RESOLUTION NUMBER 02, SERIES OF 2005

RESOLUTION NUMBER 02, SERIES OF 2005

A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES, RULES AND REGULATION FOR CELL SITE APPLICATION IN THE CITY OF OLONGAPO

WHEREAS, with the rapid advancement of communication technology, cellular sites or microwave/telecom antenna towers are mushrooming in the city:

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24, series of 2004, mandated Olongapo Telecom Board to formulate guidelines, rules and regulation for compliance of Telecommunications and IT providers in the city of Olongapo;

WHEREAS, it is the duty of the Telecom Board to ensure that all cellular sites or microwave/telecom antenna towers meet all the necessary requirements and clearances to ensure the safety and protection to life and property;

NOW THEREFORE, with the unanimous accord of the board members present;

RESOLVED, AS, IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the members of the Telecom Board in a meeting assembled, to enact the following guidelines, rules and regulation for cell site application in the City of Olongapo:

1. Documents, Clearances and Permits required

• Letter of intent to build a tower within the vicinity of the Olongapo City addressed to the City Mayor (Copy to the City Council and Telecom Board)
• Vicinity map / location map of the proposed site.
• Engineering plan / design of the proposed tower to be erected to be approved by City Engineering
• Air Transportation Office clearance
• Subic Bay International Airport clearance
• Approved Radio Frequency from SBMA Telecom
• CENRO/DENR certificate
• Department of Health clearance
• Locational clearance
• Office of the City Planning clearance
• ECC certificate (application)
• Barangay resolution (Clearance)
• Neighbors consent (within the 50 meters radius from the cell site)
• Mayor’s Permit (must be displayed in location)
• Business Permit
• Building Permit / Construction Permit
• Agreement between lot/property owner and telecom provider
• Affidavit of undertaking/waiver for government lot/property
• Non-refundable application fee (50% of annual supervision fee)
• City Council Resolution




2. All applications must be submitted to the Telecommunications and Information Technology Board for proper recording and examination of the requirements to ensure that it complies with all the requirements

3. A yearly supervision fee will be collected for time-to-time inspection and supervision of the Telecom Board to monitor whether the facility is with-in the submitted and approved plans

4. The Telecom and Information Board shall have the right to order stoppage of construction and / or operation of the cellsite if cellular company failed to comply with all the requirements. The City Government will not be liable on any service interruption resulted from non-compliance of the requirements.

5. All photocopies of the documents required shall be submitted to Telecommunications and Information Technology Board before the constructors will be given the construction and building permit

6. All Telecommunications operators/company operating in the City using antenna towers are bounded to this guidelines, rules and regulations

7. This guidelines, rules and regulation shall take effect upon its approval and with the concurrence of the City Council.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, January 31, 2005.




EDWIN J. PIANO
Chairman, Telecom Board


Attest:


MARK ANTHONY ORPIANO
Board Secretary