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Driveways and parking lots shall be constructed as follows:
(a) Driveways and parking spaces in all districts shall be smoothly graded with an asphaltic or portland concrete surface, and properly drained.
(b) Whenever a public parking lot or a driveway to a parking lot abuts the side or rear line of a lot in a residential or apartment area, a fence or wall, approved by the Planning Commission or Building Inspector, shall be constructed and maintained by the owner of the parking lot.
(Ord. C79-74. Passed 1-20-75.)
(a) Within residential districts, the following provisions shall apply to satellite ground stations or other antennas designed to transmit or receive radio or television signals to or from earth satellites.
(1) Such ground stations or antennas shall be for the personal use of residents and their guests only.
(2) Such ground stations or antennas shall contain no graphic message or advertising.
(3) Ground mounted stations or antennas shall be considered accessory structures and shall comply with the following conditions and requirements:
A. Such stations or antennas not mounted on the roof of a primary or accessory structure shall be located to the rear of the principle building or structure and shall not exceed an above grade height of twelve feet.
B. Such stations or antennas shall not be located closer than ten feet from a side lot line, or one foot from any easement.
C. Such stations or antennas shall be mounted in a concrete base in line with grade and only metal supports of galvanized construction shall be utilized.
D. Wiring between such stations and any other structure shall be placed underground.
E. Such stations or antennas shall be designed to withstand a wind force of up to seventy miles per hour without the use of supporting guy wires.
(4) Roof mounted stations or antennas shall be considered accessory structures and shall comply with the following conditions and requirements:
A. Such stations or antennas shall be mounted directly on the roof of a primary or accessory structure and shall not be mounted on appurtenances such as chimneys, towers or spires.
B. Such stations or antennas mounted on the roof of a primary or accessory structure shall not exceed a height of greater than three feet above the roof on which it is mounted. The height shall be measured vertically from the point at which such station or antenna is mounted on the roof.
C. The diameter of any dish antenna mounted upon the roof of a primary or accessory structure shall not exceed three feet.
D. Such stations or antennas shall be designed to withstand a wind force of up to seventy miles per hour without the use of supporting guy wires.
(Ord. C58-84. Passed 9-17-84.)
(a) Within nonresidential districts, the following provisions shall apply to satellite ground stations or other antennas designed to transmit or receive radio or television signals to or from earth satellites.
(1) Such ground stations or antennas shall contain no graphic message or advertising.
(2) Ground mounted stations or antennas shall be considered accessory structures and shall comply with the following conditions and requirements:
A. Such stations or antennas not mounted on the roof of a primary or accessory structure shall be located to the rear of the principle building or structure on the property where the station is located and shall not exceed an above grade height of twelve feet.
B. Such stations or antennas shall not be located within fifty feet of a public right-of-way, eight feet of a rear or side lot line and not closer than fifty feet from a lot line of a residential district.
C. Such stations or antennas shall be mounted in a concrete base in line with grade and only metal supports of a galvanized construction shall be utilized.
D. Wiring between such stations and any other structure shall be placed underground.
E. Such stations or antennas shall be designed to withstand a wind force of up to seventy miles per hour without the use of supporting guy wires.
(3) Roof mounted stations or antennas shall be considered accessory structures and shall comply with the following conditions and requirements:
A. Such stations or antennas shall be mounted directly on the roof of a primary or accessory structure and shall not be mounted on appurtenances such as chimneys, towers or spires.
B. Such stations or antennas mounted on the roof of a primary or accessory structure shall not exceed a height of greater than eight feet above the roof on which it is mounted. The height shall be measured vertically from the point at which such station or antenna is mounted on the roof.
C. Such station or antenna shall be designed to withstand a wind force of up to seventy miles per hour without the use of supporting guy wires.
(Ord. C58-84. Passed 9-17-84.)
An owner, occupant(s) or person(s) having control of a residential, industrial, commercial or public building shall display the numerical address of the building in arabic numbers not less than three inches in height.
(a) The color of the numbers shall contrast to the color of the surface on which they are mounted and the numbers shall be clearly visible from the street on which the building is numbered.
(b) The numbers shall be placed on the front of the building facing the public or private street on which the building is numbered.
(c) For buildings not having entrance doors facing the street on which the buildings are numbered, numbers of all units within such building shall be placed either on the wall of the building facing the street on which the building is numbered or on a sign in compliance with Chapter 1145 of the Codified Ordinances.
(d) The owner of a residential building may post additional sets of address numbers provided that one set complies with the provisions of this section.
(e) Whoever violates this section or any part thereof, upon being notified in writing of such violation by the Building Inspector, shall have thirty days in which to comply with the provisions of this section. Upon expiration of thirty days and failure to comply with the provisions of this section within that period, the owner, occupants or persons having control of a building shall be deemed in violation. Each subsequent day shall constitute a separate violation.
(Ord. C10-86. Passed 3-17-86.)
(f) No issuance of an occupancy permit or a temporary occupancy permit shall be issued for any building until the numerical address is displayed according to this section.
(Ord. C36-87. Passed 5-18-87.)
(a) (1) Application of regulations. The provisions of this section are applicable to antennas and antenna towers used for the following purposes:
A. VHF and UHF television;
B. AM and FM radio;
C. Two-way radio;
D. Common carriers;
E. Cellular telephones;
F. Fixed-point microwave; and
G. Ham and citizen band (CB) radio antennas in excess of twenty-five feet in height.
(2) Exemptions. The following antennas are exempt from the provisions of this section:
A. “Ham” and Citizen Band (CB) radio antennas which are less than twenty-five feet in height;
B. Portable, handheld and vehicular transmissions;
C. Industrial, scientific and medical equipment operating at frequencies designated for that purpose by the FCC;
D. A source of nonionizing electromagnetic radiation with an effective radiated power of seven watts or less;
E. A sole-source emitter with an average output of one kilowatt or less if used for amateur purposes; and
F. Marketed consumer products, such as microwave ovens, citizens band radios and remote control toys.
(b) Whenever a new antenna is proposed, the property owner, developer or their agent shall submit the following material, in addition to the other information required for a Special Use Permit, as required in Section 1135.09(b)(12)E.:
(1) A site plan or plans drawn to scale and identifying the site boundary; tower(s); guy wire anchors; existing and proposed structures; vehicular parking and access; existing vegetation to be retained, removed or replaced; and uses, structures, and land-use designations on the site and abutting parcels;
(2) A plan drawn to scale showing proposed fencing and landscaping, including plant species type, size, spacing and other features;
(3) A report from a professional engineer. The report shall:
A. Describe the tower and the technical reasons for the tower design;
B. Demonstrate that the tower complies with the City Building Code; and
C. Describe the capacity of the tower, including the number and type of future antennas that it could accommodate;
(4) Information on conditions determining shared use of facilities pursuant to Section 1137.14(c); and
(5) Other information as may be required by the Service Director to determine compliance with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
(c) The use of existing facilities for the placement of antennas is encouraged. Prior to the approval of an application for a new antenna tower the applicant shall document that existing towers within the areas of the range of the proposed equipment have been surveyed, and shall demonstrate that one or more of the following conditions exists:
(1) Planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of existing and approved towers;
(2) Planned equipment will cause RF interference with other existing or proposed equipment for that tower, and that interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost;
(3) Existing towers do not have space on which to function in parity with similar equipment in the area;
(4) The fees and/or costs for shared use are unreasonable; and/or
(5) Other conditions exist that render the placement of proposed equipment on an existing tower impracticable.
(d) New antenna towers shall be located on a site of sufficient size so as to contain on-site substantially all ice-fall or debris from tower failure and preserve the privacy of abutting properties. The specific setback requirements are as follows:
(1) The base of the antenna tower shall be set back from all abutting property (including public streets) by a distance of not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the height of the tower.
(2) Guy wire anchors shall be set back from all abutting property not less than twenty-five feet.
(3) Accessory buildings shall be set back from all abutting property not less than the required rear yard setback for the zoning district in which the antenna is located.
(4) New antenna towers shall not be located any closer than two times the height of the proposed antenna or antenna tower from any existing, platted residential subdivision or any residential structure within the City.
(e) The design and construction of the antenna and antenna tower shall meet the standards of the Building Department, as well as any applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
(Ord. C69-89. Passed 10-16-89.)
(f) A landscape and fencing buffer shall be required at the antenna tower site, according to the following requirements:
(1) The antenna tower base and accessory structure and each guy wire anchor location shall be separately enclosed by fencing of such type to prevent illegitimate access. Such fencing shall be not less than six feet in height.
(2) Antenna 100 feet or less in height. A row of evergreen trees or shrubs shall be planted directly outside of the fencing surrounding the tower base and accessory building and each guy wire anchor point location. Such trees or shrubs shall be planted not more than fifteen feet apart, and be not less than five feet high at time of planting. A second landscape buffer shall consist of a planting of evergreen trees or shrubs, to be located within ten feet outside of the first row of trees or shrubs. This buffer shall be six feet high at time of planting. Earth mounding of three feet in height or less may be used to achieve the required overall height of six feet. Vegetation shall have a minimum year-round opaqueness of eighty percent (80%) when viewed from two to five feet from the ground.
(3) Antennas more than 100 feet in height All requirements of subsection (f)(2) hereof shall be met, except that the second row of evergreen trees shall be located within twenty-five feet of the outside of the fencing. At least one row of deciduous trees, not less than one and one-half inches in caliper diameter six inches (6") above grade and spaced not more than twenty feet apart, shall be planted within ten feet from the outside of the first row.
(Ord. C112-89. Passed 1-8-90; Ord. C74-97. Passed 12-15-97.)
(g) Only those uses and structures necessary and directly related to the operation of the facility, that is, transmission and emergency broadcasting equipment, shall be allowed as accessory uses on the site. Accessory uses shall not include offices, broadcast studios, long-term vehicle or other equipment, storage or similar uses. If an antenna occupies a site as a primary use, no other permitted use in that district shall occupy the same site.
(Ord. C69-89. Passed 10-16-89.)
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