(A) Annual rate. The rate to place a small wireless facility on a town-owned pole in covered areas shall be $50 per year per wooden pole or $200 per year for all other town-owned poles. This rate is in addition to reimbursement to the town for any expenses for make-ready work. The town reserves the right to require a pole attachment agreement to further define the terms and conditions of attachments to town-owned poles. The rates specified in this section shall not apply to poles owned, or operated and accounted for as an asset of, a municipal electric utility.
(B) Cease payment. A wireless services provider or a wireless infrastructure provider is authorized to remove its facilities at any time from a town-owned pole in covered areas and cease paying the annual rate to the town as of the next due date for payment following the removal.
(C) Make-ready. For town-owned utility poles in covered areas, the applicant shall reimburse the town for expenses for any reasonable make-ready work. The town shall provide a good faith estimate for any make-ready work necessary to enable the pole to support the requested small wireless facility, including pole replacement if necessary, within 60 days after receipt of a completed request. Make-ready work including any pole replacement shall be completed within 60 days of written acceptance of the good faith estimate by the wireless services provider or the wireless infrastructure provider.
(D) Municipal utilities excluded. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authority of a municipal electric utility to deny, limit, restrict, or determine the rates, fees, terms, and conditions for the use of or attachment to a utility pole owned, or operated and accounted for as an asset of, a municipal electric utility.
(Ord. 18-22, passed 11-5-18)