(a) The purpose of Chapter 1028 is to establish general procedures and standards, consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, for the siting, construction, installation, collocation, modification, operation, and removal of small cell facilities and wireless support structures in the right-of-way.
(b) The intent of this chapter is to:
(1) Establish basic criteria for applications to locate small cell facilities and wireless support structures in the right-of-way and authorize the City Manager or his or her designee to develop, publish, and from time to time amend, applications and other associated materials to provide clear guidance to applicants;
(2) Ensure that small cell facilities and wireless support structures are carefully designed, constructed, modified, maintained, and removed when no longer in use in conformance with all applicable regulations;
(3) Preserve the character of the City of Pickerington by minimizing the potentially adverse visual impact of small celt facilities and wireless support structures through careful design, siting, landscaping and camouflaging techniques to blend these facilities into their environment to the maximum extent practicable;
(4) Enhance the ability of wireless service providers to deploy small cell facilities and wireless support structures in the City quickly, effectively, and efficiently so that residents, businesses, and visitors benefit from ubiquitous and robust wireless service availability and capacity;
(5) Establish an application process and structure for payment of fees and charges to be uniformly applied to all applicants, operators, and owners of small cell facilities and wireless support structures for such facilities; and
(6) Comply with, and not conflict with, all applicable state and federal laws, including without limitation Section 101(a) and Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act, Pub. L. 104-104, 101 Stats. 56, 70 (Feb. 8, 1996)