to use, any facility subject to licensee's right-of-way agreement for any purpose or use other than the purposes and uses expressly set forth in the right-of-way agreement. 11.06.140 Transfer of agreement or facilities. Except as otherwise may be provided in a right-of-way agreement, licensee shall provide the City with thirty (30) days prior written notice of any proposed assignment or transfer of a right-of-way agreement or any facility permitted under such agreement. An assignment or transfer shall not be effective until the assignee or transferee agrees in writing to comply with and be subject to all terms and conditions of such agreement and this Chapter. Notwithstanding such assignment or transfer, licensee shall remain liable for any outstanding obligations or liabilities incurred by licensee prior to such assignment or transfer. 11.06.150 Nonexclusive use; limitations. A. Any right-of-way agreement shall be for the nonexclusive use of the public rights- of-way. By executing a right-of-way agreement, the City does not agree to restrict the number of right-of-way agreements to be executed that cover all or any part of the City for any person in the same business, a related business, or a competing business as the licensee. B. A right-of-way agreement only authorizes licensee to use the public right-of-way specifically described in one or more encroachment permits issued by the City, and the use of any other public property, whether located within or outside a public right-of-way, is strictly prohibited unless authorized by a separate agreement with the City. C. No reference herein, nor in any right-of-way agreement, shall be deemed to be a representation or guarantee by the City that its interest or other right to control the use of the property that is the subject of a right-of-way agreement is sufficient to permit its use for the purposes specified in the agreement. Any right-of-way agreement shall be deemed to grant no more than the rights which the City may have the authority to grant. D. Any privilege claimed by licensee in any public right-of-way shall be subordinate 9 to any prior lawful occupancy or use of the public right-of-way. E. Licensee shall have no recourse whatsoever against the City for any loss, cost, expense, or damage arising out of any provision or requirement of this Chapter or of any right- of-way agreement executed under this Chapter or because of its enforcement. 11.06.160 Facilities - Installation. A. Conformance with Applicable Law. No person shall place, construct, own, control, operate, manage, or use any facility in, upon, above, beneath, or across any public right- of-way without first obtaining all necessary or required permits, agreements, or approvals from the City and all other governmental entities with jurisdiction over the facility or public right-of- way. All facilities shall be placed, installed or constructed and the right-of-way restored in accordance with the standard specifications adopted by resolution of the City Council and any applicable special conditions or provisions imposed by the City Council or Director. All facilities shall be maintained in compliance with such permits, agreements, or approvals, and all applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, and decisions issued by any federal, state, or local governmental body, agency, or court. B. Time, Place and Manner. All facilities shall be located, constructed, operated, and maintained in the time, place and manner that causes the least interference with the public's use of the public right-of-way, and the rights or reasonable convenience of property owners who adjoin the public rights-of-way, all as determined by and approved by the Director. C. Key Map and Detailed hnprovement Plan. Every person subject to this Chapter shall cause a key map and detailed improvement plan to be prepared and filed with the Director for review as part of its application for an encroachment permit which show all facilities to be located in the public rights-of-way, including the material of construction and horizontal and vertical locations with respect to the property lines and grade lines, existing utilities and all other pertinent facilities and information required by the Director. Unless exempted by state law, the key map and detailed improvement plan shall be prepared by a California registered professional civil engineer. Revisions shall be made to reflect comments of the Director prior to the issuance of any encroachment permit. Prior to requesting the issuance of an encroachment permit for installation of any facility, the key map and detailed improvement plan shall be filed by the applicant with any other entity that owns, operates, or manages facilities in the affected right-of- way, so that such entities may advise the Director as to any location, operation, or compatibility problems created by the applicant's proposed use of the right-of-way. D. Disclosure. Upon the request of any person who has contracted to perform work on a public right-of-way, persons subject to this Chapter shall provide accurate detailed information regarding the location of their existing and proposed facilities in the public right-of- way. E. Undergrounding. In those areas and portions of the City where the transmission or distribution facilities of any person providing telephone service, cable service, or electric service are underground, all other facilities shall be constructed, operated, and maintained underground. In the event any City undergrounding project includes a licensee's facilities, the 10 licensee shall underground such facilities at its expense. F. Pole Attachnnents. Where existing poles or other wire -holding structures are available for use, the City Council may require such poles and structures to be used if the Council determines that the public convenience would be enhanced by such installation, and the terms of the use are just and reasonable. G. Above Ground Installations. Installations of any above ground equipment pursuant to a right-of-way agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter, such as amplifiers and cabinet boxes, shall be subject to the prior approval of the Director, and to obtaining any environmental and design review permits required by Chapter 14.25 of this Code. 11.06.170 Facilities - Relocation; removal. Every person subject to this Chapter shall, at its expense, protect, support, temporarily disconnect, relocate or remove from any public right-of-way, any facility owned, operated or maintained by such person when required by the Director, due to the use of the right-of-way by any federal, state or local agency. 11.06.180 Facilities - Abandonment; removal. A. Notice of Rennoval. In the event the use of any facility is discontinued for any reason for a continuous period of six (6) months, or in the event any facility has been installed in any public right-of-way without complying with the requirements of this Chapter, or in the event the required right-of-way agreement is terminated or expires, the licensee of each facility shall promptly, upon being given prior written notice, remove from the public right-of-way all such facilities within the time period specified by the notice, other than any facilities which the Director permits to be abandoned in place. In the event of such removal, the area from which such facility has been removed shall be promptly restored pursuant to an encroachment permit granted by the Director and in conformance with the standard specifications and any applicable special conditions or provisions. For purposes of this Section, "abandoned" means that the licensee ceases to use the facility and intends to never use the facility again. B. Abandonment. Any facility remaining in place one hundred and twenty (120) days after the delivery of the notice set forth in this section shall be considered permanently abandoned. The Director may extend such time as may be necessary under the circumstances. Any facility abandoned in place in the public right-of-way shall be abandoned in such manner as the Director shall prescribe. Upon permanent abandonment, the facility shall become that of the City and the licensee of such facility shall submit to the Director an instrument in writing, to be approved by the City Attorney, transferring ownership of the facility to the City. Instead of accepting a facility as being abandoned pursuant to this subsection (B), the City in its sole discretion may remove the facility at licensee's sole expense, and licensee shall promptly reimburse the City for the costs of such removal within thirty (30) days after receiving an invoice from the City. I I 11.06.190 Damage to facilities and public property. Any damage done directly or indirectly to any public right-of-way or other public property or improvement, by any person subject to this Chapter, shall be promptly repaired, at the person's sole cost and expense, to the complete satisfaction of the City. Alternatively, the City may, in its sole discretion, choose to perform the repair work itself, in which case the responsible person shall reimburse the City for the full costs of the repair work within thirty (30) days after receiving an invoice from the City. 11.06.200 Indemnification. Every licensee shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, its officials, agents, employees and volunteers against any and all liabilities, losses, claims, actions, causes of action or demands whatsoever against any of them, including any injury to or death of any person or damage to property or other liability of any nature, including but not limited to attorney's and expert fees and court costs, arising out of or connected with the performance of a right-of-way agreement, the installation and maintenance of any facilities or the use of any public right-of- way by licensee or licensee's employees, officers, officials, agents, transferees, contractors or subcontractors. The obligation to indemnify the City under this section shall not apply to any liabilities, losses, claims, actions, causes of action or demands arising from City's sole negligence, willful misconduct or criminal acts. 11.06.210 Insurance. Every licensee shall procure and maintain a policy of general liability insurance to insure such person and the City against all liability for personal injury, including accidental death, as well as claims for property damage which may arise from or which concern the activities of the person or the existence of the person's facilities in the public right-of-way. The amount of such insurance and any other insurance requirements shall be as provided in the right-of-way agreement. 11.06.220 Timing of Installations; Special Right -of -Way Restoration Standards. A. No excavation shall be permitted in any public right-of-way that was constructed or resurfaced during the five (5) year period prior to the proposed excavation. This prohibition shall not apply to emergency excavations approved by the Director. A proposed excavation shall be considered an emergency if it is necessary to repair or replace underground facilities in order to prevent a disruption of services to customers or prevent injury or damage to life or property. This prohibition also shall not apply to excavations required to provide essential utility services to a property where there are no other reasonable means of providing such services to the property or where the work is mandated by state or federal laws or orders and the excavation cannot be reasonably avoided as determined in both events by the Director. In the event of an excavation permitted by this subsection (A), the affected right-of-way shall be restored in accordance with the right-of-way restoration standards approved by resolution of the City Council. 12 B. The special right-of-way restoration standards described in subsection (A) above also shall apply to the excavation of right-of-way that has been constructed or resurfaced more than five (5) years before the proposed excavation, provided that the right-of-way has a Pavement Condition Index of 70 or higher as described in the City's Pavement Management Program. C. On an annual basis, the City and each utility or other user of the public rights-of- way shall coordinate their current year and to the extent practicable their five year capital improvement programs for public right-of-way installations in order to reduce the number of excavations that occur. Such coordination shall occur annually at the time and in the manner specified by the Director. The Director may submit an annual report to the City Council on the results of this coordination process. This report may include recommendations on the timing of City right-of-way projects to accommodate street projects planned by utilities or other users of the public rights-of-way. D. Prior to submitting an application for a right-of-way agreement, the applicant shall notify in writing, on a form approved by the City, other existing or potential right of way users who are shown on the list of users maintained by the City. The notice shall describe the work to be performed, the specific rights-of-way that will be used, and the time when such work will be performed. All persons receiving such notice shall have thirty (30) days from the date thereof to inform in writing the City and applicant sending the notice that such person desires to perform work jointly with the applicant. All work jointly performed by other persons shall be performed pursuant to any required right-of-way agreements, encroachment permits and excavation permits. The failure to timely respond to the notice and timely obtain any required right-of-way agreement and permits before the proposed work commences shall result in the person receiving the notice being prohibited from working in the designated right-of-way for a period of one year from the date that the excavation work has been completed and the right-of- way has been restored to the satisfaction of the City. This subsection D shall apply only to work that involves excavation in the public right-of-way. Excavation includes but is not limited to trenching and subterranean boring. 11.06.230 Violations; penalties; remedies. A. Criminal Penalties. The violation by any person of any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to the criminal penalties set forth in Section 1.42.010 of this Code. B. Termination. If a licensee breaches a right-of-way agreement, the City may, following reasonable notice, provide an opportunity to cure, and a hearing, to terminate the right- of-way agreement or reduce the term of the agreement. C. Cumulative Remedies. The remedies under this section are non-exclusive and cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other remedy the City may have at law, including the remedies set forth in Chapter 1.42 of this Code. 11.06.240 Rights reserved to the City. A. Nothing in this Chapter shall contract away, modify, abridge, impair, or affect, in 13 any way, to any extent, the right of the City to acquire any facility located in the public right-of- way through the exercise of the right of eminent domain. B. There is reserved to the City every right and power which the City has under any local, state or federal law, and every person subject to this Chapter, by its use of the public right- of-way, agrees to comply with any actions or requirements of the City in its exercise of such rights or powers. C. Neither the execution of a right-of-way agreement nor any provisions of this Chapter shall constitute a waiver or bar the exercise of any governmental right or power of the City, including the City's authority to make any proper public use of the public right-of-way. D. The City Council and the Director may do all things which are necessary and convenient in the exercise of the City 's jurisdiction under this Chapter. E. The City shall have the right to supervise all construction or installation work performed subject to the provisions of this Chapter and make such inspections as it finds necessary to ensure compliance with the terms of this Chapter, a right-of-way agreement, an encroachment or excavation permit or any other local, state, or federal law, regulation, permit, or standard. 11.06.250 Conflicts with other laws. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of Chapter 11.08 of this Code and this Chapter, the conflicting provisions of this Chapter shall control. 11.06.260 Right of Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any determination, interpretation, decision or similar action taken by the Director or any other official of the City under the provisions of this Chapter may appeal the action to the City Council by filing a statement, in writing, setting forth fully the grounds of the appeal. The appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five (5) working days after the date of the action from which the appeal is taken. Appeals shall be accompanied by the required filing fee. The City Clerk shall set the matter for public hearing before the City Council within thirty (30) days from receipt of the appeal. The City Clerk shall mail written notice of the time and place of the public hearing to the appellant at the address given in the notice of appeal, and if the appeal is by a person other than the applicant or licensee, notice also shall be given to the applicant or licensee at the address shown on the application or at the last known address. The decision by the City Council shall be final. DIVISION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, 14 sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. DIVISION 3: The City Council finds that the adoption and implementation of this Ordinance are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines (14 CCR Section 15061(b)(3)), which exempts projects that clearly have no significant adverse effects on the environment. DIVISION 4: A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the Council meeting at which it is adopted. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage, and the summary of this Ordinance shall be published within fifteen (15) days after the adoption, together with the names of those Councilmembers voting for or against same, in the Marin Independent Journal, a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of San Rafael, County of Marin, State of California. Within fifteen (15) days after final adoption, the City Clerk shall also post in the office of the City Clerk, a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance alon with the names of those Councilmembers voting for or against the Ordinance. �3' c6uNCILMENMER GARY O. PHILLIPS, Mayor Pro ten t ATTEST: h JEA SM M LEONCINI, City Clerk The foregoing Ordinance was read and introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the 17th day of June, 2002 and ordered passed to print by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmembers: NOES: Councilmembers: ABSENT: Councilmembers: Heller, Miller, & Phillips, Mayor Pro tem None Vice -Mayor Cohen & Mayor Boro and will come up for adoption as an Ordinance of the City of San Rafael at a Regular Meeting of the City Council to be held on the I" day of July, 2002. IJP • JE M. LEOI�TC ,City Clerk 15