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A. The application shall provide specific locational information including GIS coordinates of all Small Cell facilities, and specify where the Small Cell facilities will utilize existing, replacement or new poles, towers, existing buildings and/or other structures. Ground mounted equipment, conduit, junction boxes and fiber and electrical connections necessary for and intended for use in the deployment shall also be specified regardless of whether the additional facilities are to be constructed by the Applicant or leased from a third party. Detailed schematics and visual renderings of the Small Cell facilities shall be provided by the Applicant. The application shall have sufficient detail to identify:

1. The location of overhead and underground public utility, telecommunication, cable, water, adjacent lighting, sewer drainage and other lines and equipment within 50 feet of the proposed project area (which the project area shall include the location of the fiber source and power source). Further, the Applicant shall include all existing and proposed improvements related to the proposed location, including but not limited to poles, driveways, ADA ramps, equipment cabinets, street trees and structures within 50 feet from the proposed project area.

2. The specific trees, structures, improvements, facilities, lines and equipment and obstructions, if any, that Applicant proposes to temporarily or permanently remove or relocate and a landscape plan for protecting, trimming, removing, replacing and restoring any trees or areas to be disturbed during construction.

3. The construction drawings shall also include the Applicant’s plan for electric and fiber utilities, all conduits, cables, wires, handholes, junctions, meters, disconnect switches and any other ancillary equipment or construction necessary to construct the small cell facility, to the extent to which the Applicant is responsible for installing such electric and fiber utilities, conduits, cables, and related improvements. Where another party is responsible for installing such electric and fiber utilities, conduits, cables, and related improvements, applicant’s construction drawings will include such utilities to the extent known at the time of application, but at a minimum applicant must indicate how it expects to obtain fiber and electric service to the small cell facility.

4. If the site location includes a replacement or new light pole that is placed more than five feet away from the existing location, then the Applicant must submit a photometric analysis of the roadway and sidewalk 150 feet upstream and downstream of the existing light.

5. Compliance with the aesthetic requirements of RZC 21.56.

B. The Applicant must show written approval from the owner of any pole or structure for the installation of its Small Cell facilities on such pole or structure. Such written approval shall include approval of the specific pole, engineering and design standards from the pole owner, unless the pole owner is the City. Submission of the lease agreement between the owner and the Applicant is not required. For city-owned poles or structures, the Applicant must obtain a Facilities Lease from the City prior to or concurrent with the Small Cell Permit application. The Applicant can batch multiple Small Cell facility sites in one application. The Applicant is encouraged to batch the Small Cell facility sites within an application in a contiguous service area.

C. Repealed by Ord. 2965.

D. Repealed by Ord. 2965.

E. The Director may approve, deny or conditionally approve all or any portion of the sites proposed in the Small Cell Permit application. The denial of one or more Small Cell facility locations within a submission described in subsection A above shall not be the sole basis for a denial of the entire application for Small Cell facilities.

F. Any application for a Small Cell Permit which contains an element which is not exempt from SEPA review shall simultaneously apply under Chapter 43.21C RCW and Chapter 21.70 RZC.

G. The Applicant shall submit a sworn affidavit signed by an RF Engineer with knowledge of the proposed project affirming that the Small Cell facilities will be compliant with all FCC and other governmental regulations in connection with human exposure to radio frequency emissions for every frequency at which the Small Cell facility will operate. If facilities which generate RF radiation necessary to the Small Cell facility are to be provided by a third party, then the Small Cell Permit shall be conditioned on an RF Certification showing the cumulative impact of the RF emissions on the entire installation. The Applicant may provide one emissions report for the entire Small Cell deployment if the Applicant is using the same Small Cell facility configuration for all installations within that batch, or may submit one emissions report for each subgroup installation identified in the batch.

H. The Applicant shall provide proof of FCC and other regulatory approvals required to provide the service(s) or utilize the technologies sought to be installed.

I. A professional engineer licensed by the State of Washington shall certify in writing, over his or her seal, that both construction plans and final construction of the Small Cell facilities and the antenna support structure or pole and foundation are designed to reasonably withstand wind and seismic loads.

J. A traffic control plan as required by RMC 12.14.850.

K. Such other information as the Director, in his/her discretion, shall deem appropriate to effectively evaluate the application based on technical, engineering and aesthetic considerations. (Ord. 2965 § 2 (part), 2019: Ord. 2925 § 2 (part), 2018).