(a) Permit Required. No person shall place a small wireless facility or associated utility pole in the ROW, without first filing an application and obtaining a permit therefore, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) Application. All applications for permits filed pursuant to this chapter shall be on a form, paper or electronic, provided by the Borough Manager.
(c) Application Requirements. An application shall be made by the wireless provider or its duly authorized representative, and shall contain the following:
(1) The wireless provider's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address.
(2) The applicant's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, if different than the wireless provider, and its interest in the work.
(3) The names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all consultants, if any, acting on behalf of the applicant with respect to the filing of the application.
(4) A general description of the proposed work and the purposes and intent of the small wireless facility. The scope and detail of such description shall be appropriate to the nature and character of the work to be performed, with special emphasis on those matters likely to be affected or impacted by the work proposed.
(5) A site plan, with sufficient detail to show the proposed location of items the applicant seeks to install in the ROW, including any manholes or poles, the size, type, and depth of any conduit or enclosure.
(6) An attestation that the small wireless facilities will be operational for use by a wireless services provider within one year after the permit issuance date, unless the municipality and the applicant agree to extend this period.
(7) An attestation that, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, the information contained in the application is true.
(8) Whether each SWF is proposed to be installed on an existing pole or structure or a new pole or structure.
(9) The name of the owner of the pole or structure on which the SWF is proposed to be installed and the address, phone number, email address of the owner' s contact person.
(10) If a SWF is proposed to be installed on a pole or structure owned by a party other than the applicant, the application shall be accompanied by a written confirmation of the owner's agreement to allow the applicant to locate each SWF on such owner's pole or structure.
(11) Documentation in form of both narrative and drawings indicating the size of each proposed SWF, the height of the pole or structure on which each is proposed to be installed, and the cubic volume of each SWF.
(d) When Application Not Required. An application shall not be required for: (i) routine maintenance; (ii) the replacement of a small wireless facility with another small wireless facility that is substantially similar or smaller in size, weight, and height; or (iii) for the installation, placement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro wireless facilities that are strung on cables between existing utility poles, in compliance with the National Electrical Safety Code. A permit may be required to perform work within the right-of-way for the activities under this subsection (d), for work that involves excavation, closure of a sidewalk or closure of a vehicular lane.
(e) Application Fees. All applications for permits shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a single up-front application that includes up to five small wireless facilities, with an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each small wireless facility beyond five; and one thousand dollars ($1,000) in non-recurring fees for each new associated utility pole.
(f) Consolidated Applications. An applicant may submit a consolidated application for up to twenty small wireless facilities.
(1) A single applicant shall not exceed application for twenty small wireless facilities in a thirty-day period.
(2) The denial of one or more small wireless facilities in a consolidated application shall not delay processing of any other small wireless facilities in the same consolidated application.
(3) A single permit may be issued for siting and collocating multiple small wireless facilities spaced to provide wireless coverage in a contiguous area.
(4) If multiple applicants submit applications cumulatively exceeding twenty applications within in a thirty-day period, the extensions to deadlines provided for in the Small Wireless Facilities Act shall apply.
(Ord. 1093. Passed 10-12-21.)