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9/14/18
PWFS STRUCTURES – What Are you Proposing To Construct/Install?
Tower
(taller than 50ft, not a “small cell” facility)
Pole
(Up to 50ft tall)
Co-Location onto Existing Tower,
Building, Pole, Silo, etc.
Base Station, Equipment, Cabling, Shelters, etc.
Town of Ithaca Personal Wireless Facility Service (PWFS) Flow Charts – How-To
9/14/18
Is Proposed Facility Collocated Onto An Existing Structure?
NO
Is it a New Small Wireless Facility?
•New Tower (#1*)
•Requires PB site plan
approval & special permit,
building permit.
•Town law contains
aesthetic, location,
dimensional, etc.
requirements, per
§332(c)(7).
•150 day shot clock for
approvals.
NO
•System (e.g. DAS, #4*)
•Requires PB site plan approval &
special permit, building permit
(exception: internal Planning staff
review, building permit only for
systems at least 500 feet from public
ROW & adjoining owner lot line).
•Town law contains aesthetic, location,
dimensional, etc. requirements.
•90 day shot clock for approvals.
NO
•Requires internal Planning
staff review ᶺ, building
permit (#5*)
•Town law contains
aesthetic, location,
dimensional, etc.
requirements.
•90 day shot clock for
approvals.
YES
Is it a New Individual Small
Wireless Facility?
YES