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E. Accordingly, Article X of Chapter 33 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code shall be updated by repealing and reenacting such article. By this update, the City seeks to establish reasonable and uniform standards and streamlined procedures for the approval and installation of small cell and similar wireless facilities in the public right-of-way in a manner that protects and promotes the public health, safety and welfare and is consistent with federal and state law. SECTION 2. Article X of Chapter 33 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety. SECTION 3. Article X of Chapter 33 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby reenacted in its entirety as follows: ARTICLE X. - WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY Sec. 33-230. - Purpose and Intent. The City Council finds and determines that it is in the interest of the City of Santa Ana to establish a process that balances the need for Santa Ana residents to access wireless communications, the general welfare of Santa Ana residents, and the requirements of state and federal law, to guide applicants for wireless facilities within or along the public right-of-way. Accordingly, this Article is adopted: (a) To provide uniform standards for the community desired design, placement, permitting and monitoring of wireless facilities consistent with applicable state and federal requirements. (b) To manage the public right-of-way as to the time, place, and manner in which it is accessed. (c) To minimize the environmental and aesthetic impacts of wireless facility installations in the public right-of-way. (d) To preserve view corridors, to discourage visual blight and clutter, and to encourage aesthetic placement of wireless facilities. (e) To accommodate public and City use of the public right-of-way, so as to permit maintenance of wireless facilities, and to minimize disruption to vehicular traffic and pedestrian flow and on -street parking. (f) To minimize unnecessary disruption of the public right-of-way by coordinating installations so as to effectively manage use of the public right-of-way. (g) To ensure the structural integrity, reliability, performance, safety, quality, ease of maintenance, and aesthetic integrity of the public right-of-way. (h) To ensure that similarly -situated public right-of-way users are treated in a competitively neutral and non-discriminatory manner while complying with applicable state and federal requirements. (i) To ensure compliance with all federal, state, county, and local laws. (j) To prevent hazardous conditions within and along the public right-of-way. Ordinance No. NS -2954 Page 2 of 20