(A) Except upon city-owned lands, no telecommunication facility may be located in the following areas:
(1) Floodplains;
(2) Wetlands;
(3) Shorelands; and
(4) Residential-zoned districts.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (B)(1), with conditional use permit the applicant may:
(1) Attach an antenna to an existing tower, structure, or utility pole provided;
(2) The antenna does not extend more than 20 feet above the highest point of an existing tower, structure, or pole and the attachment otherwise meets the requirements and provisions hereof and all other applicable provision and regulation;
(3) With a conditional use permit, telecommunication facilities may be allowed in the following zoning districts, provided they meet the requirements of the district and the requirements of these regulations:
(a) All agricultural-zoned districts;
(b) All commercial-zoned districts; and
(c) All industrial-zoned districts.
(4) Conditional use permit requirements. All applications for conditional use permits shall minimally include the following information:
(a) A report from a registered professional engineer and/or other professional which:
1. Describes the facility's height and design, including a cross-section and elevation;
2. Certifies the facility's compliance with electrical standards and structural standards that allow it to accommodate at least three antennas;
3. Describes the tower's capacity, including the potential number and type of antennas that it can accommodate;
4. Describe the lighting to be placed on the facility if required by the FCC or FAA;
5. Certifies that the facility will not cause destructive interference with a previously established public safety communication system;
6. A plat of survey showing the parcel boundaries and a legal description, support facilities, location, access, landscaping and fencing;
7. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) license and registration numbers, if applicable. Also copies of findings of no significant impacts statement from FCC or environmental impact studies, if applicable;
8. Proof of liability coverage reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council;
9. An alternatives analysis shall be prepared by the applicant which identifies all reasonable, technically feasible alternative locations and/or facilities which could provide the proposed telecommunication service. The intention of the alternatives analysis is to present alternative strategies which could minimize the number, size, and adverse environmental impacts of facilities necessary to provide the needed services to the city. The analysis shall address the potential for co-location and the potential to locate facilities as close as possible to the intended service area. It shall also explain the rationale for selection of the proposed site in view of the relative merits of any of the feasible alternatives.
10. A tabular and map inventory of all the applicant's existing telecommunication towers that are located within the city and applicant's towers within 1,500 feet of the city boundary. The inventory shall specify the location, height, type, and design of each of the applicant's existing telecommunication towers and the ability of the tower or antenna structure to accommodate additional co-location antennas.
(b) Each application shall include a facility plan. The city will maintain an inventory of all existing and proposed telecommunication facility installations. All applicants shall provide the following information in each:
1. Written description of the type of consumer services each applicant will provide to its customers (cellular, PCS, SMR, ESMR, paging, or other anticipated telecommunication services), the carrier provider, applicant, landowner, and service provider.
2. Provide a list of the applicant's existing telecommunication sites, existing sites to be upgraded or replaced, and proposed facility sites as they are determined and requested within the city.
3. Provide a map of the city which shows the geographic service areas for the provider of the existing and proposed facility sites as they are determined and requested by the provider.
4. The name, address, and telephone number of the officer, agent, and/or employee responsible for the accuracy of the application.
5. Written acknowledgment by the landowner of the leased site that he/she will abide by all applicable terms and conditions of all necessary permits including the conditional use permit.
6. Additional information and analysis:
a. With review of the Planning Commission and the direction of the City Council there may be required visual impact demonstrations, including mock-ups and/or photo montages, screening and painting plans, network maps, alternative site analysis, lists of other nearby wireless telecommunication facilities, or facility design alternatives for the proposed facilities.
b. The City Council may employ, on behalf of the city, an independent technical expert to review technical materials submitted by the applicant or to prepare any technical materials required but not submitted by the applicant. The applicant shall pay the costs of such review and/or independent analysis.
7. The procedure, including the manner of giving notice and the jurisdictional requirements for hearings for conditional use permits required for all towers and facilities as provided herein shall be the same in the case of conditional use permit applications under the City Zoning Code.
(Ord. 386, passed 8-12-02) Penalty, see § 10.99