12.11.220 Contents of SWF permit application

12.11.220 Contents of SWF permit application.

A. The following information shall be provided by all applicants for a small wireless facility permit; provided, however, that the applicant may request a waiver of application requirements prior to submittal of an SWF permit application if, at the sole discretion of the director, the submittal information is duplicative or unnecessary in the specific situation:

1. The name, address, phone number, and signature of the applicant or authorized representative on a complete application form, applicable permit fee(s), and attachments signed and dated by the owner/agent. The application shall be on a form approved by the city.

2. The application shall provide the following:

a. The specific locational information including GIS coordinates of all proposed small wireless facilities and specify where the small wireless facilities will utilize existing, replacement or new poles, towers, existing buildings and/or other structures.

b. Ground-mounted equipment, conduit, junction boxes and fiber and electrical connections necessary for and intended for use in the deployment shall also be specified regardless of whether the additional facilities are to be constructed by the applicant or leased from a third party.

c. Color photographs of the existing site, and computer-generated color photographs depicting the proposed SWF incorporated into the site (e.g., photosimulations, or photosims). At least one color photograph and one color photosim shall be provided depicting the site as viewed from each adjacent public right-of-way.

d. Detailed construction drawings of the SWF, including engineering details.

3. The application shall have sufficient detail to identify:

a. The location and dimensions of existing buildings and structures, including setbacks and sidewalks, including five-foot-wide pedestrian accessible route;

b. The location of overhead and underground public utility, telecommunication, cable, water, sewer, and storm drainage and other lines and equipment in the rights-of-way along the proposed route and/or specific configuration and structural elements associated with structurally mounted facilities outside of the rights-of-way;

c. The location of existing watercourses, critical areas, utility lines, easements, deed restrictions, rockeries, and other built or natural features restricting use of the subject property or right-of-way;

d. The specific trees, structures, improvements, facilities, lines and equipment, and obstructions, if any, that applicant proposes to temporarily or permanently remove or relocate and a landscape plan for protecting, trimming, removing, replacing, and restoring any trees or areas to be disturbed during construction;

e. Compliance with aesthetic design concealment requirements of BMC 12.11.260 and the Bothell Standards and with the transportation requirements (e.g., pedestrian accessible routes, clear zones, sight distance).

a. The applicant must show written approval from the owner of any pole or structure for the installation of its small wireless facilities on such pole or structure. Such written approval shall include approval of the specific pole or structure, engineering and design standards from the owner, unless the pole owner is the city. Submission of the lease agreement between the owner and the applicant is not required.

b. For city-owned poles or structures, the applicant must obtain a lease from the city prior to or concurrent with the small wireless permit application.

c. Small wireless facilities may not encroach onto or over private property or property outside of the right-of-way without the property owner’s express written consent. Such consent shall be submitted with the application.

a. Any application for a small wireless facility located in the right-of-way adjacent to a parcel zoned for residential use shall demonstrate that it has considered all of the following:

(1) Whether a small wireless facility is currently installed on an existing pole in front of the same residential parcel. If a small wireless facility exists, then the applicant must demonstrate that no technically feasible alternative location exists that is not in front of the same residential parcel.

(2) Whether the proposed small wireless facility can be screened from residential view by choosing a pole location that is not directly in front of a window or views.

b. Any application for a small wireless facility located in a design district must provide appropriate analysis of location priority, as required by BMC 12.11.250 and the Bothell Standards, demonstrating that the SWF cannot be located outside the proposed design district.

6. Any application for a small wireless permit that contains an element not exempt from SEPA review shall simultaneously apply under Chapter 43.21C RCW and Chapter 14.02 BMC. Further, any application proposing small wireless facilities in shoreline management zones (pursuant to BMC Title 13) or in critical areas (pursuant to Chapter 14.04 BMC) must indicate that the application is exempt or comply with the review processes in such codes.

7. The applicant shall submit a sworn declaration signed by an RF engineer with knowledge of the proposed project affirming that the small wireless facilities will be compliant with all FCC and other governmental regulations in connection with human exposure to radio frequency emissions for every frequency at which the small wireless facility and, if applicable, associated wireless backhaul will operate. If facilities that generate RF radiation necessary to the small wireless facility are to be provided by a third party, then the small wireless facility permit shall be conditioned on an RF certification showing the impact of the RF emissions of the entire installation. The applicant may provide one emissions report for the entire small wireless deployment if the applicant is using the same small wireless facility configuration for all installations within that batch or may submit one emissions report for each subgroup installation identified in the batch.

8. A professional engineer licensed by the state of Washington shall certify in writing, over his or her seal, that both construction plans and final construction of the small wireless facilities and structure or pole and foundation are designed to reasonably withstand wind and seismic loads as established by the International Building Code. Further, the construction drawings shall depict all existing proposed improvements related to the proposed location, including but not limited to poles, driveways, ADA ramps, equipment cabinets, street trees, and structures within 150 feet from the proposed site. The construction drawings shall also include the applicant’s plan for electric and fiber utilities and for all conduits, cables, wires, handholes, junctions, meters, disconnect switches and any other ancillary equipment or construction necessary to construct the small wireless facility. Where another party is responsible for installing such electric and fiber utilities, conduits, cables, and related improvements, applicant’s construction drawings will include such utilities to the extent known at the time of application, but at a minimum applicant must indicate how it expects to obtain fiber (if applicable) and electric service to the small wireless facility.

9. A traffic control plan as required by BMC Title 17.

10. The small wireless facilities permit will include those elements that are typically contained in the right-of-way use permit to allow the applicant to proceed with the build-out of the small wireless facility deployment.

11. Such other information as the director and/or the public works director, in their discretion, deem appropriate to effectively evaluate the application based on technical, engineering, and aesthetic considerations.

B. The applicant may batch multiple small wireless facility sites in one application. The applicant is encouraged to batch the small wireless facility sites with similar designs and/or in a contiguous service area within one application. (Ord. 2295 § 18, 2019).