The city desires to promote cleanly organized and streamlined facilities using the smallest and least intrusive means available to provide wireless telecommunications services to the community. All wireless telecommunications facilities in the public rights-of-way must comply with all applicable provisions in this chapter. In the event that any other law, regulation or code requires any more restrictive design and/or construction requirements, the most restrictive requirement will control.
(A) Preferred facility location.
(1) All applicants must, to the extent feasible, propose new wireless telecommunications facilities in locations according to the following preferences, ordered from most preferred to least preferred:
(a) Within or abutting commercial or manufacturing zones not requiring any modifications to the existing location of any infrastructure or landscaping;
(b) Within or abutting commercial or manufacturing zones requiring only minor alterations to the existing infrastructure or landscaping (including planter size);
(c) Within or abutting an agricultural zone;
(d) Within or abutting a public faculties zone;
(e) Abutting sensitive uses, such as historical sites, schools, daycare facilities, playgrounds, etc.;
(f) Within or abutting residential zones;
(2) No new facility may be placed in a less appropriate location unless the applicant demonstrates that no more appropriate location can feasibly serve the area the facility is intended to serve, provided that the city may authorize a facility to be established in a less appropriate location if doing so is necessary to prevent substantial aesthetic impacts.
(B) Preferred antenna location.
(1) All applicants must, to the extent feasible, propose antennas in locations according to the following preferences, ordered from most preferred to least preferred:
(a) On an existing utility pole;
(b) On an existing street light;
(c) On new vertical infrastructure that is not replacing existing vertical infrastructure. An exception shall be required to place new vertical infrastructure within the rights-of-way.
(2) No new antennas may be placed in a less appropriate location unless the applicant demonstrates that no more appropriate location can feasibly serve the area the antennas are intended to serve, provided that the city may authorize antennas to be established in a less appropriate location if doing so is necessary to prevent substantial aesthetic impacts.
(C) Preferred equipment location.
(1) All applicants must, to the extent feasible, propose equipment in locations according to the following preferences, ordered from most preferred to least preferred:
(a) Within a below-grade equipment vault, vault must be flush with grade;
(b) Mounted on the subject vertical infrastructure;
(c) In an existing ground-mounted (grade-level) equipment cabinet or enclosure, with no expansion or additional cabinets to be added;
(d) Within a new equipment cabinet or enclosure mounted at grade. An exception shall be required to place a new equipment cabinet or enclosure mounted at grade.
(2) No new equipment may be placed in a less appropriate location unless the applicant demonstrates that no more appropriate equipment location can feasibly serve the facility, provided that the city may authorize equipment to be established in a less appropriate location if doing so is necessary to prevent substantial aesthetic impacts.
(D) Exception required. Wireless telecommunications facilities are strongly disfavored in certain areas. Therefore, the following locations are permitted only when an exception has been granted pursuant to § 157.05(B).
(1) Within center medians;
(2) Along Telegraph Road;
(3) Mounted on bridges;
(4) Mounted on traffic signals;
(5) Mounted on new vertical infrastructure that is not replacing existing vertical infrastructure; and
(6) New equipment cabinet or enclosure mounted at grade.
(E) No interference with public rights-of-way. In no case shall any part of a wireless telecommunications facility alter vehicular circulation or parking within the public rights-of-way, nor shall it impede vehicular and/or pedestrian access or visibility along any public right-of-way. No permittee shall locate or maintain wireless telecommunications facilities to unreasonably interfere with the use of city property or the public rights-of-way by the city, by the general public or by other persons authorized to use or be present in or upon the public rights-of-way. Unreasonable interference includes disruption to vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic on city property or the public rights-of-way, interference with public utilities, and any such other activities that will present a hazard to public health, safety or welfare when alternative methods of construction would result in less disruption. All such facilities shall be moved by the permittee, at the permittee's cost, temporarily or permanently, as determined by the Director of Public Works or Director of Planning.
(Ord. 1090, passed 9-28-17)