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ATTY/ORD.0006/CC ORD AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 29 – EXHIBIT A REV: 07-11-24 VR Page 13 of 16 Sec. 29.16. - PARTICIPATION WITH OTHER UTILITIES: Each permittee shall cooperate in the planning, locating and construction of its facilities in utility joint trenches or common duct banks with other telecommunications providers or other users of the rights-of-way, as and if applicable. Sec. 29.17. - INSPECTION OF WORK: A permittee shall arrange for the City to inspect the work and project site at each point in the work as listed in the encroachment permit and shall not perform any additional work beyond each such point until the work or site has been inspected and approved by the City. The City may make any inspections deemed necessary in connection with permits issued pursuant to this Chapter. Unless otherwise specified in the permit, during the construction the permittee must arrange for the City to inspect all trenching, backfilling, street or pavement cuts, and other work as deemed necessary by the Department, and must obtain City approval for same prior to proceeding with the work. Bus shelters and other construction utilizing electrical connections must obtain an electrical inspection from the City. A permittee who fails to arrange for and pass required inspections shall, at the request of City, remove and uncover all work as necessary to allow the required inspections at permittee's sole expense and cost. Sec. 29.18. - NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT OF WORK: In addition to obtaining an encroachment permit pursuant to this Chapter, before beginning any excavation in any right-of-way or City property, construction on any street, curb, gutter or driveway approach, planting, pruning or removing trees, making, placing or causing an obstruction in any street, the permittee shall notify the City at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the exact date and time work will commence unless, in the case of a continuing maintenance permit this requirement is specifically waived in the permit. Sec. 29.19. - COMPLETION OF WORK: Upon completion of all work authorized in the permit, the permittee shall notify the City. No work shall be deemed completed until notification of completion is given and the work is approved by the City. Bonds or other security shall not be released or returned until all required inspections have been performed and all work has been approved by the City. Sec. 29.20. - ABANDONMENT OR REMOVAL: A. Upon the expiration of any encroachment permit, if the permittee shall not have acquired an extension or renewal thereof and accepted the same, the permittee shall remove all property, structures, cable, equipment or other facilities and appurtenances from the right-of-way and restore the right-of-way to its former condition. If permittee fails to so remove its property and so restore the right-of-way, the City may remove such property and restore the right-of-way to its former condition. The permittee shall reimburse the City upon demand for all expenses incurred by the City in removing permittee's property and restoring the public place or right-of-way. B. If the permittee abandons use of structures, cable, equipment or other facilities placed in the right- of-way pursuant to the permit, then at City's option, City may require the permittee to remove all such structures, cable, equipment or facilities or may elect to accept ownership, in which case, title to