In addition to any standards for consideration of special use permit applications pursuant to Section 4.4 (Special Use) of the Zoning Ordinance, the Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals shall consider the following factors in determining whether to recommend issuance of a special use permit, although the Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals may waive or reduce the burden on the applicant of 1 or more of these criteria if the Plan Commission/Zoning Board of Appeals concludes that the goals of this chapter are better served thereby:
(A) Height of the proposed tower;
(B) Proximity of the tower to residential structures and residential district boundaries;
(C) Nature of uses on adjacent and nearby properties;
(D) Surrounding topography;
(E) Surrounding tree coverage and foliage;
(F) Design of the tower, with particular reference to design characteristics that have the effect of reducing or eliminating visual obtrusiveness;
(G) Proximity to areas of historic or aesthetically significant structures, views and/or community features;
(H) Buildings, structures, properties or districts located listed with, or determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, or the same listed or deemed eligible by a local historic preservation ordinance;
(I) Areas designated or eligible as scenic, recreational or natural preservation areas or inhabited by threatened or endangered species;
(J) Areas that contain an archeological feature or site or developments that will have adverse effects on the historical character of an archeological feature or site;
(K) Proposed ingress and egress; and
(L) Availability of suitable existing towers, other structures, or alternative technologies not requiring the use of towers or structures, as discussed in § 120.08.
(Ord. CO-2010-006, passed 4-15-2010)