Please contact Tiziana Onstead, District 11 ECA at (904)-255-5211 for additional information.
Notice is hereby given that Council Member Danny Becton will host a meeting on Monday, November 25, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Lynnwood Roberts Room, located on the 1st floor of City Hall St. James Building, at 117 West Duval Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss Bill 2019-757, regarding the waiver of small wireless utility poles and Bill 2019-770, amending the code communication facilities. All City Council Members and interested parties are invited to attend.
2019-770 - ORD MC- Amend Chapt. 711 (City Rights-of-Way) Pt.4 (Commun. Facilities in City Rights-of-Way), Sec. 711.403 (Definitions), Sec. 711.404 (Registration for Placing, Maintaining or Collocating Commun. Facilities in City Rights-of-Way), Sec. 711.406 (Appeals), Sec. 711.412 (Perf. Bond for Constrn.. & Maint.), Sec. 711.413 (Surety Fund), Sec. 711.417 (Enforcement of Permit Obligations; Suspension & Revocation of Permit), Sec. 711.418 (Addn’l Registration Terms & Permit Conds.) Sec. 711.427 (Registration for Placing, Maintaining or Collocating Commun. Facilities in City Rights-of-Way Assoc. w/Collocation of Small Wireless Facilities or Small Wireless Sole purpose new utility poles), Sec. 711.429 (Permit Application), Sec. 711.432 (Objective Design Standards), Sec. 711.437 (Permit Required; Exceptions), Sec. 711.438 (Objective Design Standards), in order to comply with the provisions & requirements contained in Sec. 337.401.F.S.;providing for codification instructions (Teal) (Introduced by CP Wilson)
2019-757 -- ORD-Q Concerning Waiver of Certain Requiremts of Chapt 711 (City Rights-of-Way), Pt 4 (Commun. Facilities in City Rights-of-Way ), Subpart C (Gen Permit Conds. for Collocation of Small Wireless Facilities & Small Wireless Sole Purpose New Utility Poles), located at various locations in Downtown Jax as described herein, (1) to increase Volume of Pole-Mounted Small Cell Wireless Equip from 10 cubic ft. to 21 cubic ft. (2) increase depth of pole-mounted Small Cell Wireless Equip from 20in. to 22in. in profile (3) increase width of pole-mounted Small Cell Wireless Equipmnt from 2x the diameter of the proposed pole to max of 29in. in width (4) increase new pole diameter limitation from 1.5x the width of base of the largest existing pole within 500ft of proposed pole to either (A) 1.5x the width at base of largest existing pole w/in 500ft. of proposed pole or (B) 10in. in diameter, (5) to eliminate the requiremt that a new pole must be placed greater than 2ft. from adjacent sidewalk as long as new pole is located in line with adjacent poles, (6) to eliminate requiremt that new poles must be placed equidistant btwn existing poles located w/in 20ft. (7) to eliminate the prohibition against locating poles in line w/front/principal façade of a business unless there are already parking or loading spaces present so long as the new pole is not located within 10ft of existing driveway or 3ft to either side of existing bldg doorway.(Teal) (Introduced by CP Wilson)
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