§ 23-17-506 — Requirements - Height limits - Standards

Arkansas § 23-17-506

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 23

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(a) Each new or modified pole installed in the right-of-way for the purpose of the collocation of small wireless facilities shall not exceed the greater of: (1) Fifty feet (50') in height above ground level; or (2) Ten percent (10%) taller than the tallest existing pole in place in the same right-of-way as of September 1, 2019, within three hundred feet (300') of the new or modified pole. (b) A new small wireless facility in the right-of-way shall not extend more than ten percent (10%) above the existing structure on which it is located or fifty feet (50') above ground level, whichever is greater. (c) A wireless provider shall have the right to collocate a wireless facility and install, maintain, modify, and replace a pole that exceeds the height limits required under subsection (a) of this section along, across, upon, and under the right-of-way, subject to this section and any applicable zoning regulations. (d) A wireless provider shall not install a small wireless facility or pole in a historic district without complying with the requirements of general application for structures within the historic district. (e) A wireless provider may replace decorative poles when necessary to deploy a small wireless facility so long as the replacement reasonably conforms to the design of the original decorative pole.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2019, No. 999,§ 1, eff. 9/1/2019. Added by Act 2019, No. 797,§ 1, eff. 9/1/2019.