[Ord. No. O-20-23]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANTICIPATED MUNICIPAL EXPENSES
The cost of processing an application for a right-of-way
permit including, but not limited to, all professional fees such as
engineering and attorney costs incurred by the Township.
CABINET
A small box-like or rectangular structure used to facilitate
utility or wireless service from within the municipal right-of-way.
EXISTING POLE
A pole that is in lawful existence within the municipal right-of-way.
GROUND-LEVEL CABINETS
A cabinet that is not attached to an existing pole and is
touching or directly supported by the ground.
MUNICIPAL RIGHT-OF-WAY
The surface of, and the space above or below, any public
street, road, place, public way or place, sidewalk, alley, boulevard,
parkway, drive, and the like, held by the Township as an easement
or in fee simple ownership. This term also includes rights-of-way
held by the County of Morris in Rockaway Township where the Township's
approval is required for the use of same pursuant to N.J.S.A. 27:16-6.
This term shall not include private roadways.
POLE
A long, slender, rounded piece of wood, concrete or metal.
POLE-MOUNTED ANTENNA
A device that is attached to a pole and used to transmit
radio or microwave signals and shall include, but not be limited to,
small cell equipment and transmission media such as femtocells, picocells,
microcells, and outside distributed antenna systems.
PROPOSED POLE
A pole that is proposed to be placed in the municipal right-of-way.
RIGHT-OF-WAY AGREEMENT
An agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions for
use of the municipal right-of-way and includes, but is not limited
to, municipal franchise agreements.
RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT
An approval from the Township setting forth applicant's
compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
SMALL CELL INSTALLATION
A pole, antenna, cabinet or assemblage of devices intended
and designed to provide wireless communication services within the
Township of Rockaway.
SURROUNDING STREETSCAPE
Existing poles within the same right-of-way which are located
within 500 linear feet of the proposed pole. Poles carrying electric
transmission lines shall not be considered part of the "surrounding
streetscape."
ZONE, NONRESIDENTIAL
See the definition of "nonresidential zones/districts" as established in §
54-4.1 of the Township's Municipal Code.
ZONE, RESIDENTIAL
See the definition of "residential zones/districts" as established in §
54-4.1 of the Township's Municipal Code.
[Ord. No. O-20-23]
Notwithstanding any franchise or right-of-way agreement to the
contrary, all antennas, poles and cabinets proposed to be placed within
the municipal right-of-way by a utility regulated by the Board of
Public Utilities, or any other entity with legal access to the municipal
right-of-way, shall be subject to the standards and procedures set
forth in the General Ordinances of the Township of Rockaway.
[Ord. No. O-20-23]
Any applicant for a right-of-way permit shall, as a condition
to the issuance of same, permit the co-location of pole-mounted antennas
onto any new pole to the maximum amount that co-location is technically
feasible which, in any event, shall not be less than two pole-mounted
antennas.