The following items shall be required for each permit for a wireless telecommunications facility.
A. Use Permits.
1. All application materials generally required for a use permit.
2. All materials listed below as required for a wireless telecommunications facilities permit application.
3. An alternative height analysis for any facility exceeding the height standards set forth in Section 19.78.120. This analysis shall demonstrate that the proposed height is designed at the minimum height necessary and shall specifically include an analysis comparing the operation of the facility at its proposed height with its operation at the maximum height in the standards set forth in Section 19.78.120. It shall also address whether the additional height would be required if the facility were located at a different site. The purpose of this analysis is to ensure that additional height is permitted only when technically necessary for the provision of services.
4. An alternative site analysis. This analysis shall identify all reasonable, technically feasible, alternative locations, including facilities which could be used for co- location. The analysis shall also explain the rationale for the selection of the proposed site in view of the relative merits of any feasible alternatives. The purpose of this analysis is to present alternative strategies for the minimization of the number and impacts of facilities necessary to provide the service.
B. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Permits.
1. A site plan which includes the location of all structures and equipment to be located on the site.
2. Elevations of all proposed wireless telecommunications structures and appurtenances and composite elevations from the streets adjoining the site, showing the proposed project and all buildings on the site.
3. Photo simulations, elevations or other visual or graphic illustrations necessary to determine potential visual impact of the proposed project. Visual impact demonstrations shall include accurate scale and coloration of the proposed facility.
4. A landscape plan that shows existing vegetation, vegetation to be removed and proposed plantings by type, size and location.
5. A geographic service area map showing:
a. The applicant’s wireless telecommunications network within 10 miles in all directions of the proposed site, including all facilities which exist at the time and for which applications are pending;
b. The hand-off sites within the above area;
c. The area in which the facility could be located to provide the proposed new or expanded service; and
d. All other existing sites that could be used for the proposed antenna location.
6. A statement of how the proposed facility satisfies the locational preferences established by this chapter or, if the proposed location is not a preferred location, a description of the preferred location sites within the geographic service area and a statement of why each alternative site was rejected.
7. Noise and acoustical information for the base transceiver stations, equipment
buildings and associated equipment such as air conditioning and back-up generators.
8. A statement by the applicant of whether it is willing to allow other carriers to co- locate on their facilities whenever technically and economically feasible and aesthetically desirable.
9. A report, signed by a qualified radio frequency engineer and prepared pursuant to FCC OET 65, stating the maximum (EMF/RF) radiation to be emitted by the proposed facility and whether those emissions conform to safety standards adopted by the FCC. Such reports shall take into account all other facilities within 2,000 feet, both existing and known future facilities, the cumulative effects of co-located facilities, and existing nearby buildings and structures, and shall be written in plain English.
10. For new telecommunications towers, a biological resource survey demonstrating that the facility and construction of the facility will avoid all sensitive habitats and rare, threatened and endangered species. The director may waive this requirement based on a finding that existing information verifies the lack of such biological resources on the site.
C. When an application is submitted for a use permit and the proposed facility would be located in a zoning district in which such a facility is generally not permitted, or within 500 feet of any elementary or secondary school or within 500 feet of any residential zoning district, the city shall hire an independent consultant, at the applicant's sole expense, to review the application and to provide an analysis of whether the facility is necessary in that zoning district in order to provide the service.
D. When an application is filed and the report required pursuant to 19.78.070.B.9 states that the maximum EMF/RF radiation to be emitted by the proposed facility will exceed 80% of the maximum permissible EMF/RF emissions, as set by Federal regulation, the City shall hire an independent consultant, at the applicant’s sole expense, to review the application and to provide an analysis of the EMF/RF emissions.
(Ord. 2205; Ord. 2223, Ord. 2364 §402; Ord. 2381 §11, Ord. 2519 §35)