A. Wireless Permit Application Contents. In addition to the information required by this Code in connection with an application for any other required permit, a telephone corporation requesting a Wireless Permit must submit to the city the following information:
1. Application Form. A complete, duly executed Wireless Permit on the forms prepared by the Director.
2. Application Fee. The applicable Wireless Permit application fee established by City Council resolution. Batched applications must include the applicable Wireless Permit application fee for each wireless facility in the batch. If the City has no established Wireless Permit application fee, then the applicant must submit a signed written statement that acknowledges that the applicant will be required to reimburse the City for its reasonable costs incurred in connection with the application within 30 days after the City issues a written demand for reimbursement.
3. Construction Drawings. Construction drawings prepared and sealed by a California Registered Civil Engineer for projects within the public right-of-way that certifies and accurately depicts all the existing and proposed improvements, equipment and conditions related to the proposed project, which includes without limitation:
a. All poles, posts, pedestals, traffic signals, towers, streets, sidewalks, pedestrian ramps, driveways, curbs, gutters, drains, handholes, manholes, fire hydrants, equipment cabinets, antennas, utilities, cables, trees and other landscape features.
b. Cut sheets that contain the technical specifications for all existing and proposed antennas and accessory equipment, which includes without limitation the manufacturer, model number and physical dimensions.
c. Depict the applicant’s preliminary plan for electric and data backhaul utilities, which shall include the anticipated locations and depth for all trenching, conduits, cables, wires, handholes, junctions, transformers, meters, disconnect switches and points of connection in a manner that meets the requirements of the Municipal Code and the Director of Public Works, or designee, including compliance with Municipal Code Title 15, Chapter II (Section 15 - 25, et seq.), “Work on or Affecting Streets”).
4. Site Plan. A site plan prepared, signed and sealed by a California Registered Civil Engineer that certifies and accurately depicts all existing boundaries, encroachments and other structures within one hundred feet of the proposed project site and any new improvements, which includes without limitation:
a. Traffic lanes.
b. Private properties and property lines.
c. Above and below-grade utilities and related structures and encroachments including water lines and water meters.
d. Fire hydrants, roadside call boxes and other public safety infrastructure.
e. Streetlights, decorative poles, traffic signals (including traffic signal equipment) and permanent signage.
f. Sidewalks, driveways, parkways, curbs, gutters and storm drains.
g. Benches, trash cans, mailboxes, kiosks and other street furniture.
h. Existing trees, planters and other landscaping features.
5. Photo Simulations. Site photographs and photo simulations that show the existing location and proposed wireless facility in context from at least three vantage points within the public streets or other publicly accessible spaces, together with a vicinity map that shows the proposed site location and the photo location for each vantage point. At least one photo simulation must depict the wireless facility from a vantage point approximately 50 feet from the proposed support structure or location. The applicant shall incorporate the photo simulations and vicinity map into the construction plans submitted with the application.
6. Project Narrative and Justification. A written statement that explains whether and why the proposed facility qualifies as a “small wireless facility” as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R. Section 1.6002(I). A complete written narrative analysis will state the applicable standard and all the facts that allow the City to conclude the application meets the standard. As part of the written statement the applicant must also include (i) whether and why the proposed support is a “structure” as defined by the FCC in 47 C. F. R. Section 1.6002(m) and (ii) whether and why the proposed wireless facility meets each applicable provision of Section 15.53.040.C (“Review Criteria”).
7. RF Compliance Report. An RF exposure compliance report that certifies that the proposed wireless facility, both individually and cumulatively with all other emitters that contribute more than 5% to the cumulative emissions in the vicinity (if any), will comply with applicable federal RF exposure standards and exposure limits. A California-licensed or California-registered electrical engineer with demonstrated expertise in RF calculations and reporting must prepare and certify the RF report. The RF report must include the actual frequency and power levels (in watts, effective radiated power) from all existing and proposed antennas at the site and exhibits that show the location and orientation of all transmitting antennas and the boundaries of areas with RF exposures in excess of the uncontrolled/general population limit (as defined by the FCC) and also the boundaries of areas with RF exposures in excess of the controlled/occupational limit (as defined by the FCC). Each such boundary shall be clearly marked and identified for every transmitting antenna at the project site. If the applicant submits a batched application, a separate site -specific RF report shall be prepared for each facility associated with the batch. Every RF report must have an original signature by the person responsible for the contents of the report certifying the accuracy of the data contained therein. The applicant may submit such reports to the city electronically. The RF report must include the engineer’s name, license number and license expiration date.
8. CPCN. A copy of the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the CPUC to the applicant and a copy of the CPUC decision that authorizes the applicant to provide the telecommunications service for which the facilities are proposed to be constructed in the city’s public rights-of-way.
9. Master Pole License Agreement. For any wireless facility proposed for installation on any structure owned or controlled by the City and located within the public rights-of-way, an executed Master Pole License Agreement on a form prepared by the City that states the terms and conditions for such non-exclusive use by the applicant. No changes shall be permitted to the Master City’s Pole License Agreement except as indicated on the form itself or as deemed by the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, as immaterial and/or non-substantive. Any unpermitted changes to the Master City’s Pole License Agreement shall be deemed a basis to deem the application incomplete. Refusal to accept the terms and conditions in the City’s Pole License Agreement shall be an independently sufficient basis to deny the application without prejudice. Existing Pole License Agreements shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this section.
10. Property Owner’s Authorization. If the applicant is not the support structure owner, a written authorization (or other applicable form such as a joint pole authorization form pursuant to rules of the Southern California Joint Pole Committee) executed by and from the support structure owner(s) that authorizes the applicant to submit and accept a Wireless Permit in connection with the subject support structure.
11. Structural Analysis. A report prepared and certified by a licensed engineer (or other qualified personnel acceptable to the City) that evaluates whether the underlying pole or support structure has the structural integrity to support all the proposed equipment and attachments. At a minimum, the analysis must be consistent with all applicable requirements in CPUC General Order 95 (including, but not limited to, load and pole overturning calculations), CPUC General Order 128 (for, but not limited to, underground facilities), and any safety and construction standards required by the utility. For joint utility poles, the applicant may submit a letter signed by the pole owner that certifies (a) a structural analysis has been performed by a qualified engineer; (b) the pole has adequate structural capacity to support both the existing and proposed attachments; and (c) the pole owner assumes responsibility for any errors and omissions in the analysis and any liability that may arise in connection therewith.
12. Lighting (Photometric) Analysis. For any application which includes the adjustment to the height of a light fixture for a streetlight or which includes the removal of any existing streetlight without replacement, or which includes the replacement of a streetlight at a different height, at a different location or with a different bulb, a report prepared and certified by a licensed engineer (or other qualified person acceptable to City) that demonstrates that after project completion, light levels will remain substantially unchanged for the area covered by the removal/modification of existing street light or light fixture.
13. Site Selection Plan. Identify on a map all substantially different potential locations and support structures (no more than ten) within a radius of 500 feet from the proposed project site with proof that the alternative locations and support structures are no more-preferred per Section 15.53.060 than the proposed structure.
B. Additional Administrative Requirements and Regulations. City Council authorizes the Director to develop, publish and from time to time update or amend permit application requirements, forms, checklists, guidelines, informational handouts and other related materials that the Director finds necessary, appropriate or useful for processing any application governed under this Code. City Council further authorizes the Director to establish other reasonable rules and regulations for duly filed applications, which may include without limitation regular hours for appointments and/or submittals without appointments, as the Director deems necessary or appropriate to organize, document and manage the application intake process, provided that such regulations or standards do not conflict with any provision of the Code. All such requirements, materials, rules and regulations must be in written form, publicly stated and made available to the public pursuant to the FCC regulations to provide all interested parties with prior notice.
(Ord. 3315 § 2 (part), 2022)