16.10.170 Interference with public safety equipment.
In order to facilitate the regulation, placement, and construction of antenna, and to ensure that all parties are complying to the fullest extent possible with the rules, regulations, and/or guidelines of the FCC, each WCF applicant or owner applicant shall agree in a written statement to the following:
A. Compliance with “good engineering practices” as defined by the FCC in its rules and regulations;
B. Compliance with FCC regulations regarding susceptibility to radio frequency interference, frequency coordination requirements, general technical standards for power, antenna, bandwidth limitations, frequency stability, transmitter measurements, operating requirements, and any and all other federal statutory and regulatory requirements relating to radio frequency interference (RFI);
C. In the case of an application for collocated telecommunications facilities, the applicant, together with the owner of the subject site, shall use their best efforts to provide a composite analysis of all users of the site to determine that the applicant’s proposed facilities will not cause radio frequency interference with the city’s public safety communications equipment and will implement appropriate technical measures, as described in antenna element replacements, to attempt to prevent such interference; and
D. Whenever the city has encountered radio frequency interference with its public safety communications equipment, and it believes that such interference has been or is being caused by one (1) or more antenna arrays, the following steps may be taken:
1. The city will provide notification to all wireless service providers operating in the city of possible interference with the public safety communications equipment, and upon such notifications, the owners shall use their best efforts to cooperate and coordinate with the city among themselves to immediately investigate and mitigate the interference, if any, utilizing the procedures set forth in the joint wireless industry – public safety “Enhanced Best Practices Guide,” released by the FCC in Appendix D of FCC 04-168 (released August 6, 2004, or most recent edition), including the “Good Engineering Practices,” as may be amended or revised by the FCC from time to time in any successor regulations.
2. If any equipment owner fails to cooperate with the city in complying with the owner’s obligations under this section or if the FCC makes a determination of radio frequency interference with the city’s public safety communications equipment, the owner who failed to cooperate and/or the owner of the equipment which caused the interference shall be responsible, upon FCC determination of radio frequency interference, for reimbursing the city for all costs associated with ascertaining and resolving the interference, including but not limited to any engineering studies obtained by the city to determine the source of the interference. For the purposes of this subsection, failure to cooperate shall include failure to initiate any response or action as described in the “Enhanced Best Practices Guide” within seventy-two (72) hours of the city’s notification. [Ord. 15-27 § 3.]