Applications for the collocation or installation of wireless telecommunication facilities shall be required to include the following.
(A) General permitting requirements.
(1) A site specific structural integrity analysis prepared by a professional structural engineer licensed in the State of Illinois.
(2) An exhibit showing the location where each proposed wireless telecommunication facility would be installed.
(3) A line-of-sight analysis to ensure that wireless telecommunications equipment, either pole or ground mounted, does not obscure the safe visibility of/by motorists, bicyclists or pedestrians.
(4) Photographs taken within six months of application submittal of the location and its immediate surroundings depicting the land uses and structure(s) on which each proposed wireless telecommunication facility would be mounted.
(5) Specifications and drawings prepared by a professional structural engineer licensed in the State of Illinois, for each proposed wireless telecommunication facility covered by the application as it is proposed to be installed, with height and offset dimensions shown as well as volumetrics (cubic feet) of each of the wireless telecommunication facility components.
(6) A proposed schedule for the installation and completion of each wireless telecommunication facility covered by the application, if approved.
(7) Certification that the collocation complies to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, with the frequency interference requirements in § 126.107(D).
(8) Restoration. Upon completion of the work authorized by permit under this subchapter, all disturbed or damaged areas of the right-of-way shall be restored to their original condition or better. Said restoration shall include, but is not limited to, repairs to shoulders, ditches, parkways, curbs, and pavements and/or any special landscaping, hard-scaping, or enhanced areas that existed in the rights-of-way prior to the commencement of the permitted work. The city shall bear no responsibility for costs associated with such restoration. The applicant shall provide a Performance Bond in the amount of $20,000 or 110% of the engineer’s estimate of probable cost, whichever is greater. An engineer’s estimate of probable cost shall be submitted to the city for approval prior the provision of a bond.
(9) Service connections. Other related improvements including, but not limited to, buried electrical service, and buried fiber optic or cable connections that are needed to service the wireless facility and are installed within city rights-of-way beyond the physical pole or structure require additional and separate permits. These types of connections shall be applied for concurrently by the respective utility provider providing that service or connection.
(B) City-owned infrastructure.
(1) Pole attachment agreement. In addition to the required permit, a separate pole attachment agreement between the wireless services provider and the city is required prior to the city authorizing the placement of wireless facilities on city-owned infrastructure.
(2) Replacement of city-owned infrastructure. If the city determines that applicable codes or public safety requires the city’s infrastructure to be replaced to support the requested collocation, the city shall require the wireless services provider to replace the city’s infrastructure at no cost to the city. If the proposed installation requires replacement of the city’s infrastructure, no property rights will be conferred on the applicant by the replacement of such infrastructure.
(3) Make ready analysis. When a wireless services provider is seeking a permit to collocate a wireless telecommunication facility on city-owned infrastructure a make ready analysis prepared by a professional structural engineer licensed in the State of Illinois shall be required.
(C) Alternative antenna structure. Permission to use alternative antenna structure. When the applicant of a wireless facility submits an application, the applicant shall submit to the city a copy of the approval from the owner of an alternative antenna structure, to mount the wireless facility on that specific alternative antenna structure.
(Ord. 9345, passed 8-27-2018)