If the communications company proposes to build a cellular or wireless communications tower (as opposed to mounting the antenna on an existing structure), it is required to demonstrate that it has contacted the owners of nearby tall structures within a one mile radius of the site proposed, asked for permission to install the cellular communications antenna on those structures, and was denied for reasons other than economic ones. “Tall structures” shall include, but not be limited to: smoke stacks, water towers, building over fifty feet in height, antenna support structures of other cellular or wireless communication companies, other communication towers and roadway light poles. The City may deny the application to construct a new cellular or wireless communications tower if the applicant has not made a good faith effort to mount the antenna on existing structures.
Such use shall be conditional, subject to the approval of the City Council in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Zoning Code. In considering whether to grant a conditional use for a wireless telecommunication facility, the City Council shall consider the following requirements:
Tower:
(a) Minimum Setback from Property Lines. The minimum setbacks and yard requirements for principal structures for the zoning district where the tower is to be located shall be the greater of the following:
(1) Forty percent (40%) of the tower height.
(2) The minimum setback in the underlying zoning district; or
(3) Fifty feet.
(b) Minimum Setback from Residential Structure.
(1) Cellular or wireless communication towers less than 150 feet in height shall be located no closer than 500 feet to any residential zoning district.
(2) Cellular communication towers 150 feet in height and greater shall be located no closer than 1,000 feet to any residential zoning districts.
(c) Equipment Shelter. The minimum setbacks and yard requirements for principal structures shall apply and such shelter shall not be located above ground in any required front or side yard.
(Ord. 24-99. Passed 3-2-99.)