A. Certificate Of Appropriateness: Applications submitted for a WCF permit within a nationally recognized historic district or within two hundred fifty feet (250') of the boundary of a historic district, must be reviewed by the Pocatello Historic Preservation Commission accompanied by a certificate of appropriateness which is provided to the State Historic Preservation Office.
B. Exclusions:
1. There is an exclusion from FCC National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) review for collocations on existing utility structures including utility poles and electric transmission towers only where the deployment meets specified size limitations and involves no new ground disturbance.
2. There is an exclusion for collocations on utility structures where historic preservation review is currently required under existing rules solely because the structures are more than forty five (45) years old.
3. Collocations on buildings and other nontower structures allow exclusions permitted with the following conditions:
a. There must be an existing antenna on the building or structure;
b. The new antenna must comply with all zoning conditions and historic preservation conditions applicable to existing antennas in the same vicinity that directly mitigate or prevent adverse visual effects, such as camouflage requirements; and
c. The deployment must involve no new ground disturbance.
C. Standards And Regulations: All WCFs shall meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the FAA, the FCC, and any other agencies of the Federal government with the authority to regulate towers and antennas. If such standards and regulations are changed, then the owners of the WCFs governed by this chapter shall bring said WCFs into compliance with the revised standards and regulations within six (6) months of the effective date of the revised standards and regulations, unless a more stringent compliance schedule is mandated by the controlling Federal agency. Failure to bring WCFs into compliance with such revised standards and regulations shall constitute grounds for the removal of the WCF at the owner's expense upon fifteen (15) days' written notice via normal first class mail. Compliance with the Spectrum Act section 6409(a), enacted as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, shall be adhered to.
D. Permitted: Only one WCF shall be permitted on any one utility pole. The antenna shall be either fully concealed within the utility pole or camouflaged to appear to be an integral part of the utility pole. An antenna not flush mounted on the side of the utility pole shall be centered on the top of the utility pole to which it is attached and utilize stealth design. (Ord. 2979, 2016)