§ 9-1441 — Management of highways; local governments; permits or licenses

A. In managing a highway under local laws as prescribed in section 9-1411, subsection C, paragraph 9, a local government may manage the use of the highway, including all of the following:

1. Requiring a video service provider that is constructing, installing, working within, maintaining or repairing facilities in, on, under or over any highway to obtain a construction, encroachment or occupancy permit for the work.

2. Inspecting the construction, installation, maintenance or repair work performed on such facilities.

3. Limiting the installation of new aerial facilities.

B. If a video service provider requests a permit or inspection, the local government shall grant or deny the request within the time frame that the local government has in place under section 9-835.

C. If emergency response work or repair becomes necessary in, on, under or over any highway, a video service provider may begin that work or repair without prior approval from a local government if the video service provider notifies the local government as promptly as reasonably possible after learning that the work or repair is necessary.