(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.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Subchapter 5 - Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act
§ 23-17-501. Legislative findings and intent
§ 23-17-504. Exclusive arrangements
§ 23-17-505. Use of rights-of-way by wireless provider
§ 23-17-506. Requirements — Height limits — Standards
§ 23-17-507. Damage and repair — Replacements — Abandonment — Removal
§ 23-17-508. Aesthetic standards
§ 23-17-509. Collocation on authority poles
§ 23-17-513. Arkansas Public Service Commission — Jurisdiction over pole attachments
§ 23-17-515. Dispute resolution
§ 23-17-516. Indemnification, insurance, and bonding
§ 23-17-517. Overlapping jurisdiction of management of right-of-way