TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council Members
FROM: Jill Keimach, Town Manager
Dawn-Marie Buckland, Deputy Town Manager
Jeremy Knapp, Community Development Director
DATE: August 19, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Staff Contact Jeremy Knapp, Community Development Director, 480-348-3522
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Consideration of Ordinance 2019-09 Amending Section 2-5-2.I of the Town Code Modifying Alternative Design Standards for Small Wireless Facilities Located in Town Rights-of-Way
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
It is recommended Town Council suspend Council Procedural Rule Section VIII(b)(2) and adopt Ordinance 2019-09.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
In August of 2017 the Town Council adopted Ordinance 2017-05 (Attachment A), setting procedures for review and approval of Small Cell Wireless Facilities (Small Cell) located in the Town's right-of-way to comply with a newly adopted State statute. The ordinance allowed for Small Cell deployment through an administrative process if the proposal met the Town's objective design standards. The two objective design standards in the existing Town Code utilizes concealment methods already installed in the Town, which are:
1. A 24-foot-tall faux cactus; or,
2. Atop an existing street light or traffic signal pole, with the design to match 56th Street and Lincoln.
If an applicant meets the objective design standards, the application is processed administratively through the Planning Commission within 75 days of the application being deemed complete by town staff. If the applicant cannot meet one of the two objective design standards, they can proceed through the SUP process to install a new pole. This process is a minimum of 180 days and requires the Town to be the applicant as the SUP would be within Town right-of-way.
Recently an applicant approached the town requesting to replace two existing street light poles with two new street light poles and cellular equipment on top. ...
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