(A) The city desires to encourage the orderly development of wireless communication technologies for the benefit of the city and its citizens.
(B) As a matter of public policy the city aims to encourage the delivery of new wireless technologies throughout the city while controlling the proliferation of communication towers. These development activities will promote and protect the health, safety, prosperity and general welfare of persons living in the city.
(C) Specifically, this Wireless Communication Facility Telecommunications Overlay Districts requirement is designed to achieve the following:
(1) Provide a range of locations for wireless communication facilities in various zoning districts;
(2) Encourage the location of wireless communication facilities onto existing structures to reduce the number of new communication towers needed within the city;
(3) Encourage collocation and site sharing of new and existing wireless communication facilities;
(4) Control the type of tower facility constructed, when towers are permitted;
(5) Establish adequate development and design criteria to enhance the ability of providers of telecommunications services to provide service to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently;
(6) Protect residential, historic preservation areas and scenic corridors from the uncontrolled development of wireless communications facilities by requiring reasonable siting conditions;
(7) Promote the use of suitable sites (public and private) for the location of wireless antennas, towers and/or wireless communication facilities;
(8) Ensure the harmonious, orderly and efficient growth and development of the city;
(9) Stabilize the economy of the city through the continued use of the city’s suitable public resources;
(10) Provide overlay districts in which the zoning regulations permit the development of wireless communication facilities which are consistent with the requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and in the best interest of the future of the city;
(11) Provide clear performance standards addressing the siting of wireless communication facilities; and
(12) Streamline and expedite the permitting procedures to effect compliance with the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-6.1, passed 1-4-2010)