(A) De minimus license. The City Council may issue a limited license to authorize placement of interstate fiber-optic telecommunications facilities within city public highways in the event the facilities do not exceed ten lineal miles in total length of installation and connect only to interstate telecommunication carrier points of presence, and to no other connection within the city. Said license shall provide for quarterly payments to the city of a public highway occupancy fee for each lineal foot of installation on the basis of fair market value and cost, as determined by the City Council at the time of the granting of the license and adjusted periodically thereafter at the city's discretion. The license may also contain such additional terms and conditions as the City Council may approve consistent with the purposes and findings in this chapter and applicable law.
(B) Transitting traffic license. The City Council may issue a limited license to authorize use of the city's public highways solely for the purpose of providing telecommunications service where no sale or exchange of service originates or terminates in the city. Said license shall provide for quarterly payments to the city of a public highway occupancy fee for each lineal foot of installation on the basis of fair market value and cost, as determined by the City Council at the time of the granting of the license and adjusted periodically thereafter at the discretion of the city. The license may also contain such other terms and conditions as the City Council may approve consistent with the purposes and findings in this chapter and applicable law.
(C) Wireless services facilities license. The City Council may issue a limited license to authorize the installation, operation, maintenance, or use of wireless services facilities, such as antennas, within the city's public highways. Unless no fee is allowed by law, said license shall provide for quarterly payments to the city of a public highway occupancy fee for each site or installation on the basis of fair market value and cost, as determined by the City Council at the time of the granting of the license and adjusted periodically thereafter at the discretion of the city. The license may contain such other terms and conditions as the City Council may approve consistent with the purposes and findings in this chapter and applicable law.
(Ord. O98-02, passed 1-7-98; Ord. O2018-019, passed 8-1-18)