A. Permit Application. All applicants for a permit to install an SWF within the Village must submit a written permit application to the Community Development Department by personal delivery, on a form provided by the Village. The permit application must include the following information:
1. Contact Information. The names and contact information of the Wireless Services Provider and the Wireless Infrastructure Provider if any.
2. Description. A description and depiction of the Wireless Services Provider’s existing SWFs located within the Village.
3. Location, Photographs. The location and photographs of each proposed SWF and its surroundings, depicting the poles or structures on which each proposed SWF would be mounted.
4. Specifications, Drawings. Specifications and drawings prepared by a licensed professional engineer for each proposed SWF as it is proposed to be installed, with a certification that each SWF complies with all applicable size and location standards.
5. Structural Analysis. A site-specific structural analysis of each location by a licensed professional engineer that examines the acceptability of the site for factors such as pole loading from existing utility equipment and conductors as well as the SWF.
6. Equipment, Model Numbers. The equipment type and model numbers for the antennas and all other wireless equipment associated with each proposed SWF.
7. Number. The total number of SWFs the Wireless Services Provider estimates it will seek within the Village.
8. Schedule. A proposed schedule for the installation and completion of each proposed SWF.
9. Proof of Insurance. Proof of insurance coverage of the types and amount set forth in Subsection 14.20.060
.J of this Chapter.
10. Certification of SWF Act Compliance. A certification that the proposed SWF complies with Subsection 15(d)(6) of the SWF Act and this Chapter.
11. Application Fees. An application fee of (a) $650.00 for a single SWF, or (b) $350.00 for each proposed SWF if the application includes two or more SWFs, or (c) $1,000 for each SWF that includes the installation of a new Utility Pole.
12. Owner, Co-Owner Certification. A certification from the owner or co-owner of the Utility Pole or Wireless Support Structure that the owner or co-owner has approved installation of an SWF on the Utility Pole or Wireless Support Structure.
B. Review of Application. Applications will be reviewed in accordance with the following process, except that the Director may alter the review process for an application as appropriate based on the elements of that application.
1. Determination of Completeness. Within 30 days after an application is filed, the Director will determine whether the application is complete. The Director will notify the applicant of the Director’s determination. If an application is not complete, then the Director will identify the missing information.
2. Processing Time Period. The Director will process a complete application within 90 days, except that a complete application that includes Collocation of an SWF on a new Utility Pole will be processed within 120 days.
3. Approvals, Permits. The Director will approve an application and issue a permit if it meets all requirements of the SWF Act and applicable Village Code requirements. A permit is valid for five years.
4. Denial. The Director will deny an application if it does not meet all requirements of the SWF Act and applicable requirements of the Village Code. The Director will notify the applicant of the denial and the reason or reasons for the denial.
C. Guidance on SWF Locations. Based on various factors including, among others, public safety, existing Utility Poles and Wireless Support Structures, and potential adverse impacts, the applicant must consider Collocation in these locations, with the items listed from most preferable to least preferable:
1. The portion of the west and south boundaries of the Winnetka Park District Golf Course adjoining the Cook County Forest Preserve, for a distance of 25 feet from each such boundary.
2. The southwest quadrant of the Winnetka landfill at 1390 Willow Road.
3. The Winnetka Public Works Yards at 1390 Willow Road.
4. The site of the Winnetka Public Safety Building at 410 Green Bay Road.
5. The site of the Winnetka Water & Electric Plant at 725-735 Tower Road.
6. The site of the golf netting poles at the eastern edge of the Winnetka Park District golf driving range.
7. The site of the Village-owned parking garage located on Merrill Street in Hubbard Woods.
8. Village-owned Utility Poles other than traffic signal poles located within the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District or the C-2 General Retail Commercial District.
9. Utility Poles owned by the railroad.
10. Village-owned or maintained traffic signal poles located within the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District or the C-2 General Retail Commercial District.
11. Village owned Utility Poles other than traffic poles located in the public right-of-way and located more than 50 feet from the rear of any single-family detached dwelling on a public improved alley.
12. Village owned Utility Poles other than traffic poles located in the public right-of-way and located more than 100 feet from the “front” or “corner front” of any single family detached dwelling, as those terms are defined in Chapter 17 of the Village Code.
13. Private Utility Poles.
D. Decorative Utility Poles, Concealment of SWF. If the Director determines that an SWF proposed by the applicant would have an unduly adverse impact on the abutting area unless the SWF is collocated on a decorative pole or is concealed, then the Director may require, as a condition of approval of that SWF, a decorative Utility Pole or concealment. The Director or the Director’s designee may meet with the applicant to determine the plans for the SWF under that circumstance. If an agreement on plans cannot be reached, then the Director may deny the permit for that proposed SWF.
E. Prohibited Locations. SWFs are prohibited at the following locations:
1. On any property classified in a Residential District under Title 17—Zoning Ordinance of this Code.
2. On any privately-owned property except with the approval of the Village.
3. On any property owned or controlled by a unit of local government that is not located within Rights-Of-Way, except with the permission of the local government and approval of the Village.
4. On any Utility Pole that includes equipment such as capacitor banks, transformers, cable terminations, cable risers, fuses, or switches.
(MC-4-2018, Amended, 06/05/2018; MC-4-2017, Added, 03/21/2017)