This Chapter
130 shall be known as the "Small Cell Wireless Deployment Requirements Local Law" of the Village of Minoa.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
Ministerial review of an application by the Village relating
to the review and issuance of a permit, including review by the Director
of Planning and Development or Director of Codes Enforcement to determine
whether the issuance of a permit is in conformity with the applicable
provisions of this chapter.
ANTENNA
Communications equipment that transmits and/or receives electromagnetic
radio frequency signals used in the provision of wireless services.
This definition does not apply to broadcast antennas, antennas designed
for amateur radio use, or satellite dishes for residential or household
purposes.
APPLICABLE CODES
Uniform building, fire, safety, electrical, plumbing, or
mechanical codes adopted, or incorporated, by the Village.
APPLICANT
Any person who submits an application under this chapter.
APPLICATION
A written request, on a form provided by the Village, for
a permit.
AUTHORITY or VILLAGE
The Village of Minoa or any agency, subdivision or any instrumentality
thereof.
CO-LOCATE
To install or mount communication facilities in the public
ROW on an existing support structure, an existing tower, or on an
existing pole. "Co-location" has a corresponding meaning.
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY(IES)
Collectively, the equipment at a fixed location or locations
within the public ROW or on private property that enables communication
services, including: i) radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial, fiber-optic
or other cabling, power supply (including backup battery), and comparable
equipment, regardless of technological configuration; and ii) all
other equipment associated with any of the foregoing. A communications
facility does not include the pole, tower or support structure to
which the equipment is attached.
COMMUNICATION SERVICE
Cable service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 522(6);
information service or broadband, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153(24);
or telecommunications service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 153(53).
DECORATIVE POLE
A pole that is specially designed and placed for aesthetic
purposes.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
Review of an application by the Village Planning Board relating
to the review and issuance of a permit that is other than an administrative
review.
ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUEST
An eligible facility request as set forth in 47 CFR 1.40001(b)(3),
as that section may be amended from time to time.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission of the United States.
LAWS
Collectively, any and all federal, state, or local laws,
statutes, common laws, codes, rules, regulations, orders, or ordinances.
ORDINARY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Inspections, testing, replacement and/or repair of existing
communication facilities that maintain functional capacity, aesthetic
and structural integrity of a communications facility and/or the associated
support structure, pole or tower, that does not require, damaging
or disturbing any portion of the public ROW.
PERMIT
A written authorization (in electronic or hard copy format)
to install, at a specified location(s) in the public ROW or at a specific
location on private property, a communications facility, tower or
a pole to support a communications facility.
PERMITTEE
An applicant that has received a permit under this chapter.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, limited-liability company, partnership,
association, trust, or other entity or organization, including a governmental
entity.
POLE
A legally constructed pole, such as a utility, lighting,
traffic, or similar pole made of wood, concrete, metal or other material,
located or to be located within the public right-of-way. A pole does
not include a tower or support structure.
PROVIDER
A communication service provider or a wireless services provider
and includes any person that owns and/or operates within the public
ROW any communications facilities, wireless facilities, poles built
for the sole or primary purpose of supporting communications facilities,
or towers.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY or PUBLIC ROW
The area on, below, or above property that has been designated
for use as or is used for a public roadway, highway, street, sidewalk,
alley or similar purpose, and for purposes of this chapter shall include
public utility easements, but only to the extent the Village has authority
to permit use of the area or public utility easement for communications
facilities or poles, towers and support structures that support communications
facilities. The term does not include a federal interstate highway
or other areas that are not within the legal jurisdiction, ownership
or control of the Village.
PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT
Unless otherwise specified or restricted by the terms of
the easement, the area on, below, or above a property in which the
property owner has dedicated an easement for use by utilities. "Public
utility easement" does not include an easement dedicated solely for
Village's use, or where the proposed use by the provider is inconsistent
with the terms of any easement granted to the Village.
REPLACE or REPLACEMENT
In connection with an existing pole, support structure or
tower, to replace (or the replacement of) same with a new structure,
substantially similar in design, size and scale to the existing structure
and in conformance with this chapter and any other applicable Village
regulations, in order to address limitations of the existing structure
to structurally support co-location of a communications facility.
SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY
A wireless facility that meets each of the following conditions:
A.
The facilities:
(1)
Are mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height, including
their antennas as defined in 47 CFR 1.1320(d); or
(2)
Are mounted on structures no more than 10% taller than other
adjacent structures; or
(3)
Do not extend existing structures on which they are located
to a height of more than 50 feet or by more than 10%, whichever is
greater;
B.
Each antenna associated with the deployment, excluding associated
antenna equipment [as defined in the definition of "antenna" in 47
CFR 1.1320(d)], is no more than three cubic feet in volume;
C.
All other wireless equipment associated with the structure,
including the wireless equipment associated with the antenna and any
preexisting associated equipment on the structure, is no more than
28 cubic feet in volume;
D.
The facilities do not require antenna structure registration
under 47 CFR Part 17;
E.
The facilities are not located on tribal lands, as defined under
36 CFR 800.16(x); and
F.
The facilities do not result in human exposure to radiofrequency
radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards specified in
47 CFR 1.1307(b).
STATE
The State of New York.
SUPPORT STRUCTURE
A structure in the public ROW, other than a pole or a tower,
to which a wireless facility is attached at the time of the application.
TOWER
Any structure in the public ROW built for the sole or primary
purpose of supporting a wireless facility. A tower does not include
a pole or a support structure.
WIRELESS FACILITY
The equipment at a fixed location or locations in the public
ROW that enables wireless services. The term does not include: i)
the support structure, tower or pole on, under, or within which the
equipment is located or co-located; or ii) coaxial, fiber-optic or
other cabling that is between communications facilities or poles or
that is otherwise not immediately adjacent to or directly associated
with a particular antenna. A small wireless facility is one type of
a wireless facility.
WIRELESS SERVICES
Any wireless services using licensed or unlicensed spectrum,
whether at a fixed location or mobile, provided to the public.
All other uses within the public ROW or on private property not expressly set forth or referenced in §
130-6A shall require compliance with, and issuance of, a site plan approval pursuant to Chapter
127 of the Village Code. In determining the deployment and placement of communication facilities, the Planning Board shall consider the following criteria and its impact on the surrounding neighborhood during the site plan review process:
A. The design standards set forth in §
130-6D of this chapter;
B. The compatibility of further deployments and their potential impact
on the surrounding neighborhood;
C. The potential for co-location of other providers' communication
facilities;
D. The density fulfillment needs of the neighborhood.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, an
applicant may not install a small wireless facility on a decorative
pole, or replace a decorative pole with a new decorative pole unless
the Village has determined, in its sole discretion, that each of the
following conditions has been met:
A. The application qualifies for issuance of a permit under §
130-6A;
B. The attachment and/or the replacement pole is in keeping with the
aesthetics of the decorative pole; and
C. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, an applicant
may not install a small wireless facility on a decorative pole, replace
a decorative pole with a new decorative pole, or install new aboveground
communications facilities in a residential zoning district unless
the Village has determined, in its sole discretion, that each of the
following conditions has been met:
(1) The application qualifies for issuance of a permit under §
130-6A;
(2) The attachment and/or the replacement pole is in keeping with the
aesthetics and character of the decorative pole and/or the residential
zoning district.
Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
a violation punishable with a civil penalty of $250 for each violation.
Each day that a violation occurs or is permitted to exist by the applicant
or provider constitutes a separate offense.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person, individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, entity or circumstances is adjudged
invalid, illegal or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such order or judgment shall be confined in its operation lo the clause,
sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this chapter
or in its application directly involved in the controversy in which
such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair
the validity of the remainder of this chapter or the application thereof
to other persons or circumstances. Further, in adjudging such invalid,
illegal or unconstitutional provision, the court shall attempt to
modify same to a provision which is not invalid, illegal or unconstitutional
and which best achieves the intent of the invalid provision.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its filing in
the office of the Secretary of State.