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The Ordinance includes the following: • Applicable Definitions: Consistent with Florida and federal law. "Utility Pole" for collocation includes light poles, traffic poles, as well as electric utility poles. • Registration Requirements: All owners of facilities must be registered, which requires contact information including for emergencies, authority to provide services, proof of insurance naming City as an additional insured, and a permanent performance bond in the form of cash or letter of credit, in the amount of$25,000 to ensure compliance. Registrants must indemnify the City for damage or claims. • Undergrounding: Requires new fiber to be installed underground. To support the City's undergrounding project, above-ground facilities will not be allowed in areas where the City has determined to underground communications utilities. • Permit Requirements: An effective registration is required to obtain permits and with limited exceptions, all construction requires a City permit. • Permit Application Requirements and Procedures: Includes detailed application contents and a pre-application meeting, because of short timeframes to process and ability to apply for 30 locations in one application. Staff must review applications for completeness within 14 days, and grant or deny applications within 60 days, or applications are deemed granted. City can negotiate locations and design standards, which extends the timeframe 30 days. The City may deny an application if the proposed facility interferes with traffic devices, transportation, pedestrians, or ADA compliance, does not comply with FDOT's utility standards, does not comply with City standards, or does not comply with applicable codes, including this Ordinance. • Construction Requirements and Construction Bond: Includes limits on excavation, removing trees or landscaping, restoration of rights-of-way, and removal of abandoned facilities. • Collocation on City-Owned Poles. Fee is $150/year/pole. • Objective Design Standards: City can waive these restrictions. • Facilities may not be located where they would interfere with abutting property owners, utilities, drainage or where all utilities are underground. • Utility poles cannot be taller than other utility poles in rights-of-way within 500 feet, or if none, than 50 feet, and must be designed to match existing utility poles. • Collocated small wireless facilities (6 cu. ft. or less) must blend into the poles and have no exposed cables or wires. • Ground-mounted small wireless facilities (28 cu. ft. or less) must be stealth—enclosed in a wrap or concealed with landscaping. Page 2 of 2