§ 151.314 ABANDONMENT.
   (A)   A small wireless facility that is not operated for a continuous period of 12 months shall be considered abandoned and the owner of the facility shall remove the small wireless facility within 90 days after receipt of written notice from the city notifying it of the abandonment. The notice shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by the city to the owner at its last known address. If the small wireless facility is not removed within 90 days after receipt of such notice, such wireless facility shall be deemed to be a nuisance and the city may remove or cause the removal of such facility, and recover or place a lien for its costs, pursuant to the terms of its pole attachment or other agreement for city utility poles or through the procedures for abatement of nuisances set forth in this Code.
   (B)   In the event the city suspects that the wireless provider is no longer using the small wireless facilities to provide wireless service, as provided in division (A) above, it may send the wireless provider written notice that requires the wireless provider to remove the small wireless facility or provide proof that the small wireless faciliiy is operational and still being used within 90 days, and informs the wireless provider that failure to provide proof or to remove the small wireless facility will result in the city removing the small wireless facility at the wireless provider's cost.
(Ord. 2019-08-0747O, passed 8-13-2019)