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of a Utility Pole that is substantially similar in color and composition. the City may <br /> not condition or restrict the manner in which the Applicant obtains, develops, or <br /> provides the estimate or conducts the make-ready work subject to usual construction <br /> restoration standards for work in the Public Right-of-Way. The replaced or altered <br /> Utility Pole shall remain the property of the City. <br /> g. The City may not require more make-ready work than is required to meet applicable <br /> codes or industry standards. Fees for make-ready work may not include costs related <br /> to preexisting damage or prior noncompliance. Fees for make-ready work, including <br /> any pole replacement, may not exceed actual costs or the amount charged to <br /> Communications Services Providers other than Wireless Services Providers for similar <br /> work and may not include any consultant fee or expense. <br /> (4) Placement of Utility Poles by Wireless Infrastructure Providers in the Public Rights-of- <br /> Way in Support of Collocation of Small Wireless Facilities. A Wireless Infrastructure <br /> Provider may apply to the City to place Utility Poles in The Public Rights-of-Way to <br /> support the Collocation of Small Wireless Facilities. The Application shall include an <br /> attestation that Small Wireless Facilities will be Collocated on the Utility Pole or structure <br /> and will be used by a Wireless Services Provider to provide service within nine(9)months <br /> after the date the Application is approved by the City. The City shall accept and process <br /> the Application in accordance with (i) the applicable timeframes contained in subsection <br /> 7.12.08.02(2), and(ii) any applicable codes and other local codes governing the placement <br /> of Utility Poles in The Public Rights-of-Way, including but not limited to the provisions <br /> of Section 7.12.06,provisions applicable to telecommunications towers set forth in Section <br /> 7.09.23, Part 11.08.00, Section 12.02.08.01, and Part 13.02.00 of the City of Zephyrhills, <br /> Florida Land Development Code, and applicable historic preservation provisions and <br /> requirements set forth in the City Code, as amended from time to time. <br /> (5)Requirements for Wireless and Communications Facilities. Wireless and Communications <br /> Facilities may not be placed in the Public Rights-of-Way unless it meets the following <br /> requirements: <br /> a. Any Application or proposal to locate equipment at ground level on or adjacent to a <br /> pole or tower and any Application or proposal to locate elevated equipment(other than <br /> Antennas) on or adjacent to the exterior of a tower or pole that asserts that such cannot <br /> be accomplished by undergrounding such,and if not undergrounded then in accordance <br /> with the concealment and Stealth Design requirements of this Part, may request an <br /> exemption to such requirements, and such Application or proposal shall include Florida <br /> professional engineering certified documentation demonstrating to the satisfaction of <br /> the City that the proposed equipment cannot employ Stealth Design and cannot be <br /> concealed as required by this Part, and that the proposed equipment, and location and <br /> configuration of such, constitute the minimum equipment necessary and are the least <br /> obtrusive as is possible to achieve needed function. In order to avoid the clustering of <br /> multiple items of approved ground equipment or elevated equipment in a single area, <br /> only one equipment box may be located in any single location. Where a Registrant <br /> demonstrates that undergrounding and Stealth Design and concealment cannot be <br /> employed under this subsection and the City agrees with such demonstration, the <br /> individual approved exterior equipment boxes or containment devices shall not exceed <br /> 12 cubic feet in volume and the configuration and dimensions of such shall be the least <br /> visually obtrusive as possible. The use of foliage and vegetation or other concealment <br /> method around any approved equipment may be required by the City based on <br /> conditions of the specific area where the equipment is to be located. <br /> b. Insofar as Wireless Facilities are constructed underground, the Wireless Infrastructure <br /> Provider shall become a member of, and maintain membership in Florida utility <br /> notification one call system. Wireless Facilities shall have five (5) foot horizontal <br /> clearance from other underground utilities and their appurtenances. <br /> c. Objective design standards. Wireless Facilities shall meet the following reasonable <br /> location, context, color, Stealth, and concealment requirements. Design standards may <br /> be waived by City if the City determines that the design standards are not reasonably <br /> compatible for the particular location of a wireless facility or that the design standards <br /> Page 20 of 31 <br />