The following requirements exist for Wireless Communication Facilities in all zoning districts within the City:
(a) The existing use or future use at the location can be any permitted use and need not be affiliated with the wireless communications provider. The Wireless Communication Facility will not be considered as an addition to the existing structure or an addition to the value of a nonconforming facility.
(b) Minimum Setback Requirements: The setback requirement for the Wireless Communication Facilities, which include a tower to support, shall be the height of the tower or antenna proposed. Such setback shall apply to all elements of the Wireless Communication Facility including equipment shelters and other above ground appurtenances. The Planning Commission may consider reduced setbacks when the Wireless Communication Facility abuts similarly zoned property.
The Wireless Communication Facility shall be set back a minimum distance of the height of the proposed Wireless Communication Facility plus one hundred feet (100 ft.) from any R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-3-C Residential District lot line as shown on the Official Zoning Map of the City. Such setback requirements shall also apply to all elements of the Wireless Communication Facility including equipment shelters and other ground appurtenances.
(c) Maximum Height when the Wireless Communication Facility is to be attached to an existing structure or building: No portion of any Wireless Communication Facility shall extend more than twenty-five (25) feet above that portion of the building or structure on which it is located.
(d) Maximum Tower Height: The maximum tower height is two hundred (200) feet unless noted otherwise in this chapter. The Planning Commission may waive this requirement if the height of the proposed tower is compatible with the zoning of the district in which the tower is to be located and meets FAA requirements.
(e) Equipment Shelters: Any equipment shelter associated with a Wireless Communication Facility not located within an existing building shall be effectively screened in accordance with the zoning requirements of the district in which it is located and conform to the minimum lot size and setback for the zoning district in which it is to be located.
(f) Maximum size of Equipment Shelter: Four hundred (400) square feet for a single equipment shelter, or, if there is more than one equipment shelter, eight hundred (800) square feet.
(g) Access: Service access to the facility shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the existing driveways and shall not interfere with the principal parking or vehicular traffic on the site.
(h) The Wireless Communication Facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance except during periods of construction or during an emergency.
(i) Fencing and landscaping will be in accordance with this Chapter and any zoning requirements of the district in which the facilities are to be located.
(j) All other uses ancillary to the wireless tower or antenna including, but not limited to, business offices, maintenance depots, and material and vehicle storage are prohibited from the site.
(k) The location of the tower and appurtenant structures shall comply with all natural resource protection standards established in the zoning district in which the tower is to be located, including any requirements for floodplains, wetlands and steep slopes. (Ord. 00-97. Passed 11-28-00.)