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Imf 8/29/2018 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS -XXX <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA REPEALING AND <br />REENACTING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE X OF <br />CHAPTER 33 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL <br />CODE REGARDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS <br />FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines, <br />and declares as follows. <br />A. In 2011, the City of Santa Ana adopted Ordinance No. NS -2816 for the <br />purpose of adding Article X to Chapter 33 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to establish <br />standards for the design, placement, permitting, and monitoring of telecommunications <br />facilities in the public right-of-way. <br />B. Article X of Chapter 33 was enacted at a time where the most traditional <br />form of wireless installation was a "macro cell," the large communications towers that are <br />commonly seen in the urban landscape. In the years following, a variety of new <br />technologies have emerged that can use smaller facilities and cover smaller areas than <br />traditional macro cells. These are commonly referred to as "small cells." <br />C. Wireless providers increasingly use small cells to supplement their macro <br />cells, for example by deploying them in areas that cannot be effectively served by a <br />traditional macro cell, or by expanding and upgrading their network capacity to serve the <br />rapidly growing number of wireless device users. Typically, a small cell antenna is <br />attached to a streetlight or utility pole, or placed mid -span on wires between utility poles. <br />Wireless providers often place these small cells in locations that are densely populated, <br />such as downtown areas and around heavily used traffic corridors. <br />D. Wireless providers have already deployed many of these facilities under the <br />existing ordinance, but have expressed a desire to deploy hundreds more of these <br />antennas and associated equipment throughout the City. Although Article X of Chapter <br />33 of the City's municipal code regulates wireless installations in the public right-of-way, <br />it is in need of a comprehensive update to address the increased demand for deployments <br />and changes in state and federal law that have occurred since Ordinance No. NS -2816 <br />was adopted in 2011. <br />E. Accordingly, Article X of Chapter 33 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code shall <br />be updated by repealing and reenacting such article. By this update, the City seeks to <br />establish reasonable and uniform standards and streamlined procedures for the approval <br />and installation of small cell and similar wireless facilities in the public right-of-way in a <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXX <br />Page 1 of 21 <br />