§ 50-161. Fees and rates.

As a condition to the issuance of a permit to collocate a small wireless facility or to install, modify, or replace a pole or a decorative pole for collocation of a small wireless facility in city right-of-way, the applicant shall pay the following fees and rates:

(1)

A fee for each application for the collocation of each small wireless facility on an existing pole assessed by the city of $100.00 per small wireless facility;

(2)

A fee for each application for each replacement pole with an associated small wireless facility assessed by the city of $250.00;

(3)

A fee for each application for each new pole with an associated small wireless facility assessed by the city of $1,000.00 per pole with an associated small wireless facility;

(4)

An annual right-of-way occupancy rate assessed by the city for nonexclusive occupancy of the right-of-way by the applicant in the following amounts:

a.

One hundred dollars per year for each small wireless facility collocated on any existing or replacement pole, including an existing or replacement city pole; or

b.

Two hundred dollars per year for each new pole, other than a replacement pole, with an associated small wireless facility;

(5)

An annual attachment rate for collocations on city poles of $40.00 per year per small wireless facility, which shall be nondiscriminatory regardless of the services provided by the collocating wireless provider;

(6)

A fee for make-ready work, as provided in subsection (n) of Code section 50-154; and

(7)

Generally applicable nondiscriminatory fees for any permit required under generally applicable law; provided, however, that an applicant shall not be required to obtain or pay any fees for a building permit, as the permit issued pursuant to this chapter serves as a building permit for the applicable poles and small wireless facilities.

( Ord. No. 2019-03-08 , § II, 3-5-2019)