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File #: AB2020-086    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Requiring a Public Hearing Status: Adopted
File created: 2/11/2020 In control: Council
On agenda: 9/15/2020 Final action: 9/15/2020
Enactment date: 9/15/2020 Enactment #: ORD 2020-043
Title: Ordinance granting Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a non-exclusive franchise for the provision of wireless telecommunications services
Indexes: Franchise, Roads & Bridges, Utilities
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Master Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2020-043 - Not Recorded, 3. Staff Memo, 4. Proposed Ordinance, 5. Franchise Application, 6. Letter from Citizen 3.4.2020, 7. Notice of Hearing for 3.24.2020, 8. Notice of Hearing for 9.15.2020, 9. Notice of Hearing for 9.15.2020, 10. Notice of Action Taken 9.15.2020, 11. Application of Franchise- Seattle SMSA Limited Partnership, 12. Correspondence - Cellco Franchise, 13. Recorded Number and Ordinance- Cellco Partnership, 14. Email regarding Verizon Wireless Franchise, 15. Receipt of Franchise, 16. Acceptance of Franchise and related documents
Related files: AB2021-261
Department Public Works Department

Primary Contact Email:    Sdraper@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance granting Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a non-exclusive franchise for the provision of wireless telecommunications services

 

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RCW 36.55.040, Whatcom County Charter Section 9.30, and Whatcom County Code 12.24 provides for the granting of franchises to public and private utility companies for use of County Rights-of-Way.  This is a new franchise allowing for the use and presence in County Rights-of-Way to allow for the provision of wireless telecommunications services




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