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A. Application. A complete application for a wireless service facility permit or wireless conditional use permit must include the following information and materials on a form provided by the Director. Applications for small wireless facilities may be submitted in batches of applications, which may encompass up to five separate applications filed at the same time, each for one or more sites, or a single application covering up to five sites, unless the city agrees to a larger number based upon its capacity to review additional applications. For the purposes of this section, a complete application includes:

1. The name and address of the applicant.

2. Identification of all carriers using the facility.

3. If the applicant is not the owner or person in control of the eligible support structure or site, an attestation that the owner or person in control of the eligible support structure and/or site has consented to the proposed facility modification. If the eligible support structure is to be located within a public right-of-way, the applicant must also attest that the applicant has authorization to install, maintain, and operate transmission equipment in, under and above the public right-of-way.

4. An attestation that the permittee will comply with existing structural, electrical, and safety codes, and a description of the general structural capacity of the new small wireless facility or the facility upon which the small wireless facility is to be colocated.

5. A description of compliance with the applicable visibility and performance standards set forth in AMC 19.68.200. This includes, but is not limited to:

a. A scaled site plan clearly indicating the location, type and height of the proposed facility, or colocation, on-site land uses and zoning, adjacent land uses and zoning, comprehensive plan classification of the site, proposed means of access, setbacks from property lines, spacing between tower(s) and other wireless facilities, elevation drawings of the proposed tower and any other structures, topography of the site, and proposed parking;

b. If the proposed small wireless facility siting involves a colocation that will alter the exterior dimensions or appearance of an existing facility, applicant shall include a detailed visual simulation depicting how the existing facility will appear after the proposed modification is complete, and particularly, how concealment or stealth will be extended, if applicable. The visual simulation shall depict to scale the existing facility with any colocation in relation to the trees, landscaping and other structures adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of, the eligible support structure;

c. Legal description of the parent tract and leased parcel (if applicable);

d. If new equipment cabinets, generators, or any other ground equipment components are being proposed:

i. An assessment of noise that shows compliance with city and/or federal noise standards;

ii. A description of the method of concealment of equipment components, such as: whether such components will be located within an existing building, within an architecturally compatible addition to an existing building, or within a new building which is architecturally compatible with other buildings on the site and adjoining properties; located underground; or within an equipment cabinet or shelter;

iii. If equipment is proposed to be concealed within an equipment cabinet or shelter that will be located aboveground, a description of the landscaping and screening, if technically feasible;

e. Any engineering report(s) required to show feasibility of meeting the applicable criteria in this section as applicable.

6. A stamped report by a state of Washington registered professional engineer or an assessment demonstrating compliance with federal radio-frequency emissions standards applicable to wireless facilities.

B. Waiver of Submittal Requirement. The approval authority may waive any submittal requirement upon determination that the required submittal, or part thereof, would materially inhibit wireless service. A waiver, to be effective, must be in writing and signed by the approval authority.

C. Fee. Every application for a small wireless service facility permit or wireless conditional use permit must be accompanied by an application fee, which will be set by the City Council in its unified fee schedule, to reimburse the city for the costs of reviewing the application, including any third-party review required by the city, and fees equal to a reasonable approximation of the objectively reasonable costs for the attachment to or use of property owned or controlled by the city. (Ord. 3038 § 3, 2019)