(a) Registration is required by all telecommunication tower owners, carriers, and providers that offer or provide any telecommunication services for a fee directly to the public from wireless and cellular telecommunication facilities within the City of Oxford. Registration must be renewed on a biannual basis from the date of issuance of a Building and Zoning Permit. The registration forms to be provided to the City are available from the Community Development Department. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be charged for each registration.
(b) It is the purpose of registration under this section to:
(1) Provide the City with accurate and current information concerning the telecommunications owners and service providers who offer or provide telecommunication carriers within the City or that own or operate telecommunication facilities within the City.
(2) Assist the City in the enforcement of this Chapter.
(3) Assist the City in monitoring compliance with local, State, and Federal laws.
(c) The required registration form must be accompanied by the following information:
(1) A description of the telecommunications services that the registrant intends to offer or provide, or is currently offering or providing, to persons, firms, businesses, or institutions within the City.
(2) Information sufficient to determine that the applicant has applied for and received any construction permit, operating license, or other approvals required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide telecommunication services or facilities within the City.
(3) For any telecommunication facilities that are co-located: provide information as to the names of other service providers located on the tower, and the expiration date of the lease for co-location.
(4) Signed Indemnification/Liability Agreement and/or Facility Maintenance/Removal Agreement.
(d) Amendments. Each telecommunications registrant (owner/service provider) shall inform the City, within sixty days, of any change of the information required on the registration form. With regard to a telecommunications tower, the owner of the tower shall be responsible for notifying the City of any changes in ownership or operation of the tower itself. Any service providers that co-locate on a tower are responsible for notifying the City when its lease expires and when it no longer actually co-locates on the tower.
(Ord. 3374. Passed 10-18-16.)