(A) Application fees.
(1) An application for a permit under this Article for the collocation of a small wireless facility on an existing utility pole or support structure shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for up to five (5) small wireless facilities, plus one hundred dollars ($100) for each additional small wireless facility.
(2) An application for a permit for one (1) new, modified, or replacement utility pole or support structure intended to support one (1) or more small wireless facilities, and for one (1) small wireless facility to be placed on such pole or structure, shall be accompanied by an application fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per pole or structure.
(B) Annual rates. A permittee who does not pay the City any occupation taxes pursuant to Chapter 10 of the City's Municipal Code and/or pursuant to the City's Master Fee Ordinance, currently Ord. No. 1045 as amended, shall pay to the City an annual rate of twenty dollars ($20) for each small wireless facility attached to a utility pole in City right-of-way, and an annual rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each small wireless facility located anywhere else in City right-of-way or City property. A permittee who does pay the City any occupation taxes pursuant to Chapter 10 of the City's Municipal Code and/or pursuant to the City's Master Fee Ordinance, currently Ord. No. 1045 as amended, shall not be required to pay to the City an annual rate. The annual rate shall be paid by or before January 1, in advance for the ensuing year.
(C) Reimbursement of direct costs. If the applicant or permittee excavates or damages City right-of-way or other City property and the City repairs such excavation or damage, the applicant or permittee shall reimburse to the City the actual cost of such repair, as provided in §8-610. (Ord. No. 1067, 6/1/21)