(A) Applicability. These regulations are applicable to all existing telecom facilities and small cell wireless facilities (SCWFs) on public property, within the public ROW, or on private property, and all applications and requests for approval to construct, install, modify, collocate, relocate, or otherwise deploy telecom facilities or SCWFs unless exempted under division (B) below, or governed by division (C) below.
(B) Exempt facilities. The provisions of this chapter will not be applicable to:
(1) Telecom facilities owned and operated by the city for public purposes;
(2) Amateur radio antennas, antennas used solely for the purpose of receiving local broadcast stations, and satellite dish antennas of one meter in diameter or smaller;
(3) Over the Air Reception Device (OTARD) antennas;
(4) Telecom facilities installed completely indoors and intended to extend signals for personal wireless services in a personal residence or a business (such as a femtocell or indoor distributed antenna system); or
(5) Telecom facilities or equipment owned and operated by California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regulated electric companies for use in connection with electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution facilities subject to CPUC General Order 131-D.
(C) Request for approval pursuant to section 6409. Any requests for approval to replace, collocate, or remove transmission equipment at an existing wireless base station or tower submitted under section 6409 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)) shall first be reviewed under § 154.148.
(Ord. 2021-03, passed 12-7-2021)