§ 156.27 PERMITTED USES.

   (A)   Permits required. Upon receipt of an antenna installation permit, telecommunications facilities, towers or antennas may be located in the following zoning districts within the city:

      (1)   In M Limited Manufacturing Zoning Districts as a matter of right, provided such towers comply with all of the requirements of §§ 156.28 and 156.29 of this chapter;

      (2)   In B1, B2, B3 and R5 and R6 Districts, as a matter of right, provided the towers comply with all of the conditions §§ 156.28 and 156.29 of this chapter and do not exceed the following height limitations:

         (a)   For a single unaffiliated user, no more than 60 feet in height; and

         (b)   No guy tower shall be located in the B 1, B2, B3 Central Business District or an R5 or R6 District.

      (3)   In residential districts other than R5 and R6 Districts, as a matter of right up to 60 feet in height provided:

         (a)   The tower comply with all of the requirements in § 156.28 of this chapter;

         (b)   The tower are exclusively operated by the residential occupant of the premises on which the tower is located; and

         (c)   The towers are an accessory use to the principal permitted use(s) of the zoning district.

      (4)   In new PUD’s as approved in accordance with the PUD process provided, however, that the standards for the underlying zoning classification shall serve as a basic guideline for approval of all towers exceeding 12 feet in height shall require a change to the PUD as determined by the Director; and

      (5)   The location, construction or installation of any telecommunications facility, tower or antenna exceeding the height limitations permitted by this section may be allowed as a conditional use pursuant to § 156.30 of this chapter.

   (B)   Rooftop installations. Rooftop mounted towers and antennas may be located as a matter of right on any multiple-family dwellings and nonresidential buildings in the city subject to the following requirements:

      (1)   The building is at least 30 feet in height, and the tower and antenna will add no more than a total of 20 feet to the height of the building;

      (2)   The tower or antenna is set back from any existing or planned off-site residential property line a distance of at least two times the full height of the building and the tower and antenna, but in no event less than 100 feet; and

      (3)   The number and location of towers, antennas or other receiving or transmitting devices located on a single structure does not exceed one per 200 square feet of building rooftop and does not adversely affect adjacent properties and views.

(2000 Code, § 15.74.030) (Ord. 2556, § 3, passed - -2001)