(a) Whenever any existing electric utilities, cable facilities, telecommunications facilities or other facilities are located underground within a public way of the City, the facilities operator must also locate its facilities underground.
(b) A facilities operator may replace an existing wireless support structure or collocate small cell facilities on an existing wireless support structure even if the wireless support structure is located in an underground area.
(c) A facilities operator shall not install a new wireless support structure in an underground area.
(d) An operator may apply to the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals for a waiver of the underground placement requirement if the requirement prevents the operator from achieving its service objective, the requirement has the effect of prohibiting the provision of reasonable service in the City, and the operator's objective of providing reasonable service in the City cannot be met by placing facilities at:
(1) A location in the public right-of-way where the prohibition does not apply;
(2) A utility easement the service provider has the right to access; and
(3) Other suitable locations or structures made available by the City at reasonable rates, fees and terms.
(e) Submission of a waiver application pursuant to division (d) above is subject to the facilities operator's agreement to toll the timeframes set forth in Section 1020.08(a) of these Codified Ordinances by thirty days.
(Ord. 18-82. Passed 7-24-18; Ord. 19-26. Passed 2-19-19.)