Ordinance 2298 - Amending Chapter 11.14 for Small Cell Wireless Facilities in the Public ROW ORDINANCE 2298
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL AMENDING
CHAPTER 11.14 OF THE CAMPBELL MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING SMALL
CELL WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
After due consideration of all evidence presented, the City Council of the City of Campbell
does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 11.14 of the Campbell Municipal Code shall be amended to read
as follows, with strikethroughs (strikethroughs) indicating deleted text and underlining
(underlining) indicating newly added text:
Chapter 11.14 - SMALL CELL WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
11.14.010 - Purpose and intent.
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to reasonably regulate and provide a uniform
and comprehensive set of standards and requirements for the orderly development,
siting, installation, construction, collocation, modification, operation, maintenance,
relocation, and removal of small cell facilities in the City of Campbell's public right-of-way,
consistent with applicable federal and state laws. Due to Section 704 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and subsequent Federal Communications Commission
Orders, the cGity is prevented from taking into consideration all citizens' concerns with
respect to the health effects of this technology. Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 332(c)(7), the cGity
may not regulate the placement, construction, and modification of wireless service
facilities on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the
extent that such facilities comply with the Federal Communications Commission's
regulations concerning such emissions. To the extent permitted by federal law, this
chapter seeks to protect and promote public safety, and community welfare, and preserve
the cGity's character and aesthetic quality, while also providing wireless services. These
regulations are further intended to:
(a)Require small cell facilities in the public right-of-way to have minimal impacts on the
city's streets and sidewalks.
(b)Require small cell facilities in the public right-of-way to be designed to minimize
adverse visual impacts.
These regulations are not intended to, and shall not be interpreted or applied to:
(a)Prohibit or effectively prohibit personal wireless services; or
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(b)Unreasonably discriminate among wireless communications providers of functionally
equivalent services; or
(c)Regulate the placement, construction, or modification of small cell facilities based on
the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such facilities
comply with all applicable FCC regulations concerning such emissions; or
(d)Prohibit or effectively prohibit any collocation or modification that the city may not deny
under applicable California or federal law; or
(e)Preempt any applicable California or federal law.
11.14.020 - Definitions.
(a)The following definitions only apply to this chapter and shall not be construed to define
the same terms found in any other section of this code. As used in this chapter, the
following terms shall have the meaning set forth below.
"Antenna" means a device or system of wires, poles, rods, dishes, discs, or similar
devices used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves.
"Base station" means the same as defined in 47 C.F.R. §1.6100(b)(1), as may be
amended or superseded.
"City" means the City of Campbell.
"City Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City of Campbell.
"Code" means the City of Campbell Municipal Code, as may be amended.
"Collocation" means the same as defined by the FCC in 47 CFR §1.6002(g), as may be
amended or superseded. "CPUC" means the California Public Utilities Commission, or its
duly appointed successor agency.
"Existing" means the same as defined by the FCC in 47 C.F.R. §1.6100(b)(5), as may be
amended or superseded.
"FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission or its duly appointed successor
agency.
"FCC Shot Clock" means the time frame within which the city generally must act on a
given wireless application, as defined by the FCC and as may be amended or
superseded.
"Incommode the public use" means to unreasonably hinder, impede, or obstruct the public
use; or to unreasonably subject the public use to inconvenience or discomfort, as used in
California Public Utilities Code §7901.
"Permit" or "Small Cell Wireless Facility Permit" means the Small Cell Wireless permit
issued by the Public Works Department for any work required in the public right-of-way
for the installation or in support or otherwise related to a small cell wireless
communication facility. consistent with the Small Cell Permitting Guidelines and Small
Coll any applicable city design guidelines. This Permit may functionally include the
approval of various other city permits, if applicable, including a street opening permit, a
concrete permit, an electrical permit, and an encroachment permit.
"Permitting Guidelines" means the Small Cell Wireless Facility Permitting Guidelines
approved by the city council, and available on the cGity's website, consistent with this
chapter.
"Personal wireless service facilities" has the same meaning as provided in 47 U.S.C. §
332(c)(7)(C)(ii), as may be amended or superseded.
"Personal wireless services" has the same meaning as provided in 47 U.S.C.
§332(c)(7)(C)(i), as may be amended or superseded.
"Public Right-of-Way" or"City Right-of-Way" means any right-of-way under the ownership
or control of the city of Campbell and in its jurisdictions, which shall include, but not be
limited to, public streets, sidewalks, curbs, roadways, highways, or alleys, and all
extensions thereof. The public right-of-way shall not include other city property such as,
but not limited to, parks or structures. Public way, public alley, or public place and the
space on, above or below it and all extensions thereof and additions thereto; „nder the
owr RershL��hl poor con�_itrol o f_the City of Campbeellll and „r�r sdiiet n.
"Public Works Director" means the Director of Public Works of the City of Campbell or his
or her designee.
"RE" means radio frequency.
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Creation Act of 2012, Pub. L. No. 112 96, 126 Stat. 156, codified as 17 U.S.C. § 1155(a),
as may be amended or superseded.
"Small Cell Design Guidelines" means the aesthetic and design standards for small cell
wireless facilities approved by the city council, consistent with this chapter.
"Small Cell Wireless Facilities" or"Small Cell Facility(ies)" means the same as defined by
the FCC in 47 C.F.R. §1.6002(I), as may be amended or superseded, regardless of
whether these facilities are located on wood utility poles or cGity-owned poles.
"Stealth technologies/techniques" are camouflaging methods applied to wireless
communications facilities which render them visually inconspicuous.
"Visual impact" means the placement or design of a wireless communications facility or
the associated equipment such that they are not screened or shielded or are plainly visible
and are likely to be noticeable or otherwise conspicuous.
"Wireless" mean any FCC-licensed or authorized wireless communications service
transmitted over frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum.
"Wireless communications facility(ies)" or "wireless facility(ies)" means an installation
used to transmit signals over the air from facility to facility or from facility to user equipment
for any wireless service and includes, but is not limited to, personal wireless services
facilities. The term "wireless communications facilities" encompasses facilities that send,
transmit, and/or receive radio frequency signals, AM/FM, microwave, and/or
electromagnetic waves for the purpose of providing voice, data, images, or other
information, including, but not limited to, cellular and/or digital telephone service, personal
communications services, and paging services. Wireless communications facilities
include, without limitation, antennas and all other types of equipment for the transmission
or receipt of such signals; towers or similar structures built to support such equipment;
equipment cabinets, base stations, generators, cables, conduits, and other accessory
development and support features; and screening and concealment elements. Also
referred to as a "facility(ies)."
"Wireless communications provider" is any company or organization that provides or who
represents a company or organization that provides wireless communications services.
(Also referred to as "service provider").
(b)Terms not defined in this section shall be interpreted to give this chapter its most
reasonable meaning and application, consistent with applicable state and federal law.
11.14.030 -Applicability.
(a)This chapter applies to:
(1)All applications to construct, install, operate, collocate, modify, reconstruct, relocate
or otherwise deploy small cell wireless facilities within the public right-of-way, except
as provided otherwise in this chapter below.
(2)All small cell facilities, including, without limitation, all new small cell facilities,
existing small cell facilities, and modifications to existing small cell facilities proposed
after the effective date of this chapter, unless the small cell facility qualifies for an
exemption.
(b) This chapter shall not apply to the following facilities:
(1)Facilitios Small cell facilities not proposed or currently located in the public right-of-
way, including but not limited to, on private property, or in or on other city-owned
property such as parks, structures, or buildings, which are regulated by Chapter 21.34
of the city's municipal code.
(2) All Wireless Facilities other than small cell facilities, located in the public right-of-
way, which shall be regulated by Chapter 11.13 of the city's municipal code.
(23)Small cell Wi-re-Eess—comnucatierc facilities used solely for public safety
purposes, installed and operated by authorized public safety agencies (e.g. county
911 emergency services, police, sheriff, fire departments, first responder medical
services, hospitals, etc.) and any incorporating technologies including, but not limited
to, cGity owned traffic operations technologies.
(31)Antennas and wireless communications facilities identified by the FCC or the
CPUC as exempt from local regulations.
(4)Small cell wireless facilities that are suspended, whether embedded or attached,
on communication cables or lines that are strung between existing utility poles in
compliance with applicable safety codes.
(5) Over the Air Receptions Devices (OTARDs) as defined in 47 Code of Federal
Regulations (C.F.R.) Section 1.4000 et seq., as may be amended or superseded.
11.14.040 - Permit requirements.
(a)Sn a-l4l—Gel-I Wireless Facility Permit Required. Any applicant seeking to construct,
install, modify, maintain or engage in an activity relating to a small cell facility in, on, under,
or above the public right-of-way that is subject to this chapter, shall obtain a all-Celt
Wireless Facility Permit pursuant to the requirements of this chapter prior to conducting
any work related to such wireless com„rmunicatTions small cell facility.
(b)Permit Application Form. The applicant shall submit a complete, duly executed Small
Cell Wireless Facility Permit application in a form approved by the Public Works
Department, which may be updated from time to time. The application will not be
considered duly filed or complete unless submitted in accordance with the requirements
of this chapter, the Permitting Guidelines, and the Small Cell Design Guidelines. Applicant
must pay a Permit application processing fee as set by the city's fee schedule further
described in section 11.14.040 (e) below, at the time the application is submitted.
(c)City Pole License. For any small wireless facility proposed to be installed on a city pole
controlled by the city and located within the public right-of-way, wireless communications
providers are required to enter into a Master License Agreement in a form as approved
by the city attorney, for the use of a city pole in a specified license area and pay a license
fee subject to the city's fee schedule. Any applicant seeking a Master License Agreement
shall additionally pay a Master License Agreement administrative fee subject to the city's
fee schedule to reimburse the city for reasonable costs in connection with its preparation,
review of, and action upon the request for such an agreement. The applicant seeking a
license to use a city pole must also apply for a Small Cell Wireless Facility Permit. The
absence of a city-approved Master License Agreement shall be an independently
sufficient basis to deny the application for the Small Coll Wireless Facility Permit for a city
pole.
(d)Encroachment Area. The Wireless Facility Permit will authorize the use of a particular
location within the public right-of-way to perform work related to a small cell wireless
facility, referred to as the encroachment area. The Wireless Facility Permit shall specify
the encroachment area and an applicant must comply with all the requirements for the
encroachment, in addition to other requirements consistent with this chapter, as a
condition of approval of the Wireless Facility Permit. Compliance with the requirements
for a Permit will not require approval of a separate encroachment permit under 11.24.150
of the Campbell Municipal Code.
(e)Other Permits. In addition to a Wireless Facility Permit, an applicant must also obtain
all other required permits and/or approvals or authorizations from all applicable city
departments, and/or state or federal agencies, including but not limited to. any applicable
building permits, conditional use permit, administrative site permit, or architectural review
permit that may be required. When aT t-requ-i-res the approval of other city permi+
the City Engineer may review and approve such other applicable city permits, as part of
permits or approvals from the city, state, or federal agencies. Any permit granted under
this chapter is subject to the conditions and/or requirements of permits or other approvals
obtained from city, state, or federal agencies, unless expressly exempted by this chapter
or by the City Engineer.
(f)Fees. All required fees, security instruments, and cash deposits related to the Wireless
Facility Permit, the Master License Agreement, the City Pole license, and other required
permits and approvals consistent with this chapter must be paid in full or be satisfied
before the Wireless Facility Permit may be issued by the city. In addition, city may seek
reimbursement of the actual reasonable costs related to licensing, permitting, and
administering small cell wireless facilities in the public right-of-way at an applicable hourly
rate as set by the city council. Failure to comply with this provision shall be a basis to
deny, revoke, or terminate the Wireless Facility Permit, the Master License or other
applicable permit.
(g)Additional Procedures. The city council authorizes the Public Works Director to
establish forms and procedures relating to the implementation of this chapter, and
determine the amount of and collect, as a condition of the completeness of any
application, any fee established by city council relating to this chapter.
11.14.050 - Required approvals.
(a) All small cell facilities in the public right-of-way shall:
(1) Comply with all applicable State and Federal laws including, but not limited to, the
federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) and all
applicable health and safety requirements, including, but not limited to, Public Utilities
Commission General Order 95, and as these rules may be amended or superseded.
(2) Comply with all applicable conditions of the Wireless Facility Permit issued by the city.
(3) Be designed, modified, maintained or otherwise, to minimize visual, noise,
impediments to access, and other impacts on the surrounding community and shall be
planned, designed, located, and erected in accordance with the Permitting Guidelines
and Small Cell Design Guidelines.
(4) Be consistent with Sections 7901 and 7901.1 of the Public Utilities Code.
(5) Comply with all applicable local and state building codes, including building code
structural requirements and all applicable rules and laws, including the Permitting
Guidelines and Small Cell Design Guidelines.
(6) Comply with all applicable federal RF exposure standards and exposure limits.
11.14.060 - Review process.
(a)The city shall not approve any request for a Permit except upon a complete and duly
filed application on the then current form prepared by the city. The A Wireless Facility
Permit application shall comply with this chapter and any other written rules and policies
the city may adopt consistent with this chapter, including but not limited to, the Permitting
Guidelines and the Small Cell Design Guidelines.
(b)The City Engineer shall review all applications for the Permit. The-revie`Q-proce. t a;T
include ev+ew-of-a-P peFt wherebt Te-G4ty—steal;-the Perif e RF exposure
compliance report is prepared an d certified by California Registered Electrical Engineer
djacent
areas will comply with applicable federal RF human exposure standards and limits; visual
all other, gip- Pliea-b-e-laws.
(c) The Permit shall be acted on within all processing timelines required by the FCC Shot
Clocks, applicable state or federal laws, or other applicable timelines.
11.14.070 - Approvals and denials; notices.
(a)Decision. The City Engineer shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny a complete
application for a Small Cell Wireless Facilitiesy Permit.
(b)Required Findings for Approval. The City Engineer may approve or conditionally
approve a complete Wireless Facility Permit application for a small cell facility when the
City Engineer finds:
(1)The proposed project meets the definition for a "small cell facility" as defined by the
FCC;
(2)The applicant and/or the proposed small cell facility complies with all applicable
requirements of this chapter;
(3)The application is deemed complete by the City Engineer, and complies with the
Permitting Guidelines;
(4)The proposed project complies with all applicable design standards in the city's
adopted Small Cell Design Guidelines as determined by the City Engineer;
(5)The applicant has demonstrated that the proposed project will be in compliance with
all applicable health and safety regulations, which include without limitation the Americans
with Disabilities Act and all FCC regulations and guidelines for human exposure to RF
emissions;
(6)The proposed small cell facility will not incommode the public use of the public right-
of-way;
(7)The proposed construction plan and schedule will not unduly interfere with the public's
use of the public right-of-way; and
(8)The proposed small cell facility is in compliance with all federal and state standards
and laws.
(c)Conditional Approvals; Denials without Prejudice. Subject to any applicable federal or
California laws, and the Permitting Guidelines, nothing in this chapter is intended to limit
the ability of the City Engineer to conditionally approve or deny without prejudice any
application for a Permit as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance with
this chapter.
(d)Decision Notices. Before the expiration of the any applicable FCC Shot Clock, the City
Engineer shall notify the applicant pursuant to any FCC requirements.
(e)No Possessory Interest. No possessory interest is created by a Wireless Facility
Permit.
11.14.080 - Conditions of approval.
(a)Fees. The applicant for a small wireless facility shall be subject to all applicable fees
and charges for small cell wireless facilities and the Wireless Facility Permit, which shall
be determined by resolution adopted by the city council. If no resolution has been
adopted, then the applicant must submit a signed written statement that acknowledges
that the applicant will be required to reimburse the city for its reasonable costs incurred
in connection with the application within ten (10) days after the city issues a written
demand for reimbursement. Applicant shall also be responsible for paying all electrical
service costs associated with the small cell facility installation and operation. •
(b)Inspection and reporting. The permittee under the Permit, when directed by the city,
must perform an inspection of the small cell facility and submit a report to the Public Works
Department on the condition of the small cell facility to include any identified concerns
and corrective action taken or to be taken. The permittee shall also maintain and repair
the small cell facility at its sole expense during its placement in the public right-of-way.
The permittee must correct or repair the small cell facility within thirty (30) days after the
city's notice for corrective action; after which the city reserves the right to take any action
it deems necessary, which may include revocation of any applicable permit(s). The
permittee is responsible for any costs associated with necessary actions performed by
the city due to permittee's failure to comply with this section and with the Permitting
Guidelines. The permittee has the burden to demonstrate compliance with this chapter.
(c)The applicable permit(s) may be rescinded or automatically expire if construction is not
substantially commenced completed pursuant to the Wireless Facility Permit conditions
within one (1) year of the Permit being. g ar4e l abs n+ showinn „f n„el „cruse approval
or issuance date. The applicant may not renew the Permit or resubmit an application to
develop a small cell facility at the same location for six (6) months from date of rescission.
(d)Abandonment. Small cell facilities no longer used to provide service shall be removed
by the last known owner of record of such small cell facility, at the sole cost of said owner
and to the satisfaction of the city.
(e)Existing Agreements. Existing agreements regarding the leasing or licensing of a city
pole, city infrastructure, or city property, entered into before the operative date of this
section remain in effect, subject to applicable termination provisions.
(f)The city may adopt a resolution to reserve capacity for future city uses on vertical
infrastructure based on substantial evidence in the record.
11.14.090 - Revocation.
Any permit or other authorized use of the public right-of-way granted under this chapter.
may be revoked or modified for cause in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(a)Revocation proceedings may be initiated by the City Engineer.
(b)Action. The City Engineer shall act on the proposed revocation after the time for any
appeal has lapsed.
(c)Required Findings. The City Engineer may revoke or modify the laPermit if it makes
any of the following findings:
(1)The permittee obtained the approval by means of fraud or misrepresentation of a
material fact;
(2)The permittee, in the sole discretion of the City Engineer, substantially expanded or
altered the use or structure beyond what is set forth in the Permit or substantially changed
the installation's character;
(3)The use in question has ceased to exist or has been suspended or abandoned;
(4)Failure to comply with any condition of a permit issued;
(5)Failure to comply with this chapter;
(6)A substantive change of law affecting a utility's authority to occupy or use the public
right-of-way or the city's ability to impose regulations relating to such occupation or use;
(7)A small cell facility's interference with a city project which seeks to protect and promote
public safety and health, and community welfare;
(8)A small cell facility's interference with vehicular or pedestrian use of the public right-of-
way; or
(9)Failure to make a safe and timely restoration of the public right-of-way.
(d)Notice of action. The City Engineer shall issue a written determination of revocation
and mail the determination to the permittee within ten (10) calendar days of such
determination.
(e)A permittee whose permit or right has been revoked may have the revocation
reviewed, upon written appeal as set forth in section 11.14.100.
11.14.100 -Appeals.
(a)Appeals from City Engineer's Decision. The applicant or any interested person or entity
may file an appeal to the Director of Public Works of any decision made by the City
Engineer in compliance with this chapter. The appeal shall be filed within two (2) days of
the City Engineer's decision, with the city clerk in writing and accompanied by a filing fee
in compliance with the city's schedule of fees and charges. The Public Works Director, or
Public Works Director's designee, in his or her discretion, shall determine whether to
affirm, set side, or modify the City Engineer's decision appealed therefrom. Thereafter,
the appellant shall be notified of the Public Works Director's decision.
(b)Appeals from Public Works Director's Decision. The applicant or any interested person
or entity may file an appeal to the cGity cGouncil of any decision made by the Public
Works Director in compliance with this chapter. The appeal shall be filed within two f2)
days of the Public Works Director's decision, with the city clerk in writing and
accompanied by a filing fee in compliance with the city's schedule of fees and charges.
The city council's decision shall be final.
(c)Subject of the Appeal. As section 332(c)(7) of the Telecommunications Act preempts
local decisions premised directly or indirectly on the environmental effects of radio
frequency (RF) emissions to the extent such small cell facilities comply with the FCC's
regulations, appeals premised on environmental effects from RF emissions that are
compliant with all applicable FCC regulations, will not be considered.
(d)The appeal timeline in this Section may be adjusted by city staff as needed to comply
with all processing timelines required by the FCC Shot Clocks, applicable state or federal
laws, or other applicable timelines.
11.14.110 -Attorneys' fees.
In the event the city determines that it is necessary to take legal action to enforce any of
the requirements under this chapter or to revoke a permit, and such legal action is taken,
the permittee shall be required to pay any and all costs of such legal action, including
reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the city, even if the matter is not prosecuted to a
final judgment or is amicably resolved, unless the city should otherwise agree in writing
with permittee to waive said fees or any part thereof. The foregoing shall not apply if the
permittee prevails in the enforcement proceeding
11.14.120 - Review of ordinance.
Wireless communications technology is currently subject to rapid change. Innovations
may render the need for specific sections of this chapter to be reviewed and revised. The
city council may amend this chapter or its rules and policies by resolution after a change
to the FCC's regulations or standards, or any applicable state or federal laws, or whenever
it deems necessary to do so.
11.14.130- Severability
If any section or portion of this chapter is found to be invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such finding shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the chapter, which
shall continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following its passage
and adoption, and shall be published within fifteen (15) days upon passage and adoption
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Campbell, County of Santa Clara.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of October, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Lopez, Scozzola, Furtado, Landry, Bybee
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED:
Anne Bybee, Mayor
ATTEST:fdldrk A
Andrea,anders, City Clerk