(a) Within the city’s designated aesthetic corridors, antennas for small wireless facilities may be installed, maintained and operated in the public right-of-way only so long as they meet the following requirements:
(1) They must be installed only on existing lightpoles or traffic signal poles, or on a similar replacement pole. Any wire or fiber connecting such an antenna and the ground or facilities buried underground must be inside the pole or firmly attached along the outside of the pole. No wires or fiber must be attached from pole to pole above ground;
(2) They must conform with the following aesthetic standards:
(A) Their width must not exceed the diameter of the pole at its base, except for necessary above-ground service boxes essential to their operation;
(B) As nearly as possible, they must match the color of the poles to which they are attached.
(b) Within the city’s designated aesthetic corridors, all other small wireless facilities and their appurtenances, except for antennas, must be installed and constructed underground.
(Ord. 2040, passed 1-24-2019)