TIS 2021-04-12 Item 2B - Ordinance/Resolution - Interim Small Wireless Facility Code Adoption

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C. Application Components. The Director is authorized to establish franchise and other application forms to gather the information required from applicants to evaluate the application and to determine the completeness of the application as provided herein. The application shall include the following components as applicable: 1. Franchise. If any portion of the applicant's facilities are to be located in the right-of-way, the applicant shall apply for, and receive approval of a franchise, consistent with the requirements in TMC Chapter 11.32. An application for a franchise may be submitted concurrently with an application for small wireless facility permit(s). 2. Small Wireless Facility Permit. The applicant shall submit a small wireless facility permit application as required in the small wireless facility application requirements established in TMC Section 23.04.060 and pay the applicable permit fee as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the City Council and which may be amended by the City Council from time to time. 3. Associated Application(s) and Checklist(s). Any application for a small wireless permit which contains an element not categorically exempt from SEPA review shall simultaneously apply under Chapter 43.21C RCW and TMC Title 21. Further, any application proposing small wireless facilities in a shoreline area (pursuant to TMC Chapter 18.44) or an environmentally sensitive area (pursuant to TMC Chapter 18.45) shall indicate why the application is exempt or comply with the review processes in such codes. Applications for small wireless facilities for new poles shall comply with the requirements in TMC Section 23.04.100.E. 4. Leases. An applicant who desires to attach a small wireless facility on any utility pole, light pole, or other structure or building owned by the City shall obtain a lease as a component of its application. Utility poles and the use of other public property, structures or facilities including, but not limited to any park land or facility, require City Council approval of a lease or master lease agreement. Section 10. TMC Section 23.04.060 is hereby established to read as follows: 23.04.060 Small wireless facility application requirements The following information shall be provided by all applicants for a small wireless permit. A. The application shall provide specific locational information including GIS coordinates of all proposed small wireless facilities and specify where the small wireless facilities will utilize existing, replacement or new poles, towers, existing buildings and/or other structures. The applicant shall specify ground -mounted equipment, conduit, junction boxes and fiber and power connections necessary for and intended for use in the small wireless facilities system regardless of whether the additional facilities are to be constructed by the applicant or leased from a third party. The applicant shall provide detailed schematics and visual renderings of the small wireless facilities, including engineering and design standards. The application shall have sufficient detail to identify: CC: Legislative Development\Ordinances\INTERIM Small wireless Communication Facilities 3-31-21 EM:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton Page 8 of 22 13