(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, an authority may require a wireless provider to relocate or adjust a small wireless facility in a public right-of-way:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-21-603

  • Authority: means :
              (6)(a)(i) the state;
              (6)(a)(ii) a state agency;
              (6)(a)(iii) a county;
              (6)(a)(iv) a municipality;
              (6)(a)(v) a town;
              (6)(a)(vi) a metrotownship;
              (6)(a)(vii) a subdivision of an entity described in Subsections (6)(a)(i) through (vi); or
              (6)(a)(viii) a special district or entity established to provide a single public service within a specific geographic area, including:
                   (6)(a)(viii)(A) a public utility district; or
                   (6)(a)(viii)(B) an irrigation district. See Utah Code 54-21-101
  • Right-of-way: means the area on, below, or above a public:
              (24)(a)(i) roadway;
              (24)(a)(ii) highway;
              (24)(a)(iii) street;
              (24)(a)(iv) sidewalk;
              (24)(a)(v) alley; or
              (24)(a)(vi) property similar to property listed in Subsections (24)(a)(i) through (v). See Utah Code 54-21-101
  • Small wireless facility: means a type of wireless facility:
         (25)(a) on which each wireless provider's antenna could fit within an enclosure of no more than six cubic feet in volume; and
         (25)(b) for which all wireless equipment associated with the wireless facility, whether ground-mounted or pole-mounted, is cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume, not including any:
              (25)(b)(i) electric meter;
              (25)(b)(ii) concealment element;
              (25)(b)(iii) telecommunications demarcation box;
              (25)(b)(iv) grounding equipment;
              (25)(b)(v) power transfer switch;
              (25)(b)(vi) cut-off switch;
              (25)(b)(vii) vertical cable run for the connection of power or other service;
              (25)(b)(viii) wireless provider antenna; or
              (25)(b)(ix) coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is immediately adjacent to or directly associated with a particular collocation, unless the cable is a wireline backhaul facility. See Utah Code 54-21-101
  • Wireless facility: means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communication between user equipment and a communications network, including:
              (29)(a)(i) equipment associated with wireless communications; and
              (29)(a)(ii) regardless of the technological configuration, a radio transceiver, an antenna, a coaxial or fiber-optic cable, a regular or backup power supply, or comparable equipment. See Utah Code 54-21-101
  • Wireless provider: means a wireless infrastructure provider or a wireless service provider. See Utah Code 54-21-101
     (1)(a) in a timely manner; and
     (1)(b) without cost to the authority owning the public right-of-way.
(2) The reimbursement obligations under Section 72-6-116(3)(b) do not apply to the relocation of a small wireless facility.