Unless otherwise approved by the city in order to prevent an effective prohibition of service in accordance with federal regulations, as applicable, no person shall locate or maintain a facility, pole, tower, or support structure, except in accordance with the following design standards:
(A) All facilities shall be located and designed so as to minimize visual impact on surrounding properties and from rights-of-way.
(B) All new or replacement poles, towers, or support structures placed in the rights-of-way shall be the same color, shape, material, and general height as those existing poles, towers or support structures adjacent to the location of the new or replacement pole, tower, or support structure.
(C) All coaxial, fiber-optic, or other cabling and wires shall be contained inside any new or replacement tower, pole, or support structure. On existing poles, towers, or support structures, or new wooden poles, where it is impossible to place wiring inside the pole, tower or support structure, all coaxial, fiber-optic, or other cabling and wires shall be flush-mounted and covered with a metal, plastic, or similar material matching the color of the pole, tower or support structure. All coaxial, fiber-optic, or other cabling and wires shall be contained inside any new tower, support structure or pole placed in the rights-of-way.
(D) No tower shall be placed in the rights-of-way within 250 feet on the same street of an existing tower. Replacing an existing tower with a tower, or a lighted pole with another lighted pole housing wireless facilities, in the same location shall not violate this provision.
(E) All new towers, support structures and poles should be located on the same side of the street as existing towers, poles, or support structures. However, this does not preclude an applicant from locating its wireless facilities on existing lighted poles under a decommissioning agreement in which the applicant takes ownership of the lighted pole.
(F) The centerline of any new pole, support structure or tower shall be aligned with the centerline of adjacent poles or trees, unless the new structure’s height conflicts with overhead power utility lines. Replacing an existing pole, support structure, or tower with another pole, support structure, or tower in the same location shall not violate this provision.
(G) All new poles, towers, support structures or facilities proposed to be fronting a dwelling shall be placed on property lines, unless it would obstruct sight distance at driveways or other accesses to roadways. In those instances where placement of a new pole, support structure, tower, or facilities on the property line would obstruct sight distance, the pole, support structure or tower, or facilities shall be placed in such a location as to prevent the obstruction of sight distance at driveways or other accesses to roadways. Replacing an existing pole, support structure, tower or facility with a pole, support structure, tower, or facility in the same location shall not violate this provision.
(H) New poles, support structures, towers, or facilities shall not be placed in front of store front windows, walkways, entrances or exits, or in such a way that would impede deliveries. Replacing an existing pole, support structure, tower, or facility with a pole, support structure, tower, or facility in the same location shall not violate this provision.
(I) No new poles, support structures or towers shall be placed in front of driveways, entrances, or walkways. Replacing an existing pole, support structure, or tower with a pole, support structure, or tower in the same location shall not violate this provision.
(J) No applicant shall locate or maintain a pole, support structure, tower, or equipment associated with a wireless facility, as to interfere with the health of a tree.
(K) In areas where the undergrounding of utilities has occurred, but lighted poles are present, the applicant shall locate its wireless facilities on existing lighted poles or seek to decommission the lighted pole to replace it with a lighted pole to house its wireless facilities.
(L) If the applicant elects to decommission an existing lighted pole in order to install a wireless facility in its location, the applicant shall comply with this chapter including these aesthetic standards, and any decommissioning agreement between the applicant and the city or its equivalent.
(M) In those locations where the undergrounding of utilities has occurred, all facilities shall be placed underground.
(N) No equipment associated with any facility shall impede, obstruct, or hinder ADA access, or pedestrian or vehicular access, or block driveways, entrances, or walkways. The installation of new ground furniture is prohibited.
(O) To protect the health and safety of the public from the harms of noise pollution, all facilities shall have a low noise profile.
(P) Within 21 calendar days from the date the operator receives notice thereof, operator shall remove all graffiti on any of its facilities located in the rights-of-way.
(Q) All facilities, poles, towers, and support structures shall comply with such additional design standards as may be set forth in any written policies or guidelines issued by the city.
(R) All poles, towers, support structures, and other lines and equipment installed or erected by grantee under this chapter shall be located so as to minimize any interference with the proper use of the rights-of-way with the rights and reasonable convenience of property owners whose property adjoins or abuts any affected rights-of-way. Subject to applicable codes, overhead drops shall be as close as possible to other utility drops in order to concentrate the drops in as small an area as possible to minimize visual clutter and interference with the use of private property.
(Ord. 22-08, passed 4-12-22)