It is the purpose of these provisions to delineate restrictions, development standards and siting criteria, and establish removal procedures in order to protect the City from the uncontrolled siting of wireless communication facility infrastructure(s). It is further the purpose of these provisions to:
A. Minimize the visual impact of utility facilities on the community, particularly in and near Residential Zones;
B. Minimize the impact of aerial facilities and their supporting infrastructure by establishing standards for siting design and screening;
C. Preserve the opportunity for continued and growing service to accommodate the growing need and demand from the wireless industry;
D. Establish clear guidelines and standards and an orderly process for review intended to facilitate the deployment of transmission equipment, to provide advanced communication services to the City, its residents, businesses and community at large;
E. Ensure City zoning regulations are applied consistently with Federal and State telecommunications laws, rules, regulations and controlling court decisions; and
F. Provide regulations which are specifically not intended to, and shall not be interpreted or applied to: 1) prohibit or effectively prohibit the provision of wireless services, 2) unreasonably discriminate among functionally equivalent service providers, or 3) regulate wireless communication facilities and wireless transmission equipment on the basis of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such emissions comply with the standards established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). (Ord. 596, 5-24-2019)