(A) It is the general purpose and intent of the city to carry out the will of the U.S. Congress by authorizing communication facilities needed to operate wireless communication systems. However, it is the further purpose and intent of the city to provide for this authorization in a manner which will retain the integrity of neighborhoods and the character, property values, and quality of the community at large. In fashioning and administering the provisions of this section, attempt has been made to balance these potentially competing interests.
(B) Recognizing the number of providers authorized to establish and operate wireless communication services and coverage, it is the further purpose and intent of this city to:
(1) Facilitate adequate and efficient provision of sites for wireless communication facilities;
(2) Identify predetermined areas within the city of the number, shape, and in the location, considered best for the establishment of wireless communication facilities, subject to applicable standards and conditions;
(3) Recognize that operation of a wireless communication system may, on rare occasion, require the establishment of facilities in locations not within the predetermined districts. As a result of the likelihood of greater adverse impact upon neighborhoods and areas within the community, in these cases, more stringent standards and conditions shall apply to the review, approval, and use of those facilities;
(4) Ensure that wireless communication facilities are situated in appropriate locations and relationships to other land uses, structures, and buildings;
(5) Limit inappropriate physical and overcrowding of land use activities and avoid adverse impact upon existing population, transportation systems, and other public services and facility needs;
(6) Promote the public health, safety, and welfare;
(7) Provide for adequate information about plans for wireless communication facilities in order to permit the community to effectively plan for the location of the facilities;
(8) Minimize the adverse impacts of technological obsolescence of these facilities by requiring the removal of unused and unnecessary facilities in a timely manner; and
(9) Minimize the negative visual impact of wireless communication facilities on neighborhoods, community landmarks, historic sites and building, natural beauty areas, and public rights-of-way. This objective contemplates the establishment of as few structures as reasonably feasible, and the use of structures which are designed for compatibility, including the use of existing structures and the avoidance of lattice structures which are unnecessary.
(C) The city hereby determines that the presence of numerous tower structures, particularly if located within residential areas, would decrease the attractiveness and destroy the character and integrity of the community. This, in turn, would have an adverse impact upon property values. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the adverse impact from the presence of numerous relatively tall tower structures having low architectural and other aesthetic appeal to most persons, recognizing that the absence of regulations would result in a material impediment to the maintenance and promotion of property values and further recognizing that this economic component is a legitimate consideration in this Council’s obligation to protect and promote the public health, safety, and welfare.