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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 21, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />ORDINANCE REPEALING AND <br />REENACTING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE X <br />OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING <br />TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN <br />THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 6, 1G; 3,2C) <br />CI MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />UTJ00J;TG7J5lJb1 <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 at Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt an ordinance repealing and reenacting in its entirety Article X of Chapter 33 of the Santa <br />Ana Municipal Code regulating telecommunication facilities in the public right-of-way. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In 2011, the City Council adopted Ordinance NS -2816 adding Article X to Chapter 33 of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code to regulate telecommunications facilities in the public right-of-way. In <br />order to accommodate advancement in wireless technologies and new Federal and State laws, <br />staff proposes an update to the ordinance which will establish the methods by which the City will <br />review, process, and control wireless communication facilities in the public right-of-way. <br />Telecommunications advancements and consumer demand for network data capacity have led <br />the wireless industry to seek to deploy smaller and more densified wireless antenna facilities in <br />the public rights-of-way. Different types and sizes of wireless facilities deliver different wireless <br />coverages and capacities. A "macro cell' is typically used for larger coverage, with a radius of <br />several miles, and these facilities are typically located on freestanding towers, faux tree poles, tall <br />buildings, water tanks, etc. These "macro cells" are the types that have been traditionally utilized <br />by the wireless industry. <br />In recent years, wireless providers have increasingly sought to place "small cell' antennas and <br />equipment on existing infrastructure located within the public right-of-way. Typically, a small cell <br />antenna is attached to a streetlight or utility pole, or placed mid -span on wires between utility <br />poles. Wireless providers typically place these small cells in locations that are densely populated <br />in order to provide additional network capacity, such as downtown areas and around heavily used <br />traffic corridors. The small cell antennas are also sometimes deployed in areas that cannot be <br />50A-1 <br />