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A. To accommodate the communication needs of residents and businesses while protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community, regulations regarding personal wireless facilities, spires, poles, antennas, steeples, towers, and other such structures are necessary in order to:
1. Facilitate the provision of wireless telecommunication services to the residents and businesses of the city;
2. Minimize adverse visual effects of spires, poles, antennas, steeples, towers, and other such structures through careful design and siting standards;
3. Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from spire, pole, antenna, steeple, tower, and other such structures' failure, through structural standards and setback requirements; and
4. Maximize the use of existing and approved towers and buildings to accommodate new wireless telecommunication antennas in order to reduce the number of towers needed to serve the community. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
A. Residential (R) Districts:
1. On residentially zoned parcels, towers supporting amateur radio antennas shall not be permitted in the front, side or street side yard.
2. Personal wireless facilities shall be prohibited in all residential (R) zones.
B. PS (Public/Semipublic) District:
1. Wireless antennas may be permitted to be attached to existing light standards and power line support devices (or replacement equivalent of same height) provided, however, the antenna(s) are either flush mounted or mounted in a manner that provide minimum visual impact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all provisions of this subsection shall be applicable to wireless antennas located on existing light standards and power line support devices. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
A. A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower in excess of thirty five feet (35') in height shall not be approved unless the commission finds that the telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within the following radius of the proposed tower:
1. A two (2) mile radius for towers with a height over one hundred ten feet (110').
2. A one mile radius for towers with a height over eighty feet (80') but not more than one hundred ten feet (110').
3. A one-half (1/2) mile radius for towers with a height over fifty feet (50') but not more than eighty feet (80').
4. A one-fourth (1/4) mile radius for towers with a height over thirty five feet (35') but not more than fifty feet (50').
B. It shall be the burden of the applicant to demonstrate that the proposed tower or antenna cannot be accommodated on an approved tower or building within the required search radius due to one or more of the following reasons:
1. Unwillingness of another tower or facility owner to entertain shared use.
2. The proposed collocation of an existing tower or facility would be in violation of any local, state or federal law.
3. The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the existing or approved tower or building, as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer, and the existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified, or replaced to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost.
4. The planned equipment would cause interference materially impacting the usability of other existing or planned equipment at the tower or building as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost.
5. Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius cannot accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer.
6. Other unforeseen reasons that make it unfeasible to locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer, or other professional qualified to provide necessary documentation.
C. Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall be designed, structurally, electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and comparable antennas for at least two (2) additional users if the tower is over one hundred ten feet (110') in height, for at least one additional user if the tower is over fifty feet (50') in height.
D. Towers must be designed to allow for future rearrangement of antennas upon the tower and to accept antennas mounted at varying heights.
E. Personal wireless facilities proposed at a location which has an approved special use permit (approved after the effective date hereof) for an existing facility which was required to allow collocation shall not be required to obtain a separate special use permit as long as all the requirements of the previously approved special use permit will be complied with. Design review, and subsequent building permit, will be required for any such proposal. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
A. All personal wireless facilities shall be required to obtain design review approval prior to construction.
B. Towers and antennas shall be required to blend into the surrounding environment through the use of color and camouflaging architectural treatment, except in instances where the color is dictated by federal or state authorities such as the federal aviation administration.
C. Personal wireless facility towers shall be of a monopole design unless the commission determines that an alternative design would better blend into the surrounding environment.
D. With the exception of necessary electric and telephone service and connection lines approved by the issuing authority, no part of any antenna or tower nor any lines, cable, equipment or wires or braces in connection with either shall at any time extend across or over any part of the right of way, public street, highway, sidewalk, or property line.
E. Every tower affixed to the ground shall be protected to discourage climbing of the tower by unauthorized persons. The climbing pegs within the bottom twenty feet (20') of the tower shall be removed and shall only be used when the tower is being serviced.
F. Metal towers shall be constructed of, or treated with, corrosive resistant material.
G. Wood poles shall be impregnated with rot resistant substances. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
A. Towers shall meet the setbacks of the underlying zoning district with the exception of industrial zoning districts, where towers may encroach into the rear setback area, provided that the rear property line abuts another industrially zoned property and the tower does not encroach upon any easements.
B. If the tower does not exceed the height limitations of the zone in which it is located, the tower shall meet the setback requirement of the zone of this section. If the tower exceeds the height limit of the zone in which it is located, the tower shall be set back one foot (1') for every ten feet (10') in total tower height. In either case, the tower shall be constructed to the Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronic Industries Association (TIA/EIA) 222 revision F standard entitled "Structural Standards For Steel Antenna Supporting Structures" or as hereinafter may be amended. Otherwise, the tower shall be located a minimum of one foot (1') for each foot of height from all property lines (the fall zone). No storage or structures other than the accessory utility buildings, are permitted in the fall zone, except as may be specifically permitted by the commission through a special use process.
C. Towers shall be set back from all existing public right of way lines (or planned right of way lines if additional height is to be acquired in the future) by a minimum distance equal to twice the height of the tower including all antennas and attachments. If this requirement conflicts with other setback requirements of this code the setback with the greater distance shall prevail, except as may be allowed in subsection E of this section.
D. Towers shall not be located between a principal structure and a public street.
E. A tower's setback may be reduced or its location in relation to a public street varied, at the sole discretion of the commission, to allow the integration of a tower into an existing or proposed structure such as a church steeple, light standard, power line support device, or similar structure. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
A. No antenna or tower shall have affixed or attached to it in any way, except during time of repair or installation, any stationary lights, strobe lights, reflectors, flashers, or other illuminating device, except as specifically required by the federal aviation administration, federal communications commission, or other federal or state authority.
B. When incorporated into the approved design of the tower, light fixtures used to illuminate ball fields, parking lots, or similar areas may be attached to the tower if approved by the commission.
C. The use of any portion of a tower for signs, other than warning or equipment information signs, is prohibited.
D. No tower shall have constructed thereon, or attached thereto, in any way, any platform, catwalk, crow's nest, or like structure, except during periods of construction or repair. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
A. In accordance with the federal communications commission's preemptive ruling PRB 1, towers erected for the primary purpose of supporting amateur radio antennas may exceed thirty feet (30') in height provided that a determination is made by the city that the proposed tower height is technically necessary to successfully engage in amateur radio communications. A special use permit is required for any amateur radio antenna in excess of thirty five feet (35'). (Ord. 1070, 2010)
As a condition of approval of any required special use permit for personal wireless facilities, all abandoned or unused towers and associated facilities shall be required to be removed within sixty (60) days of cessation of use as a personal wireless facility unless a time extension is granted by the city. A copy of the relevant portions of a signed lease, which requires the applicant to remove the tower and associated facilities upon cessation of the use as a personal wireless facility, shall be submitted at the time of application. In the event that the tower and associated facilities are not removed within the sixty (60) days, the tower and associated facilities may be removed by the city and the costs of removal assessed against the property. (Ord. 1070, 2010)
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