§ 88-24.604. Application requirements.

(a)

The following information must be included in an application for a land use permit, collocation permit, or wireless facility access permit under this chapter:

(1)

General Information. An application must include the information specified in Section 26-2.2002. The application must provide the name and address of all service providers that will occupy the facility.

(2)

Description of Facility or Substantial Change. An application must describe the type of facility or substantial change for which a permit is sought. The application must describe the proposed physical capacity of the facility at the time of application, including the maximum number of antennas to be located or collocated at the facility. The application must describe the number, type, and dimensions of all antennas, equipment enclosures, ancillary equipment, and antenna support structures. The application must establish that the technology being utilized at the facility will meet Telecommunications Industry Association standards, and must include a copy of all applicable standards.

(3)

Authorization to Install. An application must include a statement that the new facility will be, or the existing facility to be substantially changed is, located on a lot, building, or other structure or facility that is owned or leased by the applicant. If the structure or facility is leased by the applicant, the applicant must include a statement that the owner authorizes and consents to the submittal of the permit application.

(4)

High-Visibility Facilities — Map of Surrounding Area. An application for a high-visibility facility, or a substantial change that would cause a facility to become a high-visibility facility, must include both of the following:

(A)

A USGS topographic map or survey with existing topographic contours showing the proposed facility site and showing the area within a one-mile radius of the site.

(B)

A larger-scale map of the facility site showing the facility, all fences and walls surrounding the facility, the equipment enclosure, any access roads, and the surrounding area within a one hundred fifty-foot radius of the facility.

(5)

Geographic Service Area. If the applicant claims that a personal wireless service facility is necessary to close a significant gap in service area coverage, the application for the facility must:

(A)

Identify the geographic area the facility will serve.

(B)

Identify the location and service coverage area of all other facilities operated by the applicant within the county.

(C)

Describe the extent to which the proposed facility will increase existing service area capacity, or extend the service provider's service area to cover any existing gap in service coverage.

(D)

Include a map based on propagation prediction tools or software and radio frequency propagation measurements at the proposed facility site, or similar engineering data, showing the estimated service coverage area of the facility in relation to the area affected by the gap in service coverage.

(6)

Engineered Drawings. An application must include copies of all engineered drawings and to-scale plans for facility construction and installation, or for completion of the substantial change.

(A)

For each tower and other antenna support structure that will be located on a facility site, the engineered drawings must identify all antennas to be included on each tower or structure, any space for future antennas, equipment enclosures, fencing, landscaping, and lighting that will be located at the facility site.

(B)

For any ground-mounted, façade-mounted, and roof-mounted antennas, the engineered drawings must show the location at which each antenna will be installed, and the location of any equipment enclosure to serve the antenna.

(7)

Electromagnetic Emission Information. An application must include a statement, prepared by an electrical engineer licensed by the State of California Board of Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists, that provides all of the following information:

(A)

The frequency assigned to the facility by the Federal Communications Commission, and the measures that will be taken to ensure the facility operates within that frequency.

(B)

How the facility will conform to the radio-frequency exposure standards adopted by the Federal Communications Commission, and how it will not exceed Federal Communications Commission-adopted standards regarding human exposure in areas subject to general public radio-frequency exposure, as defined by the National Council on Radiation Exposure Prevention.

(C)

The anticipated radio and electromagnetic emissions from the facility, and, to the extent ascertainable, the anticipated increase in emissions that will be caused by any future collocation.

(8)

Noise. An application must describe the noise impacts (not including construction noise), if any, that will be caused by the antenna or facility.

(9)

Statement Regarding Least Intrusive Design. The applicant must certify that the proposed antenna, facility, or substantial change is designed to minimize the size and height of the antenna or facility.

(10)

Peer Review. The applicant must agree to reimburse the county for its costs to retain an electrical engineer licensed by the State of California Board of Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists to complete a peer review of the information submitted by the applicant under this section, to verify that the information is accurate. At any time before a permit is issued under this chapter, the zoning administrator may require a peer review to be performed pursuant to this subsection (a)(9).

(11)

Estimated Cost of Remediation. For a new facility, the application must include an estimate of the cost to remove the facility from the facility site, and restore the facility site to the condition that it was in before the construction and installation of the facility. For a substantial change to an existing facility, the application must include an estimate of any increase in cost attributable to the substantial change to remove the facility and restore the facility site.

(b)

Applications for Facilities Requiring a Land Use Permit. In addition to the information required under subsection (a), an application for a facility, or an application for a substantial change to a facility, requiring a land use permit must include:

(1)

Visual Simulations and Images. An application must include visual simulations or images that show both the facility site before installation or construction of the facility and the anticipated view of the facility site after the facility is installed or constructed. A visual simulation or image must be provided for each of two adjoining sides (i.e., sides that meet at a corner) of the facility.

(2)

Alternatives Considered. An application for a facility must include a description of the facility site-selection process, identify each alternative facility site that was considered, and explain why each alternative facility site was rejected in favor of the proposed facility site. If no alternative sites were considered, the application must explain why no site other than the proposed facility site was considered.

(3)

If the application is for a collocation-eligible facility, the application must include a statement that the applicant will allow other service providers to collocate on the facility, as long as there is sufficient permitted facility capacity, and as long as collocation is technically and economically feasible.

(c)

Applications for Collocation Permits. In addition to the information required under subsection (a), an application for a collocation permit must include:

(1)

A copy of the land use permit for the collocation-eligible facility; and

(2)

A copy of any certified environmental impact report, mitigated negative declaration, or negative declaration that was prepared for the collocation-eligible facility.

(d)

Applications for Wireless Facility Access Permits. In addition to the information required under subsection (a), each application for a wireless facility access permit must include the following information:

(1)

Traffic Control. An application must include a plan to safely guide pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic in, around, and by construction and installation work.

(2)

Accessibility. An application must include a plan for maintaining the facility without impeding or interfering with pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic and circulation within the county right-of-way.

(3)

Analysis of Alternatives. An application must include an analysis of reasonable alternative locations for each antenna or facility, and potential cluster installations of antennas or facilities, in the right-of-way, including the aesthetic impacts of each alternative in comparison to the preferred location.

(4)

Visual Simulations and Images. An application must include images of the existing facility site and visual simulations of the anticipated view of the facility site after the facility or antenna is installed or constructed, or the substantial change is completed. A visual simulation or image must be provided for each of two adjoining sides (i.e., sides that meet at a corner) of the facility, and from areas within a visual sightline of the facility, antenna, or substantial change.

(5)

Additional Engineered Plans. In addition to the information required by subsection (a)(6), an application must include a scale plan that illustrates all the following within one hundred fifty feet of the proposed antenna, facility, or substantial change: utility poles, light poles, fire hydrants, bus stops, traffic signals, storm drains, above-ground and below-ground utility equipment enclosures, curbs, driveway approaches, easements, walls, existing utility facilities, trees more than six feet in height, sidewalks, and structures, and each adjacent land use.

(e)

Applications for Minor Alteration Permits. An application for a minor alteration permit must include the following:

(1)

The application must provide the name and address of the owner and operator of the equipment on the facility that is being altered.

(2)

The geographic location of the facility.

(3)

A copy of the county permit or other county approval that was issued for the facility that will be subject to the minor alteration.

(4)

A Description of the Minor Alteration to the Facility. The application must describe the number, type, and dimensions of all antennas, equipment enclosures, ancillary equipment, and antenna support structures that will be collocated on, removed from, or added to the facility.

(Ord. No. 2016-11, § II, 5-24-16)