These provisions are established for the following purposes:
(1) The City Council of the City of Cookeville seek to facilitate the availability of reliable, personal wireless communication services for its citizens and the public by permitting the placement of wireless communication facilities and associated structures within the public right-of-way in the city.
(2) The installation, expansion, and maintenance of wireless communication facilities and associated structures within the public right-of-way may have significant impact upon:
(a) Aesthetic values and historic character of the city;
(b) Safe use and passage on or along the rights-of-way by the public; and/or
(c) Properties and property values in the city in areas where such structures are placed.
(3) The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Act") and regulations promulgates with respect to the Act by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") authorize local governments to enact reasonable, non-discriminatory regulations for the placement, expansion, height, and maintenance of wireless communication facilities and associated structures.
(4) Provisions of this Chapter are subject to Sections 65-21-201 through 65-21-205 of Tennessee Code Annotated.
(5) As provided in this Chapter, the city seeks to mandate, where feasible, the collocation of wireless communication facilities on existing support structures in the public right-of-way as opposed to new structures.
(6) The City of Cookeville is not obligated to permit the installation of wireless communication facilities or support structures in the right-of-way owned by the City of Cookeville. The City of Cookeville, in its sole and absolute discretion may decline to permit any wireless communication facilities or support structures to be installed or constructed in the right-of-way owned by the City of Cookeville.
(Ord. #O17-09-16, Oct. 2017)