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Ordinance 2019-XXX
<br />Right-of-way and Telecommunications Ordinance
<br />Collocate or Collocation means to install, mount, modify, operate, or replace a small wireless facility on,
<br />under, within, or adjacent to an existing wireless support structure that is owned privately or by the City.
<br />Micro wireless facility means a small wireless facility that is no larger than 24 inches long, 15 inches wide,
<br />and 12 inches high, and whose exterior antenna, if any, is no longer than 11 inches.
<br />Small wireless facility means a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications: (1) each
<br />antenna is located inside an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna
<br />that has exposed elements, the antenna and all its exposed elements could fit within an enclosure of no
<br />more than six cubic feet; and (2) all other wireless equipment associated with the small wireless facility,
<br />excluding electric meters, concealment elements, telecommunications demarcation boxes, battery backup
<br />power systems, grounding equipment, power transfer switches, cutoff switches, cable, conduit, vertical
<br />cable runs for the connection of power and other services, and any equipment concealed from public view
<br />within or behind an existing structure or concealment, is in aggregate no more than 28 cubic feet in
<br />volume.
<br />Utility Pole means a pole that is used in whole or in part to facilitate telecommunications or electric
<br />service.
<br />Wireless facility means equipment at a fixed location that enables the provision of wireless services
<br />between user equipment and a wireless service network, including: (1) equipment associated with wireless
<br />service; (2) a radio transceiver, antenna, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies,
<br />and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration; and(3) a small wireless facility.
<br />"Wireless facility" does not include: (1) wireless support structures; (2) wireline backhaul facilities; or (3)
<br />coaxial or fiber-optic cables (i) between utility poles or wireless support structures, or (ii) that are not
<br />otherwise immediately adjacent to or directly associated with a specific antenna.
<br />Wireless service means any service using licensed or unlicensed wireless spectrum, including the use of
<br />Wi-Fi, whether at a fixed location or by means of a mobile device, that is provided using wireless facilities.
<br />Wireless support structure means a new or existing structure in a public right-of-way designed to support
<br />or capable of supporting small wireless facilities, as reasonably determined by a local government unit.
<br />Wireline backhaul facility means a facility used to transport communications data by wire from a wireless
<br />facility to a communications network.
<br />Chapter 82, Article IV, Sec. 82-305. — Right-of-way Permit Requirement
<br />Add the following:
<br />(3) Small Wireless Facility permit. A small wireless facility permit is required by a registrant to erect
<br />or install a wireless support structure, to collocate a small wireless facility or to otherwise install a small
<br />wireless facility in the specified portion or the right-of-way, to the extent specified therein, provided that
<br />such permit shall remain in effect for the length of time the facility is in use, unless lawfully revoked. No
<br />small wireless facility permit is required to solely conduct: 1) routine maintenance of a small wireless
<br />facility; 2) replacement of a small wireless facility with a new facility that is substantially similar or
<br />smaller in size, weight, height, and wind or structural loading than the small wireless facility being
<br />replaced; or 3) installation, placement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro wireless facilities
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