These regulations are established to provide for the construction and use of Wireless Telecommunication Facilities in the City. The purpose of these regulations is to balance the competing interests created by the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104, codified at 47 U.S.C. §§151 et seq.) and the interests of the City in regulating Wireless Telecommunication Facilities for the following reasons:
(a) To provide for orderly development within the City;
(b) To protect property values;
(c) To maintain the aesthetic appearance of the City, including, but not limited to, its unique residential character, historic character, unobstructed open spaces and attractive commercial/office areas;
(d) To protect residential properties, open spaces and nonintensive commercial zoning districts which are characteristic of the City from adverse effects of Towers and related Facilities;
(e) To promote collocation of Wireless Telecommunications Facilities in order to decrease the total number of Towers in the City;
(f) To provide for and protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents and visitors of the City; and,
(g) To maintain, where possible, the integrity of the existing zoning regulations contained in the Zoning Ordinance.
The regulations establish a hierarchy of acceptable land areas for the location of Wireless Telecommunication Facilities through the establishment of such as a conditional use in certain zoning districts which determination is dependent upon the location and characteristics of such land areas.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)