§ 5.02.120. ROW structure types defined.  


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  • (a) Type 1 Exterior Installations. Type 1 exterior installations are wireless communications facilities in which the antennas, cables and lines, and radio equipment may be mounted to the exterior of a municipal facility or third-party structure without any concealment or stealth materials required.

    (b)

    Type 2 Concealed Installations. Type 2 Concealed Installations are wireless communications facilities in which a licensee is required to conceal the antennas to the extent technologically feasible in a manner that is designed to match the color and design of the municipal facility or third-party structure to which the wireless communications facility is being installed.

    (c)

    Type 3 Replacement Smart Poles. Type 3 Replacement Smart Poles are structures required within the central communications district. Type 3 Replacement Smart Poles shall be designed so that, to the extent technologically feasible, all of a licensee's equipment, including all antennas, cables, lines, radios, and utility equipment necessary for a complete assembly to be integrated into and located in the interior of a pole. Type 3 Replacement Smart Poles shall be of similar architectural features and be substantially similar in appearance to the municipal facility being replaced or and shall include exact replacement of the lighting fixtures, or substantially similar as approved by public works, if there are lighting fixtures installed on the existing municipal facility.

    (d)

    Type 4 New Smart Poles. Type 4 New Smart Poles are structures allowed when a licensee is authorized to install a new structure in the rights-of-way. The Type 4 New Smart Poles shall be designed so that, to the extent technologically feasible, all of a licensee's equipment, including all antennas, cables, lines, radios, and utility equipment necessary for a complete assembly to be integrated into and located in the interior of a pole. Type 4 New Smart Poles shall be of similar architectural features and be substantially similar in appearance to the municipal facility adjacent to the proposed wireless communications facility and shall include the exact lighting fixtures, or substantially similar as approved by public works, if there are lighting fixtures installed on the adjacent municipal facility.

    (e)

    Type 5 Multicarrier Smart Poles. Type 5 Multicarrier Smart Poles are structures required when a licensee is replacing an existing municipal facility within the Las Vegas Boulevard Design District. Each Type 5 Multicarrier Smart Poles shall be designed to accommodate more than one rLicensee to a shared antenna, provided that a shared antenna is technologically feasible, and the equipment for the operation of a wireless communications facility for more than one licensee. Type 5 Multicarrier Smart Poles shall be designed for all of a licensee's equipment, including all antennas, cables, lines, radios, and utility equipment necessary for a complete assembly to be integrated into and located in the interior of a pole. The mast arm and luminaire must be the same make and model as the unit(s) being replaced. Type 5 Multicarrier Smart Poles shall be of similar architectural features and be substantially similar in appearance to the municipal facility being replaced and shall include exact replacement of the lighting fixtures if there are lighting fixtures installed on the existing municipal facility.

(Ord. No. 4659, § 1, 1-7-2019)