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GUIDELINES
for
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Within the Public Right of Way
PART A – OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS
I. Public Works Contact
All questions related to this Guidance and the Encroachment Permit Application should be directed to: Engineering Division, Encroachment Permits, (925) 671-5232.
II. Policy Statement
The purpose of the Guidelines is to establish a comprehensive set of requirements for antennas and wireless communications facilities in public rights of way through the encroachment permit process. These regulations are intended to provide for the managed development of antennas and wireless communications facilities in a manner that recognizes and enhances the community benefits of wireless technology and reasonably accommodates the needs of citizens and service providers in accordance with federal and state law and regulations. At the same time, the installation of wireless communications facilities in public rights-of-way could incommode the public use of public rights-of-way and negatively affect the health, convenience, and safety of the general public by creating adverse aesthetic impacts and/or safety hazards in the City of Pleasant Hill. Therefore, the Guidelines are intended to protect neighbors from potential adverse impacts of such facilities, including but not limited to noise, traffic, aesthetic, and other impacts over which the City of Pleasant Hill (“City” or “Pleasant Hill”) has purview, and to preserve the visual character of the established community through appropriate design, siting, screening, maintenance and location standards.
The Director of the Public Works Department or his or her designate (“Public Works” or the “director”) administers encroachment permits for wireless communications facilities in public rights-of-way. An encroachment permit granted under this process does not substitute or replace any additional permits or approvals that may be required by the Pleasant Hill Municipal Code.
Applicants seeking to place wireless communications facilities on City-owned infrastructure such as street light poles within the public rights-of-way are also required to enter into a separate license agreement with the City for such use. This agreement must be finalized prior to the approval of any application to install a wireless communications facility on City-owned infrastructure.
The Guidelines and related documents will be posted to the City’s website. It is anticipated revisions may be required from time to time, and the City reserves the right to Updated _______ Page 2 of 15
modify the Guidelines and related documents such as application forms and special permit conditions as needed.
III. Definitions
These definitions apply to the Guidelines and the “Wireless Communications Facility Supplement” to the Encroachment Permit Application.
“Accessory equipment” means any equipment and facilities other than the antennas associated with the installation of a wireless communications facility, including but not limited to cabling, fans, air conditioning units, electrical panels, batteries, equipment cabinets, pedestals, meters, vaults, splice boxes, and surface location markers. “Antenna” means that part of a wireless communications facility designed to radiate or receive radio frequency signals.
“Code” or “PHMC” means the Pleasant Hill Municipal Code. “Communications monopole” means a freestanding pole, or other structure designed and primarily used to support wireless communications facility antennas. “Distributed Antenna System” or “DAS” means a network of spatially separated antennas (sometimes called “nodes”) connected to a common source (sometimes called a “hub”) by a transport medium, such as fiber optic cable, that provide wireless service within a specific geographic area. This definition includes, without limitation, DAS owned by one entity and shared by multiple providers.
“Eligible Facilities Request” means an application that qualifies for approval under the criteria set forth in Section 1455 of Title 47 of the United States Code and 47 CFR
1.40001.
“Facility(ies)” means wireless communications facilities. “Located within the public rights-of-way” includes any facility which in whole or in part, itself or as part of another structure, rests upon, in, over or under the public rights-of-way. “Modification” means a change to an existing wireless communications facility that involves any of the following: collocation, expansion, alteration, enlargement, intensification, reduction, or augmentation, including, but not limited to, changes in size, shape, color, visual design, or exterior material. "Modification" does not include repair, replacement or maintenance if those actions do not involve a change to the existing facility; however, a standard Encroachment Permit will be required if those actions require work to be performed in the public right-of-way and/or affect the flow of traffic. “Monopole” means …
“Mounted” means attached or supported.
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“Personal Wireless Service” means …
“Pole” means a single shaft of wood, steel, concrete or other material capable of supporting the equipment mounted thereon in a safe and adequate manner and as required by provisions of this code.
“Public rights-of-way” means any public rights-of-way as defined by Section 18.67.020 of the PHMC.
“Replacement pole” means in connection with an existing pole, a pole that is installed in the same location or in the immediate vicinity of an existing pole that is removed. “Street light pole” means any pole located in public rights-of-way and owned by the City or any utility company that is primarily used to provide street lighting. “Traffic pole” means any pole located in public rights-of-way and owned by the City that is primarily used to provide traffic control.
“Utility pole” means any pole located in public rights-of-way and owned by any utility company that is primarily used to support wires or cables necessary to the provision of electrical or other utility services regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.
The term does not include a communications monopole.
“Wireless communications facility,” “facility” or “facilities” mean any fixed facility that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic waves using FCC-licensed or unlicensed spectrum. It includes, but is not limited to, antennas and/or other types of equipment for the transmission or receipt of such signals, poles, communications monopoles or similar structures supporting such equipment, related accessory equipment, and other accessory installations.
IV. Permit Applications
An Encroachment Permit application with a completed Wireless Communications Facility Supplement (“Wireless Supplement”) shall be required for any proposed installation, construction, modification, or removal of any wireless communication facility in public rights-of-way. One Wireless Supplement shall be required for every discrete facility site. In the case of a DAS, all applications for wireless facilities comprising the DAS must be submitted contemporaneously.
Applicants planning to install fiber or other cable in public rights-of-way to connect proposed wireless communications facilities shall simultaneously submit applications for such fiber or cable (to the extent possible) when applying for the Wireless Communications Facility in the public rights-of-way.
Submitting these materials does not guarantee that the application will be approved.
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materials, and review for compliance with applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
Pre-Submittal Conference: Prior to application submittal, the City strongly encourages all applicants to schedule and attend a pre-submittal conference with Public Works to receive informal feedback on the proposed location, design and application materials.
The pre-submittal conference is intended to identify potential concerns and streamline the formal application review process after submittal. Public Works department staff will endeavor to provide applicants with an appointment within approximately ten (10) business days after receipt of a written request.
Evaluation of Applications: Where the director determines that it requires expert assistance in evaluating radio frequency (RF), noise, and/or acoustical analysis, or verifying as-built construction, the director may hire a third party consultant(s). The consultant fee (cost plus 10% City administration fee) shall be reimbursed to the City by the applicant or contractor. The director may also require the applicant or contractor to submit a deposit(s) before City expenses are incurred. In this case, the consultant fee will be subtracted from said deposit.
V. Permit Application Fees
Each Application must be submitted with the proper application fee. The fee schedule is as follows:
Wireless Encroachment Permit Application Fee – $5,000.00 (plus consultant costs and City administration fees).
VI. Public Notice Requirements
Notice requirements are not applicable to applications for Eligible Facilities Requests or a renewal of an existing application.
After the applicant submits the Encroachment Permit Application and Wireless Supplement, the City will confirm receipt. After the City confirms that the application is complete, the City will instruct the applicant to within seven (7) calendar days give public notice or cause public notice to be given that the application has been submitted as detailed below. The notice shall include:
1. A notice letter advising of the application, describing the facilities and the purpose of the installation and that comments may be submitted to the City within 30 days of notice; and
2. A map indicating the proposed location; and
3. Photo simulations from each direction.
Notice shall be accomplished by:
1. Mailing notices to the owners of property within three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed installation site.
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2. Mailing notices to any neighborhood or condominium association representing residential property located within three hundred (300) feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed installation site.
3. Posting a notice at the proposed installation site or as close thereto as reasonably possible.
Written comments received by the director shall be considered as part of the staff review.
The comment review period shall be thirty (30) days from the date notice is mailed. The applicant shall work cooperatively with the city to consider or otherwise respond to comments received by the director.
If new facilities are proposed to be placed adjacent to a residential property, then applicant shall meet with property owner in order to allow the property owner opportunity to express any concerns or questions they may have regarding the placement of the proposed facilities. City staff shall determine each property that would be included in this condition. Applicant shall provide picture representation of the equipment installation and photo simulation to the property owner. Applicant shall submit to the City, proof of property owner’s consent to the proposed project.
If an application is approved, the applicant must again notify residents immediately adjacent to the proposed construction site ten (10) working days prior to the start of construction.
VII. Action on Applications
The director will base the decision to approve or deny an application on whether (1) the applicant adheres to the process provided herein; and (2) the applicant submits completed copies of all necessary application materials; and (3) except for “eligible facilities requests”, the proposed project is in compliance with the Design and Development Standards described in Part B below, or qualifies for a Waiver.
If an applicant claims that its application constitutes an Eligible Facilities Request and the director agrees, the application shall be approved. If the director disagrees, the director shall deny the application in writing and also inform the applicant what FCC shot clock, if any, applies and what missing information the applicant must submit to make the application complete.
VIII. Special Permit Conditions
The issuance of the permit may be conditioned on compliance with any special requirements that the director determines are necessary.
IX. Waiver Process
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facility would prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services within the meaning of 47 USC §332(c)(7), or otherwise is preempted or prohibited by state or federal law.
Effective Prohibition - Required Findings. The director shall not grant any waiver unless the applicant demonstrates with clear and convincing evidence all the following:
1. The proposed wireless facility qualifies as a "personal wireless services facility" as defined in United States Code, Title 47, section 332(c)(7)(C)(ii).
2. Denial of the application would result in a violation of 47 U.S.C. §332(c)(7)(B)(i)(II) as it would prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services.
Applicants seeking a Waiver for this reason are required to submit all materials required by Attachment F of the Wireless Communication Facility Supplement.
Other Preemption or Prohibition Under State or Federal Law- Required Findings. The director shall not grant any waiver unless the applicant demonstrates with clear and convincing evidence all the following:
1. A specified state or federal law applies to the applicant, the application and/or the proposed wireless communications facility.
2. Denial of the application would result in a violation of the specified state or federal law.
Applicants seeking a Waiver for this reason are required to submit all materials required by Item Attachment F of the Wireless Communication Facility Supplement.
Waiver Conditions. In granting any Waiver, the director may impose additional conditions to preserve the safety, public utility, and aesthetic integrity of the area surrounding the proposed wireless communications facility.
X. Appeals
Decisions of the director may be appealed in accordance with PHMC 1.10.010.
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PART B: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
All wireless communications facilities that are located within the public rights-of-way shall be designed and maintained as to minimize visual, noise and other impacts on the surrounding community, and shall be planned, designed, located, and erected in accordance with the following:
I. General Visual Impact Mitigation Criteria
Stealth Design. The applicant shall employ screening, undergrounding and camouflage (“stealth”) design techniques in the design and placement of wireless communications facilities to maximally visually screen the facility, to prevent the facility from dominating the surrounding area, and to minimize view impacts from surrounding properties—all in a manner that achieves compatibility with the community.
All stealth measures shall be designed (including, without limitation, the color, size, proportion, style, and quality of all materials), to be architecturally compatible with surrounding structures using appropriate techniques to camouflage, disguise, and/or to blend into the natural and manmade environment. All facilities shall have subdued colors and non-reflective materials that blend with the materials and colors of the pole to which it is mounted, surrounding area and structures.
The smallest and least visible antennas as possible should be installed which will reasonably accommodate the operator’s communication needs. The city shall retain the authority to limit the number of antennas and related equipment at any site in order to minimize potential visual impacts.
Nonflammable Materials. All wireless communication facilities shall be constructed of nonflammable material, unless specifically approved and conditioned by Public Works to be otherwise (e.g., when a wooden pole may be necessary to minimize visual impact).
Viewshed Considerations. Facilities shall be located such that views from a residential structure are not significantly impaired. Facilities shall also be located in a manner that protects public views over scenic vistas, hillsides, ridgelines, and other natural features, so that no significant view impairment results. Public vistas from scenic roads, scenic easement or scenic routes shall be afforded the highest level of protection. This provision shall be applied consistent with local, state and federal law.
II. Location Requirements & Restrictions
Zoning Districts. Not more than one monopole or any other antenna structure is permitted every 150 feet in a public right of way in a residential zoning district. A wireless telecommunications facility may also be located on a public right of way in the Downtown Specific Plan area and the Contra Costa Center Specific Plan area and other future specific plan areas if listed as an allowed use within the specific plan.
Airport Safety Zones. A wireless communications facility shall not be installed in any public right-of-way abutting or within safety zones 2, 3, or 4 for Buchanan Field or for Updated _______ Page 8 of 15
any other airport or heliport, unless the airport operator and the Airport Land Use Commission indicate in writing that the facility would not adversely impact airport operations (the safety zones for Buchanan Field are identified in the Pleasant Hill general plan).
Visibility From Public Places. A wireless telecommunications facility installed in a location readily visible from a public trail, public park, or other publicly owned outdoor recreation area shall be sited and designed to blend in with the existing natural and/or manmade environment in such a manner as to be effectively unnoticeable.
Site Selection; Preference for Existing Infrastructure. Facilities shall use existing poles (such as utility poles or street lights, including replacement poles), lines, and conduit whenever possible. Facilities using existing poles or lines shall be designed consistent with the existing structure and surrounding area, including the use of replacement poles with stealth designs, to minimize any visual impacts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, use of traffic poles, historic poles and ornamental street lights is not allowed.
New Communications Monopoles. New poles are strongly disfavored for safety, space and aesthetic reasons, and may only be permitted if they meet the applicable design criteria and obtain a Waiver.
Other Location Restrictions. TBD.
III. Co-location
Co-location is generally encouraged in situations where it is the least visually obtrusive option, such as when increasing the height or bulk of an existing facility would result in less visual impact than constructing a new communications monopole in a nearby location.
However, proposed new wireless communication facilities at co-location/multi-carrier sites that would result in more than three (3) total individual antennas, and/or more than three (3) above-ground equipment enclosures/shelters, located on the same vicinity are considered to result in significant visual impacts and are prohibited, unless the applicant can prove that the proposed additional antennas/equipment will be camouflaged or otherwise made inconspicuous such that additional visual impacts are not created.
IV. Antennas & Accessory Equipment
1. Strand-Mounted Antennas.
Antennas placed mid-strand on wires between existing utility poles shall be no larger than twenty-four (24) inches in length, fifteen (15) inches in height, and any exterior antenna shall be no longer than eleven (11) inches.
2. Pole-Mounted Antennas & Accessory Equipment.
A. Street Lights
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1) Antennas
Each individual antenna shall be the smallest possible volume but in no case greater than three (3) cubic feet. The antenna must be enclosed in an RF transparent screen unless a whip-style antenna is used.
Antenna installations will be atop the pole mount and shall not increase the total height of the pole, as measured from the ground to the top of the highest element (typically the antenna), by more than twenty-five percent (25%) or ten (10) feet, whichever is greater, over other street lights in the immediate vicinity.
The cumulative total of the antenna(s) on the structure, not including concealment elements such as a stealth facility, shall total no more than six (6) cubic feet in volume, whether an array or separate. 2) Equipment
All accessory equipment shall be located underground, except as provided below:
If the applicant determines that underground placement of equipment is not feasible, applicant shall provide written proof to that effect, and the accessory equipment shall be placed according to the following preferences, beginning with Alternate Design 1:
- Alternate Design 1: Mounted within a base shroud of approved design to be retrofitted to the existing light standard. The base shroud shall be coated or painted with an approved color to match the existing pole. If the applicant determines that this design is not feasible, then applicant shall provide written proof to that effect. - Alternate Design 2: Mounted on a new street light pole that is manufactured with a base shroud designed to accept wireless equipment and integrated RF screen to accept a wireless antenna. If the applicant determines that this requirement is not feasible, then applicant shall provide written proof to that effect.
- Alternate Design 3: Centrally mounted to the pole in an equipment box a minimum of eight (8) feet above the existing grade. The equipment box shall be coated or painted in an approved color to match the existing pole and shall be no wider than two (2) times the diameter of the pole at the point it is mounted nor protrude more than eighteen (18) inches from the surface of the pole. - Alternate Design 4: If applicant has provided written proof that none of the above are feasible, then equipment shall be located within a single above-ground cabinet. The cabinet color shall be Updated _______ Page 10 of 15
determined by the City. No visible lettering on boxes will be allowed unless approved by the City. Above ground structures shall be located to provide at least four feet (4’) of sidewalk width, and at least eighteen inches (18”) clearance from the face of curb. Place structure(s) as close as possible to the nearest building or behind other existing structures or as directed by the City. No structure(s) shall be allowed at street intersections or within visibility triangles.
Multiple cabinets will not be allowed at the base of a single pole.
If the existing pole already has more than two (2) existing risers/drops, or the applicant’s modifications to the pole will result in two (2) or more risers/drops, the pole must be replaced with a pole that allows the new cable and wires to be inside the pole. The existing drops shall also be relocated inside the new pole. Underground entry into the pole through the foundation is required. The grounding rod(s) do not count as a riser/drop.
When the installation will result in two (2) or fewer risers/drops on the pole, the wires and cable may be installed as a riser/drop combined within a single conduit painted an approved color or in commercially available black or dark brown conduit, as directed by the City. All cabling and wiring must be contained in conduit, affixed directly to the face of the pole, to the extent technically feasible. No exposed slack or extra cable will be allowed. The grounding rod(s) do not count as a riser/drop.
Other Requirements.
- All equipment shall be shrouded or run within the interior of the pole. Exposed wires are not allowed.
- Any meters required shall be wireless and mounted within the combined equipment cabinet. Applicants are encouraged to avoid the requirement for metered electric service and arrange to power their wireless communications facilities under tariffed power rates for unmetered service wherever possible.
- Stickers (except as required by law), unshrouded equipment, and flashing lights are not allowed. Indicator lights, if any, shall be designed so that they can be hidden or turned off.
- Size Limitations: Any individual piece of any pole-mounted accessory equipment shall not exceed nine (9) cubic feet. The cumulative total of all pole-mounted accessory equipment shall not exceed twenty-one (21) cubic feet. The cumulative total of all polemounted and ground-mounted accessory equipment shall not exceed thirty-five (35) cubic feet. Electric meters, stealth concealment Updated _______ Page 11 of 15
elements, grounding equipment, power transfer switch, and cut-off switch are not considered to be accessory equipment.
B. Utility Poles
1) Antennas
Each individual antenna shall be the smallest possible volume but in no case greater than three (3) cubic feet, and shall be mounted at the top of the pole or on the side of the pole with a bracket. The antenna must be enclosed in an RF transparent screen unless a whip-style antenna is used.
When mounted with a bracket, the bracket may extend no more than eighteen inches from the surface of the pole and must be coated or painted an approved color to match the existing pole.
Antenna installations shall not increase the total height of the pole, as measured from the ground to the top of the highest element (typically the antenna), by more than twenty-five percent (25%) or ten (10) feet, whichever is greater, over other utility poles in the immediate vicinity.
The cumulative total of the antenna(s) on the structure, not including concealment elements such as a stealth facility, shall total no more than six (6) cubic feet in volume, whether an array or separate. 2) Equipment
All accessory equipment shall be located underground, except as provided below.
If the applicant determines that underground placement of equipment is not feasible, applicant shall provide written proof to that effect, and the accessory equipment shall be placed according to the following preferences, beginning with Alternate Design 1:
- Alternate Design 1: Mounted on a new utility pole that is manufactured with a base shroud designed to accept wireless equipment and integrated RF screen to accept a wireless antenna. If the applicant determines that this requirement is not feasible, then applicant shall provide written proof to that effect.
- Alternate Design 2. Centrally mounted to the pole in an equipment box a minimum of eight (8) feet above the existing grade. The equipment box shall be coated or painted in an approved color to match the existing pole and shall be no wider than two (2) times the diameter of the pole at the point it is mounted nor protrude more than eighteen (18) inches from the surface of the pole.
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- Alternate Design 3: If applicant has provided written proof that none of the above are feasible, then equipment shall be located within a single above-ground cabinet. The cabinet color shall be determined by the City. No visible lettering on boxes will be allowed unless approved by the City. Above ground structures shall be located to provide at least four feet (4’) of sidewalk width, and at least eighteen inches (18”) clearance from the face of curb. Place structure(s) as close as possible to the nearest building or behind other existing structures or as directed by the City. No structure(s) shall be allowed at street intersections or within visibility triangles.
Multiple cabinets will not be allowed at the base of a single pole.
If the existing pole already has more than two (2) existing risers/drops, or the applicant’s modifications to the pole will result in two (2) or more risers/drops, the pole must be replaced with a pole that allows the new cable and wires to be inside the pole. The existing drops shall also be relocated inside the new pole. Underground entry into the pole through the foundation is required. The grounding rod(s) do not count as a riser/drop.
When the installation will result in two (2) or fewer risers/drops on the pole, the wires and cable may be installed as a riser/drop combined within a single conduit painted an approved color or in commercially available black or dark brown conduit, as directed by the City. All cabling and wiring must be contained in conduit, affixed directly to the face of the pole, to the extent technically feasible. No exposed slack or extra cable will be allowed. The grounding rod(s) do not count as a riser/drop.
Other Requirements.
- All equipment shall be shrouded or run within the interior of the pole. Exposed wires are not allowed. For wooden poles wherein interior installation is infeasible, conduit and cables attached to the exterior of poles shall be mounted flush thereto and painted to match the pole.
- Any meters required shall be wireless and mounted within the combined equipment cabinet. Applicants are encouraged to avoid the requirement for metered electric service and arrange to power their wireless communications facilities under tariffed power rates for unmetered service wherever possible.
- Stickers (except as required by law), unshrouded equipment, and flashing lights are not allowed. Indicator lights, if any, shall be designed so that they can be hidden or turned off.
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- All installations on utility poles shall fully comply with the California Public Utilities Commission general orders, including, but not limited to General Order 95, as it may be revised or superseded.
- Size Limitations: Any individual piece of any pole-mounted accessory equipment shall not exceed nine (9) cubic feet. The cumulative total of all pole-mounted accessory equipment shall not exceed twenty-one (21) cubic feet. The cumulative total of all polemounted and ground-mounted accessory equipment shall not exceed thirty-five (35) cubic feet. Electric meters, stealth concealment elements, grounding equipment, power transfer switch, and cut-off switch are not considered to be accessory equipment.
C. New Communications Monopoles
No new communications monopoles are allowed without a Waiver. The new pole must, to the maximum extent possible, also comply with the following:
New poles shall be designed to resemble existing poles in the public rights-of-way near that location, including size, height, color, materials and style, with the exception of any existing pole designs that are scheduled to be removed and not replaced.
Any approved new poles shall (1) not be located on the same block as another monopole or antenna structure, or within 150 feet as another monopole or antenna structure in a residential zoning district; (2) be located at least ninety (90) feet from any existing pole to the extent feasible: (3) not adversely impact designated scenic easements or routes; (4) be located to the extent feasible in an area where there is existing natural or other features that obscure the view of the pole; and (5) employ concealment techniques to blend the pole into the surrounding natural or manmade environment.
D. Unsuitable Support Structures
The City retains the right to refuse applicant’s use of traffic poles, ornamental street light poles, historic poles, or other structures that the City finds inappropriate as a support structure for wireless communications facilities.
V. Security
Each facility shall be designed to be resistant to, and minimize opportunities for, unauthorized access, climbing, vandalism, graffiti and other conditions that would result in hazardous situations, visual blight or attractive nuisances. The director may require the provision of warning signs, anti-climbing devices, or other techniques to prevent unauthorized access and vandalism when, because of their location and/or accessibility, a Updated _______ Page 14 of 15
facility has the potential to become an attractive nuisance. Additionally, no lethal devices or elements shall be installed as a security device.
VI. Safety
The installation, use or maintenance of the facility may not endanger or be reasonably likely to endanger the safety of persons or property, or unreasonably interfere with or unreasonably impede the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic including any legally parked or stopped vehicle, the ingress into or egress from any residence or place of business, the use of poles, posts, traffic signs or signals, hydrants, mailboxes, permitted sidewalk dining, permitted street furniture or other objects permitted at or near said location.
Each component part of a facility shall be located so as not to cause any physical or visual obstruction to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, incommode the public's use of the right of way, or safety hazards to pedestrians and motorists, and otherwise so as not to obstruct the intersection visibility triangle.
A facility shall not be located within any portion of the public rights-of-way interfering with access to a fire hydrant, fire station, fire escape, water valve, underground vault, valve housing structure, or any other public health or safety facility.
VII. Other
Landscaping. Where appropriate, each facility shall be installed so as to maintain and enhance existing landscaping in the vicinity of the site, including trees, foliage and shrubs. Additional landscaping shall be planted, irrigated and maintained by applicant where such landscaping is deemed necessary by Public Works to provide screening or to conceal the facility.
Lighting. No facility may be illuminated unless specifically required by the Federal Aviation Administration or other government agency.
Noise. All facilities shall be constructed and operated in such a manner as to minimize the amount of disruption caused to nearby residents, businesses and users of nearby recreational areas such as public parks and trails. At no time shall equipment noise from any facility exceed an exterior noise level of 50 dBA (measured on the CNEL scale) measured ten (10) feet from the source of the noise if the facility is located in the public rights-of-way adjacent to a business, commercial, manufacturing, utility or school zone; provided, however, that for any such facility located within five-hundred (500) feet of any property zoned residential or improved with a residential use, such equipment noise shall not exceed 45 dBA measured ten (10) feet from the sources of the noise.
Radio Frequency (RF). Maximum potential RF power density of the proposed wireless communications facilities at full build-out shall be in compliance with FCC guidelines for human expose to RF, such as OET Bulletin 65, or any superseding reports/standards.
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Signage. No facility shall bear any signs or advertising devices other than certification, warning or other signage required by law or permitted by Public Works.