(a) Conditionally Permitted Use. A Wireless Telecommunication Tower may be permitted as a conditional use upon approval by the Planning Commission through submission of an application to the Planning Director, provided the applicant demonstrates compliance with each of the Collocation requirements in subsection (b) Collocation, below, the applicable conditionally permitted use regulations of the zoning district in which the Wireless Telecommunication Tower is proposed to be located, as well as the standards set forth in Section 1146.05
of this chapter.
(b) Collocation.
(1) The applicant must demonstrate that there is no Technically Suitable space for the applicant's Antenna(s) and related Facilities reasonably available on an existing Tower, building or structure within the geographic area to be served. With the application, the applicant shall list the location of every Tower, building or structure that could support the proposed Antenna(s) or area where it would be Technically Suitable to locate so as to allow it to serve its intended function. The applicant must demonstrate that a Technically Suitable location is not reasonably available on an existing Tower, building or structure. If another existing Tower, building or structure is Technically Suitable, the applicant must demonstrate that it has requested to Collocate on the existing Tower, building or structure and the Collocation request was rejected by the owner of the Tower, building or structure. In all circumstances, owners of existing Towers shall promptly respond in writing to requests for Collocation, but in no event shall they respond more than thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of a written request for Collocation. If another Tower, building or structure is Technically Suitable, the applicant must further show that it has offered to allow the owner of that other Tower, building or structure to Collocate an Antenna(s) on another Tower, building or structure within the City which is owned or controlled by the applicant, if any, on reasonably reciprocal terms and the offer was not accepted.
(2) All applicants for construction or erection of Wireless Telecommunication Towers shall be required to construct on a base Tower structure foundation that is designed to be buildable up to, but not including, two hundred (200) feet above grade. Such structure shall be designed to have sufficient structural loading capacity to accommodate three (3) Antenna platforms or Antenna arrays of equal loading capacity for three (3) separate providers of service to be located on the structure when constructed to the maximum allowable height. The Wireless Telecommunication Facility shall also be designed to show that the applicant has enough space on its site plan for an Equipment Shelter large enough to accommodate at least three (3) separate users of the Facility.
(3) If an Equipment Shelter is initially constructed to accommodate one (1) user, space shall be reserved on site for Equipment Shelter expansions to accommodate up to at least three (3) separate users. Agreement to the provisions of this subsection must be included in the applicant's lease with the landowner, if different from the owner/user of the Tower.
Written documentation must be presented to the Planning Director evidencing that the landowner of the property on which the Tower is to be located has agreed to the terms of this subsection. As an additional condition of issuing a conditional use permit, the owner/user shall respond in writing to any inquiries regarding Collocation of another user of the Facility within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written inquiry. Copies of all written requests to Collocate and all written responses shall be sent to the Planning Director and the Planning Commission.
(c) Accessory Use. The installation of a Wireless Telecommunication Antenna(s) where the construction or erection of a Tower is not proposed by the applicant, shall be a conditionally permitted accessory use on existing structures, other than buildings, (such as steeples, smokestacks, towers, etc.) provided that the Antenna shall be obscure from views from neighboring properties, public rights-of-way, and other public areas and all electronic and relay equipment for the Antenna shall be housed within the existing structure or an existing building on the same lot.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)