(a) Pre-application conference. Any person or company intending to apply the placement or operation of a cellular or wireless communications antenna, tower or site within the city shall first schedule a pre-application conference with the City Engineer or his or her assignee. At this conference, the prospective applicant must present to the City Engineer any proposed locations for the equipment or site. This information should identify the area within which the tower may be located, the minimum height of the proposed tower, and identify any possible users that may co-locate at the site. The purpose of the pre-application conference will be to, generally, evaluate the impact on adjacent areas and neighborhoods, discuss possibilities of co-location and identify alternative suitable sites that may minimize the negative impact on residential areas.
(b) Formal application. Upon completion of the pre-application conference, an application may be filed with the office of the City Engineer according to the procedures set forth in § 1135.05. The application shall be in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and in a form as approved by the City Engineer. If the application does not conform with requirements of this chapter, the applicant shall be notified by the City Engineer, and no further consideration of the application shall occur until it is in compliance with the terms of this chapter.
(c) Review fees. Each applicant shall pay, prior to the issuance of a permit, any reasonable cost the city has incurred in obtaining independent expert consultations that the city determines are necessary to review the application and advise the city, not to exceed a fee as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fee shall be as set by ordinance from time to time. The fees are in addition to the normal application fees incurred during the formal application process described in division (b) above.
(Ord. 98-104, passed 9-14-1998)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01