(A) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide specific regulations for the placement, construction and modification of telecommunications facilities. The provisions of this subchapter are not intended and shall not be interpreted to prohibit or to have the affect of prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services, nor shall the provisions of this subchapter be applied in such a manner to unreasonably discriminate between providers of functionally equivalent personal wireless services.
(B) The goals of this subchapter are:
(1) To enhance the ability to provide telecommunications services to the city;
(2) To encourage the location of towers in non-residential areas;
(3) Minimize the total number of towers in the city;
(4) Encourage the joint use of new and existing tower sites; and
(5) Encourage users of towers to locate and configure them in a way that minimizes adverse visual impact.
(C) Accordingly, the City Council finds that the promulgation of this subchapter is warranted and necessary:
(1) To accommodate the growing need for communications facilities;
(2) To manage the location of communications facilities in the city;
(3) To promote and encourage shared use co-location of existing and new communications towers as a primary option rather than construction of additional single-use towers, and to reduce the number of such structures needed in the future;
(4) To protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impacts of communications towers, including support structure failure and falling ice; and
(5) To minimize adverse visual impacts of communications facilities through careful design, siting, landscape screening, and innovative camouflaging techniques.
(1960 Code, § 60-7-31) (Ord. 6132, passed 5-1-2000)