Sec. 284.108.  DESIGN MANUAL.  (a)  A municipality may adopt a design manual for the installation and construction of network nodes and new node support poles in the public right-of-way that includes additional installation and construction details that do not conflict with this chapter.  The design manual may include:
(1)  a requirement that an industry standard pole load analysis be completed and submitted to the municipality indicating that the service pole to which the network node is to be attached will safely support the load; and
(2)  a requirement that network node equipment placed on new and existing poles be placed more than eight feet above ground level.
(b)  A network provider shall comply with a design manual, if any, in place on the date a permit application is filed in relation to work for which the municipality approved the permit application.  A municipality's obligations under Section 284.154 may not be tolled or extended pending the adoption or modification of a design manual.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 591 (S.B. 1004), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.