(a) An authority shall notify the City in writing before discontinuing use of a small cell wireless facility, utility pole, or wireless support structure. The notice shall specify when and how the wireless provider intends to remove the small cell wireless facility, utility pole, or wireless support structure. The wireless provider shall return the property to its pre-installation condition. If the wireless provider does not complete the removal within forty-five days after the discontinuance of use, the City may complete the removal and assess the costs of removal against the wireless provider.
(b) A permit under this chapter for a small cell wireless facility expires upon removal of the small cell wireless facility.
(c) A provider shall obtain a permit for any work that will affect traffic patterns or obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic in the right-of-way for performing work under this Section.
(d) The City is not required to install or maintain any specific pole or to continue to install or maintain poles in any location. The City may make a nondiscriminatory decision to eliminate aboveground poles of a particular type generally, such as electric utility poles, in a designated area of its geographic jurisdiction. In such instances, for poles with colocated small cell wireless facilities in place at the time of the decision, the City shall do one of the following:
(1) Continue to maintain the City pole.
(2) Install and maintain a reasonable alternative pole or wireless support structure for the collocation of the small cell wireless facility.
(3) Offer to sell the pole to the wireless provider at a reasonable cost.
(4) Allow the wireless provider to install its own utility pole so it can maintain service from that location.
(5) Proceed as provided by an agreement between the City and the wireless provider.
(Ord. 2020-02. Passed 3-9-20.)