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Any person that desires to obtain a telecommunications right‑of‑way use agreement shall file an application with the director of transportation, or other person designated by the city manager. Such application shall include the following information, unless expressly waived by the city:

A. The identity of the applicant, including all affiliates of the applicant;

B. A description of the telecommunications services that are or will be offered or provided by the applicant over and through its telecommunications facilities;

C. A description of the transmission medium that will be used by the applicant to offer or provide such telecommunications services;

D. 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 proposed location and route requested for applicant’s telecommunications facilities;

2. The location of all existing overhead and underground public utilities, telecommunications facilities, cable, water, sewer, drainage and other facilities in the right-of-way along the proposed route;

3. The location(s), if any, of interconnections with the telecommunications facilities of other telecommunications providers and carriers; and

4. The specific structures, improvements, facilities and obstructions, if any, that applicant proposes to temporarily or permanently remove or relocate.

E. If applicant is proposing an underground installation in existing ducts or conduits within the right-of-way, information in sufficient detail to identify:

1. The excess capacity currently available in such ducts or conduits before installation of applicant’s telecommunications facilities;

2. The excess capacity, if any, that will exist in such ducts or conduits after installation of applicant’s telecommunications 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 right-of-way:

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 telecommunications facilities.

G. A preliminary construction schedule and completion date;

H. Upon request from the city, financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles demonstrating the applicant’s financial ability to construct, operate, maintain, relocate and remove its telecommunications facilities;

I. Information in sufficient detail to establish the applicant’s technical qualifications, experience and expertise regarding the telecommunications facilities and services described in the application;

J. Information to establish that the applicant has obtained all other governmental approvals and permits necessary to construct and operate the telecommunications facilities, and to offer or provide the telecommunications services, including but not limited to necessary approvals and/or licenses from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission; and

K. Any other information the city manager or his designee determines would be relevant in considering the application. (Ord. 5061 § 3, 1998.)