(a) "No Trespassing" signs shall be posted around the facility with a telephone number of a contact in case of emergency.
(b) The owner or operator of the facility shall agree to remove a non-functioning facility within six months of ceasing its use.
(c) The owner or operator shall be required as a condition of issuance of a permit to post a cash or surety bond acceptable to the Law Director of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per vertical foot from natural grade of the wireless communication tower, which bond shall insure that, an abandoned, obsolete or destroyed wireless communication antenna and/or tower shall be removed within six months of cessation of use and abandonment. Any co-locator shall be required to additionally execute such a bond, as principal, to insure that the bond will be in place during the period of time that the co-locator occupies the tower. The bond of a co-locator shall be in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per vertical foot measured from the natural grade to the highest point of the apparatus co-located on the tower.
(Am. Ord. 06-O-12, passed 3-20-2006)
(d) Outdoor storage of any supplies, vehicles or equipment related to the use of the facility is hereby prohibited, except during initial construction or to supply emergency power in the event of a power outage.
(e) Except as required by law, an antenna or a tower shall not be illuminated and lighting fixtures or signs shall not be attached to the antenna or tower. If lighting is required by FAA regulations, white strobe lights shall not be permitted at night unless no other alternative is permitted by the FAA. Lighting for security purposes shall be permitted only with prior approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(f) No advertising shall be permitted on the facility.
(g) There shall be a separation of at least one-half mile between new wireless communication towers. The Planning and Zoning Commission may waive this requirement with the approval of the City Council.
(h) Vehicular access to the equipment and facility shall be integrated with existing parking and drives to the extent feasible, taking into consideration existing traffic flow and safety.
(i) If an access road is developed exclusively for the facility, a locking gate shall be installed to prevent unauthorized use of the access road.
(j) The wireless telecommunications facility shall be fully automated and unstaffed except for periodic and necessary maintenance (except in the event of an emergency or during construction).
(k) Construction activity shall take place only within the following times and days: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, to minimize the impact of construction noise on nearby residents.
(l) The owner/operator shall provide the city with information identifying procedures and contacts in the event of an emergency.
(Ord. 97-O-43, passed 7-14-1997; Am. Ord. 17-O-57, passed 12-18-2017)