PERMIT APPLICATION TO COLLOCATE SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR TO INSTALL, MODIFY OR REPLACE A POLE OR DECORATIVE POLE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR COLLOCATION OF A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES
OVERVIEW
The City of Savannah’s Small Wireless Facilities and Antennas Ordinance (Part 8, Chapter 14 of City Code) requires any person seeking to collocate a small wireless facility in the public right of way or to install, modify, or replace a pole or a decorative pole in the public right of way to submit an application to the Real Estate Services Department, P.O. Box 1027, Savannah, GA 31402 (“Real Estate Services”) for a permit. This application is required to receive a Small Wireless Facilities Permit. Any material change to information contained in an application shall be submitted in writing to Real Estate Services within 30 days after the event necessitating the change
This application may not be used for:
Approval to place facilities outside of the public rights of way.
New, modified, or replacement poles installed in the right of way in a historic district or an area zoned primarily for residential that exceed 50 feet above ground level.
New, modified, or replacement poles installed in the right of way outside of a historic district or an area zoned primarily for residential that exceed the greater of: - 50 feet above ground level and - 10 feet greater in height above ground level than the tallest existing pole in the same public right of way in place as of January 1, 2019, and located within 500 feet of the new proposed pole.
New small wireless facilities in the public right of way and collocated on an existing pole or support structure that exceed more than ten feet above the existing pole or support structure.
New small wireless facilities in the public right of way collocated on a new or replacement pole that extends above the top of such poles. • Installation, modification or replacement of a support structure.
Any modification, maintenance, repair, or replacement that is not set forth in subsections (e) and (f) of O.C.G.A. § 36-66C-6 or that is not eligible for administrative review under O.C.G.A. § 36- 66C-7.
The following Application and Permit Form corresponds with the information required by O.C.G.A. § 36-66C-6(d).