Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PART TEN, "STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE" OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES, TO AMEND CHAPTER 1020 TO REGULATE SMALL CELL FACILITIES AND WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURES IN PUBLIC WAYS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Brief Description: This Ordinance will amend the City’s Codified Ordinances relating to regulations applying to small cell facilities, new wireless support structures, and the persons and entities who desire to construct, operate, and maintain such facilities in the City’s public right-of-way, found in Chapter 1020, “Use Of Public Ways For Small Cell Wireless Facilities And Wireless Support Structures,” of the Streets, Utilities, and Public Services Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Hudson. The Ordinance updates Hudson’s regulations relative to small cell facilities in the right-of-way in a manner that is consistent with both the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4939 and the FCC’s recent Small Cell Order.
Body
Legislative History
Ordinance No. 18-81, amending Part Ten, “Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code” of the Codified Ordinances, to amend Chapter 1020 to regulate small cell facilities and wireless support structures in public ways; passed July 24, 2018.
Purpose & Explanation
This Ordinance will amend the City’s Codified Ordinances relating to regulations applying to small cell facilities, new wireless support structures, and the persons and entities who desire to construct, operate, and maintain such facilities in the City, found in Chapter 1020, “Use Of Public Ways For Small Cell Wireless Facilities And Wireless Support Structures,” of the Streets, Utilities, and Public Services Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Hudson. The Ordinance updates Hudson’s regulations relative to small cell facilities in the right-of-way in a manner that is consistent with both the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4939 and the FCC’s recent Small Cell Order.
Legal Authority for Proposed Legislation
Pursuant to Charter Section 6.04, Contracts & Purchasing:
Competitively bid and advertised for two consecutive weeks; bid tab attached: [Yes/No/NA])
Joint or Cooperative Purchase Program
Professional Services
X Other - not applicable
Fiscal Impact
Currently Budgeted (Account #, $)
Supplemental Appropriation Required (Account #, $)
X Appropriation Not Required
Does this legislation require use of an emergency clause?
X Yes, this amendment is in response to regulations imposed through a recent FCC Order that went into effect on January 14, 2019.
No
Recommendation
Suggested Action
Staff recommends passage of this Ordinance.
Submitted by,
Jane Howington, City Manager
Matthew J. Vazzana, City Solicitor