Applications shall include the following information, in digital
form:
A. Applicant's name, address, telephone number and email address.
B. Names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of anyone
acting on behalf of the applicant with respect to the application.
C. Detailed drawings and descriptions of the equipment to be installed,
signed by a Massachusetts-licensed engineer, whether mounted on poles
or on the ground, or otherwise, including:
(2) Specifications of equipment (including but not limited to dimensions
and weight).
(3) Equipment mount type and material.
(4) Power and/or communication source and/or sources for equipment, including
route of any necessary fiber, wires, cables, and conduit, distance
and direction from the power and/or communication or conduit sources,
and maps of any proposed excavation, and extent of excavation needed.
(5) Expected life of equipment.
(6) Coverage area of equipment, including:
(e)
Typical coverage area radius.
(7) Hardening, including:
(a)
If there is a battery backup.
(b)
If there is a generator backup.
(8) Rendering and elevation of equipment.
(9) Photo simulations, from four different angles, showing the pole and
streetscape before the installation, as well as after installation.
D. A detailed map in a digital format acceptable to the Town with locations
of the poles or other property on which equipment is to be located,
including specific pole type, and pole identification number, if applicable.
E. Affidavit from a radiofrequency engineer outlining the network/network
service requirements in West Springfield and how each installation
addresses that need in West Springfield. Such affidavit should characterize,
through or with coverage maps, the current level of coverage and how
the desired installation(s) will change the current level of coverage,
including current and proposed coverage, and the breakdown of "excellent,"
"good," and "poor" reception areas.
F. Insurance certificates with the following minimum coverages: general
liability insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence
and $2,000,000 in the aggregate; workers' compensation insurance
not less than the amount of $100,000 per accident and $500,000 per
illness or the statutorily required amount, whichever is greater;
and umbrella insurance in an amount not less than $5,000,000. The
Town must be an additionally named insured, and such policies shall
indicate that the insurance company shall provide 30 business days'
prior written notice to the Town of lapse or cancellation. All insurance
carriers shall carry an A.M. Best rating of "A-" or better. Such insurance
shall provide for the waiver by the insurance carrier of any subrogation
rights against Town, its agents, servants and employees.
G. Any and all permits and approvals, including but not limited to any
permits from the Department of Public Works, the Building Department,
Historical Commission, Community Development Department, Planning
Department or any other Town department or federal or state agency
required for the proposed installation, shall be applied for on the
same day as the submission of the application, or promptly thereafter,
but not before the submission of the application, and such that any
such permits and approvals are valid at the time of any grant of location
hereunder. The applicant shall reapply for any approvals or permits
that have expired prior to any grant of location being approved under
this policy.
H. A description as to why the desired location is superior to other
similar locations, including, but not limited to:
(1) Aspects showing that the installation will not incommode the public
way;
(3) Proximity to residential buildings and descriptions of efforts to
prevent any blocking of views from windows.
I. A description of efforts to collocate the equipment on existing structures,
poles, or towers which currently exist or are under construction.
A good faith effort to collocate is required and evidence of such
efforts must be included within the application.
J. An affidavit from the applicant which certifies that it will maintain
the installations in good repair and according to Federal Communications
Commission standards, and will remove any installation not in such
good repair, or not in use, within 60 days of being no longer in good
repair or no longer in use.
K. An affidavit(s) from a Massachusetts-licensed engineer(s) attesting:
(1) The applicant, or the carrier intending to use the installation,
is in good standing and currently licensed by the Federal Communications
Commission;
(2) The proposed installation complies with any regulations of the Federal
Communications Commission;
(3) The proposed installation(s) complies with the maximum safe distance
from the antennas and equipment for prolonged and discrete human or
animal exposure under the Federal Communications Commission regulations,
including, but not limited to, a description of the distances (in
feet) considered safe and compliant with Federal Communications Commission
regulations in terms of radiation emissions exposure limitations with
respect to a human and/or animal from the proposed antennas for one
year, one month, one day, and one hour, and a description of the circumstances,
if any, under which a nontrespassing individual (i.e., an adjacent
property owner) may come within those distances.
(4) That the pole or property will safely support the proposed equipment
and proposed installation(s);
(5) That all other installations by the applicant or parent company which
are no longer in use have been removed and the annual recertification
has been submitted for such installations, and all fees and fines
paid with regard to such installations, and any Town property, including
the public way, has been restored to the condition existing prior
to such installation, in accordance with all Town standards and at
the applicant's expense;
(6) A detailed explanation of how the proposed installation(s) will provide
service in the Town, including a description of services to be improved
or newly provided, and which shall include evidence of the current
level of coverage in the area, how the desired installation(s) will
change the current level of coverage, and an explanation as to why
the applicant believes denial of the proposed installation would constitute
an effective prohibition of an entity's ability to provide wireless
services; and
(7) Any supporting documentation proving the foregoing, including, but
not limited to, a detailed map (in digital format acceptable to the
Town) showing the applicant's existing and proposed installation(s)
within 500 feet of the application site, and amount of cellular coverage
in the area.
If any provision, paragraph, word, section, or article of this
chapter is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the
remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, sections, and chapters shall
not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect.