§ 58.849.4. Location Requirements for Wireless Communication Facilities.

(a)

Wireless Communication Facilities may be installed and located inside the City's public rights-of-way as provided in Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Orlando. All wireless communication facilities and accessory equipment shall be located to avoid any physical or visual obstruction to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or to otherwise create safety hazards to pedestrians or motorists.

(b)

Where available, wireless communication facilities shall be located in the furniture zone or parkway strip. In no instance when a furniture zone or parkway strip is available, shall wireless communication facilities be located in the pedestrian clear zone. Wireless communications facilities in the furniture zone shall generally be placed in the center of the furniture zone or parkway strip and shall meet minimum Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") and City of Orlando Engineering Standards Manual setback requirements from the back-of-curb.

(c)

Where there is no furniture zone or parkway strip, wireless communication facilities shall maintain either a minimum six (6) foot wide pedestrian clear zone from back-of-curb to the inward edge of a wireless communication facility or a minimum five (5) foot wide pedestrian clear zone between the outward edge of a wireless communication facility and the back-of-sidewalk.

(d)

Wireless communication facilities shall be located at least ten (10) feet from a driveway and at least ten (10) feet from the edge of existing trees twelve (12) inches or greater in diameter.

(e)

Wireless communication facilities shall not be installed on a horizontal structure to which signal lights or other traffic control devices are attached. Further, wireless communication facilities shall be setback a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from a traffic signal pole and setback a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from any pedestrian ramp.

(f)

Notwithstanding the above, the city engineer may require greater setbacks from these and other fixtures in the right-of-way to ensure proper sight lines for public safety purposes.

(g)

In residential zoning districts, wireless communication facilities must be located where the shared property line between two residential parcels intersects the right-of-way.

(h)

In nonresidential districts wireless communication facilities shall be located between tenant spaces or adjoining properties where their shared property lines intersect the right-of-way.

(i)

Unless required by the Orlando Police Department, Orlando Fire Department or other related governmental or emergency services provider, wireless communication facilities in the public right-of-way shall not include ground mounted equipment cabinets or battery back-up cabinets. If required, placement of such equipment shall comply with the requirements herein.

(Ord. No. 2016-39, § 2, 4-18-2016, Doc. #1604181201; Ord. No. 2018-32, § 2, 6-11-2018, Doc. #1806111203)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2018-32, § 2, adopted June 11, 2018, Doc. # 1806111203 repealed § 58.849.4, which pertained to exemptions and derived from Ord. No. 2016-39, § 2, 4-18-2016, Doc. #1604181201; Ord. No. 2018-32, § 2, 6-11-2018, Doc. #1806111203. Subsequently § 2, renumbered §§ 58.849.5—58.849.9 as 58.849.4—58.849.8.