2018-29 Adding City Code Chapter 41.2 Small Wireless Facilities

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If the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, as amended, is repealed as provided in Section 90 therein,renewals of permits shall be subject to the applicable City code provisions or regulations in effect at the time of renewal. 8) Means of Submitting Applications. Applicants shall submit applications, supporting information and notices to the City by personal delivery to the City's Decatur Public Works Department at the City's designated place of business, by regular mail postmarked on the date due or by any other commonly used means, including electronic mail. 4. COLLOCATION REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS. A. Public Safety Space Reservation. The City may reserve space on municipal utility poles for future public safety uses, for the City's electric utility uses, or both, but a reservation of space may not preclude the collocation of a small wireless facility unless the City reasonably determines that the municipal utility pole cannot accommodate both uses. B. Installation and Maintenance. The wireless provider shall install, maintain, repair, and modify its small wireless facilities in safe condition and good repair and in compliance with the requirements and conditions of this Ordinance. The wireless provider shall ensure that its employees, agents, or contracts that perform work in connection with its small wireless facilities are adequately trained and skilled in accordance with all applicable industry and governmental standards and regulations. C. No interference with public safety communication frequencies. The wireless provider's operation of the small wireless facilities shall not interfere with the frequencies used by a public safety agency for public safety communications. 1) A wireless provider shall install small wireless facilities of the type and frequency that will not cause unacceptable interference with a public safety agency's communications equipment. 2) Unacceptable interference will be determined by and measured in accordance with industry standards and the FCC's regulations addressing unacceptable interference to public safety spectrum or any other spectrum licensed by a public safety agency. 3) If a small wireless facility causes such interference, and the wireless provider has been given written notice of the interference by the public safety agency, the wireless provider, at its own expense, shall remedy the interference in a manner consistent with the abatement and resolution procedures for interference with 8