A.
Each person who occupies, uses, or seeks to occupy or use, the right-of-way
or any facilities located in any right-of-way, including by lease,
sublease or assignment, or who has, or seeks to have, facilities located
in any right-of-way shall register with the Village. Registration
will consist of providing application information and paying a registration
fee. This section shall not apply to those persons who have facilities
in the right-of-way pursuant to a franchise or other agreement or
those exclusively utilizing facilities provided by another registrant.
B.
No person may construct, install, maintain, repair, remove, relocate
or perform any other work on, or use any equipment or any part thereof
in, any right-of-way unless that person is registered with the Village.
C.
Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or amend any Village
ordinance requiring property owners to maintain the terrace area in
the right-of-way between their property and the street curb and such
activities shall not require a permit under this chapter.
A.
The application to register under this chapter shall include:
(1)
Each registrant's name, Diggers Hotline registration certificate
number, street address and e-mail address, if applicable, and telephone
and facsimile numbers.
(2)
The name, address and e-mail address, if applicable, and telephone
and facsimile numbers of a local representative. The local representative
or designee shall be available at all times. Current information regarding
how to contact the local representative in an emergency shall be provided
at the time of registration.
(3)
A certificate of insurance evidencing that the registrant has public
liability insurance of not less than $100,000 for any one person,
$300,000 for any one accident, and $50,000 for property damage in
full force and effect and will maintain said insurance during the
term of the permit from a reputable insurance company licensed to
do business in Wisconsin.
(4)
If the registrant is a corporation, an LLC or LLP, a copy of any
certificate required to be filed under the state statutes as recorded
and certified by the Secretary of State.
(5)
A copy of the registrant's certificate of authority from the
State Public Service Commission or other applicable state or federal
agency, where the person is lawfully required to have such certificate
from said commission or other state or federal agency.
B.
The registrant shall keep all of the information listed above current
at all times by providing to the Village information as to changes
within 15 working days following the date on which the registrant
has knowledge of any change.
The Village shall establish an annual registration fee as set
forth in the Village's Fee Schedule. The fee shall be computed
as the average of labor costs, indirect costs, and other costs associated
with processing and administering registration.
A.
Every registrant shall, at the time of registration and no later
than December 31 for the following each year, file a construction
and major maintenance plan with the Village's Public Works and
Utility Director. The Village shall make available at the time of
registration, and on January 15 of each year the Village's construction
and major maintenance plan. The registrant's plan and the Village's
plan shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the Village and shall
contain the information determined by the Village to be necessary
to facilitate the coordination and reduction in the frequency of excavations
of rights-of-way. The plan shall include, but shall not be limited
to, the following information:
B.
Until February 1 of each year, a registrant may change any project
in its list and must notify the Village of all such changes in said
list. The Village will make all such changes available for inspection
in its office. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a registrant may at
any time join in a project of another registrant listed by the other
registrant or undertake any maintenance or construction project not
listed in registrant's plan.
C.
By February 15 of each year, the Village will have available for
inspection a composite list of all projects of which the Village has
been informed in the annual plans. All registrants are responsible
for keeping themselves informed of the current status of this list.
