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Ordinance amending Chapter 91 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances (Highway Temporary Closure and Utility and Facility Placement Ordinance) to include Section 91.200 (Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Ordinance) providing for the regulation of and application for Small Wireless Facilities in County Rights-of-Way.
Staff Summary
* Public Act 100-0585, Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, (the "Act") was enacted on June 1, 2018 and requires local agencies to adopt an ordinance in accordance with the requirements of the Act by August 1.
* The Act sets forth terms, conditions, and fee structure for the placement of small wireless facilities within public rights-of-way and collocation on local agency infrastructure including traffic signals and street lights.
* The ordinance emphasizes the requirement that applicants perform all necessary structural analyses to confirm collocating on County-owned infrastructure is safe and/or provide the necessary make ready analysis to ensure safety of the public.
* The ordinance requires prior written approval, including structural sign-off, from owners of non-county infrastructure for the collocation of wireless telecommunication facilities on their pole/structure.
* The ordinance requires wireless providers who desire to collocate on County-owned infrastructure to enter into Pole Attachment Agreements which set forth the annual recurring rate per installation ($200 per year), terms of the collocation, and other requirements.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE COUNTY CODE RELATIVE TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUICATION FACILITIES IN COUNTY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
WHEREAS, the County of Lake ("County") is empowered to receive or otherwise establish and have the care and custody of all the real estate owned by the County including the roadways and the trail systems pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/5-1015; and
WHEREAS, the County is empowered to consent to the use of its rights-of-way by public utility companies and others pursuant to 605 IL...
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