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19 <br /> <br /> <br />(b) The Department shall charge a fee of $1,000 for a Small Wireless Facility <br />Permit Application seeking to install or replace a Wireless Support Structure in <br />addition to Collocating of a Small Wireless Facility on the Wireless Support <br />Structure. <br /> <br />Commencing January 1, 2020, the Department shall adjust the Application Fees annually <br />by the consumer price index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. <br /> <br />(2) Annual Small Wireless Facility Permit Fee. The Department shall charge an <br />Annual Small Wireless Permit Fee for each Small Wireless Facility Permit issued to <br />a Permittee. The Annual Small Wireless Permit Fee shall be determined by the <br />Director and listed in the City’s Fee Schedule. The Annual Small Wireless Permit <br />Fee shall be based upon the recovery of the City’s rights-of-way management costs. <br /> <br />(3) City-Owned Wireless Support Structure Fees. The Department shall charge the <br />following fees to the owner of any Small Wireless Facility Collocated on a Wireless <br />Support Structure owned by the City or its assigns located in the Public Right-of- <br />Way: <br /> <br />(a) $150 per year for rent to occupy space on the Wireless Support Structure; <br />(b) $25 per year for maintenance associated with the space occupied on the <br />Wireless Support Structure; and <br />(c) a monthly fee for electricity used to operate the Small Wireless Facility, if not <br />purchased directly from a utility, at the rate of: <br />i. $73 per radio node less than or equal to 100 max watts; <br />ii. $182 per radio node over 100 max watts; or <br />iii. the actual costs of electricity if the actual costs exceed the above. <br /> <br />(4) City-Owned Property Fees. The Department shall charge an annual fee for <br />collocating Small Wireless Facilities on City-owned property not located in the <br />public right-of-way. The Department shall determine a reasonable and <br />nondiscriminatory annual fee on a per location and per request basis. <br /> <br />(5) Discretion to Require Additional Fees. In instances where the review of a Small <br />Wireless Facility Permit Application is or will be unusually costly to the <br />Department, the Director, in his or her discretion, may, after consulting with other <br />applicable City departments, agencies, boards, or commissions, require an <br />Applicant to pay a sum in excess of the other fee amounts charged pursuant to this <br />Section. This additional sum shall be sufficient to recover the actual, reasonable <br />costs incurred by the Department and/or other City departments, agencies, boards, <br />or commissions, in connection with a Small Wireless Facility Permit Application <br />and shall be charged on a time and materials basis. Whenever additional fees are <br />charged, the Director, upon request, shall provide in writing the basis for the <br />additional fees and an estimate of the additional fees. The Department may not <br />require a fee imposed under this Chapter through the provision of in-kind services