The purposes of this chapter are to:
(A) Provide for the appropriate location and development of communication towers and antennas to serve the residents and businesses of the city;
(B) Minimize adverse visual effects of towers and antennas through careful design, sitting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging techniques;
(C) Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through engineering and careful sitting of tower structures;
(D) Lessen traffic effects on surrounding residential areas;
(E) Maximize use of any new existing telecommunications facilities and towers and minimize the total number of facilities and towers throughout the city;
(F) Maximize and encourage use of alternative tower structures as a primary option and discourage the construction of additional single-use towers; and
(G) Encourage and promote the location of new telecommunications facilities and towers in areas which are not zoned for residential use.
(2000 Code, § 15.74.010) (Ord. 2556, § 1, passed - -2001)