(A) The city is vitally concerned with the use of all rights of way in the city as such rights of way are a valuable and limited resource which must be utilized to promote the public health, safety, and welfare including the economic development of the city.
(B) Changes in the public utilities and communication industries have increased the demand and need for access to rights of way, and in particular, the development and deployment of “small wireless facilities” have affected the placement of facilities and structures therein.
(C) It is necessary to comprehensively plan and manage access to, and structures and facilities in, the rights of way to promote efficiency, discourage uneconomic duplication of facilities, lessen the public inconvenience of uncoordinated work in the rights of way, minimize the blighting effects associated with unattractive visual clutter, and promote the public health, safety, and welfare.
(D) The city has authority under the laws and Constitution of the State of Ohio, including but not limited to Article 18, Sections 3, 4, and 7, to regulate public and private entities which use the rights of way.
(Ord. 2002-33, passed 4-16-02; Am. Ord. 2018-51, passed 12-4-18)