Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Code of Sweetwater

Sweetwater
Title 16 : Streets and Sidewalks, etc.
Chapter 7 : Standards For Small Wireless Communication

16-702 : Purpose and scope.

  1. The purpose of this chapter is to provide policies and procedures for the placement of small wireless facilities upon property-permitted facilities within covered areas of the City of Sweetwater.
  2. It is the intent of this chapter to establish uniform standards including, but not limited to:
    1. Prevention of interference with the use of streets, sidewalks, alleys, traffic or light poles and other public ways and places;
    2. Prevention of visual and physical obstructions and other conditions that are hazardous to vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
    3. Prevention of interference with other facilities and operations of facilities lawfully located in covered areas or public property;
    4. Preservation of the character of neighborhoods where facilities are installed;
    5. Preservation of the character of historic structures, or historic areas including, but not limited to, structures or areas listed on the National Register of Historic Places or locally designated historic districts; and
    6. Facilitation of the rapid deployment of small wireless facilities to provide the citizens with the benefits of advanced wireless services. (as added by Ord. #976, Sept. 2019 Ch7_02-07-22)
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland