12.24.020 Applications.
Applications for construction permits shall be submitted to the city engineer upon forms to be provided by the city and shall be accompanied by drawings, plans, specifications, performance bond valued at 125 percent of the estimated cost of work including landscape and restoration work anticipated, and a brief narrative description of the project scope in sufficient detail to demonstrate:
A. The identity of the applicant, including all affiliates of the applicant;
B. A description of the services that are or will be offered or provided by the applicant to others;
C. Preliminary engineering plans, specifications and a network map of the facilities to be located within the city, all in sufficient detail to identify:
1. The location and route requested for applicant’s proposed facilities;
2. The location of all overhead and underground public utility, telecommunications, cable, water, sewer drainage and other facilities in the public way along the proposed route;
3. The location(s), if any, for interconnection with the facilities of other carriers;
4. The specific trees, structures, improvements, facilities and obstructions, if any, that applicant proposes to temporarily or permanently remove or relocate;
5. The location of all facilities to be constructed within or immediately adjacent to the public ways on private property. Where use of private property is involved proof of easements will be required prior to permit issuance;
6. The location of all survey monuments which may be displaced or disturbed by the proposed construction;
7. In addition to the other requirements stated herein, the city engineer may require the plans to conform to general plan requirements as specified in the engineering design standards, including the requirement that the plans are stamped by a professional engineer licensed in the state of Washington;
D. If applicant is proposing to install overhead facilities, evidence that surplus space is available for locating its facilities on existing utility poles along the proposed route;
E. If applicant is proposing an underground installation in existing ducts or conduits within the public ways, information in sufficient detail to identify:
1. The excess capacity currently available in such ducts or conduits before installation of applicant’s facilities;
2. The excess capacity, if any, that will exist in such ducts or conduits after installation of applicant’s facilities; and
3. Evidence of ownership or a right to use such ducts or conduits;
F. If applicant is proposing an underground installation within new ducts or conduits to be constructed within the public ways:
1. The location proposed for the new ducts or conduits; and
2. The excess capacity that will exist in such ducts or conduits after installation of applicant’s facilities;
G. A preliminary construction schedule and completion date;
H. Information to establish that the applicant has obtained all other governmental approvals and permits to construct and operate the facilities, and to offer or provide the services proposed, including, but not limited to, evidence that the applicant has registered with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission where applicable;
I. A permit fee as determined in ACC 12.24.060;
J. Proof of ability to meet city’s bonding requirements as set forth in ACC 12.24.050 when the permittee does not have an existing standing bond on file with the city sufficient to cover the scope of work proposed; and
K. Demonstration that the facilities will be constructed in accordance with city standards and all other applicable codes, rules and regulations. (Ord. 6797 § 1 (Exh. A), 2020; Ord. 5042 § 1 (Exh. C), 1998.)