§ 3-6-51. Pass-through provider and communications facility provider fees and charges.

(a)

Pass-through providers and communications facility providers that place or maintain one (1) or more communications facilities upon, under, over, or along any public rights-of-way of the county shall pay the County the maximum annual amount allowed under F.S. § 337.401, as amended. For purposes of calculating payments hereunder, each separate pole or tower installed or maintained by a pass-through provider of communications facility provider for purposes of supporting antennas for other over-the-air radio transmission or reception equipment in the public rights-of-way shall comprise a separate communications facility subject to assessment of a separate permit fee in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per linear mile, or portion thereof, up to the maximum amount allowed under F.S. § 337.401, whichever is greater, to the extent that F.S. § 337.401, is applicable.

(b)

The annual amount referenced in subsection 3-6-51 (a) above shall be due and payable on October 1 of every year. Fees not paid within ten (10) days after the due date shall bear interest at the rate of one percent per month from the date due until paid. The acceptance of any payment required by the county hereunder shall not be construed as an acknowledgment that the amount paid is the correct amount due, nor shall such acceptance of payment be construed as a release of any claim which the county may have for additional sums due and payable or authorization to install any facilities in the county's right-of-way.

(Ord. No. 2017-032, § 2, 6-27-17)