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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-710" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation by Municipalities and Political Subdivisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person shall hold a permit issued by the municipal authority before the person may lay any pipe or conduit under any public highway in a municipality.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The municipal authority shall issue a permit to lay any pipe or conduit under a public highway in the municipality if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person intending to lay the pipe or conduit submits to the municipal authority an adequate plan for the installation, including the size, type, and location of any pipe or conduit to be laid; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The municipal authority approves the plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person shall obtain the approval of the municipal authority for any proposed deviation from the approved plan before the person may deviate from the plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a person lays a new pipe or conduit without a permit, or not in accordance with the approved plan or an approved deviation from the plan, the municipal authority shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Give the person reasonable notice of the violation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Order the person to remove or readjust any pipe or conduit within a time specified in the order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>After the time specified in the order for abating the violation, a person who is served with an order under this section may not violate that order.</text>
  </level>
</section>
