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Network provider means: <br />(A) a wireless service provider; or <br />(B) a person that does not provide wireless services and that is not an electric utility but <br />builds or installs on behalf of a wireless service provider: <br />(i) network nodes; or <br />(ii) node support poles or any other structure that supports or is capable of <br />supporting a network node. <br /> <br />Node support pole means a pole installed by a network provider for the primary purpose of <br />supporting a network node. <br /> <br />Permit means a written authorization for the use of the public right-of-way or collocation on a <br />service pole required from a municipality before a network provider may perform an action or <br />initiate, continue, or complete a project over which the municipality has police power authority. <br /> <br />Pole means a service pole, municipally owned utility pole, node support pole, or utility pole. <br /> <br />Private easement means an easement or other real property right that is only for the benefit of the <br />grantor and grantee and their successors and assigns. <br /> <br />Provider has the same meaning as “Network Provider.” <br /> <br />Public right-of-way means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, public <br />sidewalk, alley, waterway, or utility easement in which the municipality has an interest. The <br />term does not include: <br />(A) a private easement; or <br />(B) the airwaves above a public right-of-way with regard to wireless <br />telecommunications. <br /> <br />Public right-of-way management ordinance means an ordinance that complies with Chapter 284, <br />Subchapter C. <br /> <br />Service pole means a pole, other than a municipally owned utility pole, owned or operated by a <br />municipality and located in a public right-of-way, including: <br />(A) a pole that supports traffic control functions; <br />(B) a structure for signage; <br />(C) a pole that supports lighting, other than a decorative pole; and <br />(D) a pole or similar structure owned or operated by a municipality and supporting only <br />network nodes. <br /> <br />Small cell shall be included as a type of “Network Node.” <br />Street means only the paved portion of the right-of-way used for vehicular travel, being the area <br />between the inside of the curb to the inside of the opposite curb, or the area between the two <br />parallel edges of the paved roadway for vehicular travel where there is no curb. A “Street” is <br />generally part of, but smaller in width than the width of the entire right-of-way, while a right-of- <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />