24VAC30-151-730. Accommodation fees.

After initial installation, the The Commissioner of Highways or a designee shall determine the annual compensation for the use of the right-of-way by a utility, except as provided in 24VAC30-151-740. The rates shall be established on the following basis:

1. Limited Access Crossings - $50 per crossing.

2. Limited Access Longitudinal Installation - $250 per mile annual use payment.

3. Wireless Communication Tower Facility Sites (limited and nonlimited access):

a. $24,000 annual use payment for a communication tower site, and wireless support structure permitted prior to July 1, 2018, until the permit expires or is terminated;

b. $14,000 annual use payment for colocation non-small-cell colocation on a tower site wireless support structure. This payment does not include equipment mounted to an existing wooden utility pole.; and

c. A wireless support structure installed under a land use permit issued on or after July 1, 2018, shall have an annual use payment based upon the following, which shall be adjusted every five years in accordance with § 56-484.32 of the Code of Virginia:

(1) $1,000 for any wireless support structure at or below 50 feet in height;

(2) $3,000 for any wireless support structure above 50 feet and at or below 120 feet in height;

(3) $5,000 for any wireless support structure above 120 feet in height; and

(4) $1.00 per square foot for any other equipment, shelter, or associated facilities constructed on the ground.