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GUIDELINES FOR WIRELESS FACILITIES ��! ''0"� IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT -OF- WAY !/,�� z,f Additional Location Requirements. The City also requires small wireless facilities in the public rights -of -way to be installed as follows: i. Sight Distance Triangles. New or new replacement poles shall not be placed within any sight distance triangles at any intersections. ii. Setbacks from Driveways. New or new replacement poles, regardless of zone, must be placed at least 10 feet away from any driveway. iii. Near Property Lines. New or new replacement poles regardless of zone, shall be placed as close as feasible and in no event more than five feet of a property line between two parcels that abut the public righl-of-way. iv. Historic Structures or Public Art. Small cell wireless facility shall not be installed within 100 feet of the property boundary of designated historic structures or local landmarks or public art. v. Facility DISta OCP. The minimum hori7or)[Al diRtanne between a new wirP.le3R facility and any other existing or permitted but unconslrucled, wireless facility on the same side of the right-of-way, at the time a complete application is filed with the City, irrespective of the owners/operators, shall be not less than 300 linear feet, as measured parallel to the right- of-way. 3. Description of Tiers (The followintr Tiers are as referenced In SAMC Section 33-239 Indleatlna noticing preferences) and Helated Design Standards a. Tier 1: Eligible Facilities Requests Modification Eligible Facilities Requests (EFRs) as set forth in Section 1455 of Title 47 of the United States Code and 47 C.F.R. § 1.6100. Involves certain modifications of an existing support structure that do not substantially change the physical dimensions of such support structure, involving (i) the collocation of new transmission equipment, (ii) removal of transmission equipment, or (iii) replacement of transmission equipment. b. Tier 2 Small cell installations or modifications to an existing tower or base station that substantially changes the physical dimensions of such tower or base station as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R. § 1.6100, as may be amended. Tier 2 involves the installation of a new small cell wireless facility that substantially changes an existing support structure: or involves the modification of a small cell facility on an existing support structure and such modification constitutes a substantial change. The preferred location for new small cell wireless facility installations shall be on existing infrastructure, or replacements of existing infrastructure, such as utility poles or streetlights. An applicant may proposc to install new infrastructure to accommodate a small ccll wircless facility. See Tier 3 for guidelines. City Council 5/4/2021