The general purpose of this chapter is to regulate the design, placement, and construction of telecommunications facilities in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, while at the same time not unreasonably interfering with the development of the competitive telecommunications marketplace in the City. Specifically, the purposes of this Chapter are:
(a) To regulate the location of towers and other telecommunications facilities in the City;
(b) To protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impact of telecommunications facilities;
(c) To minimize adverse visual impact of telecommunications facilities through careful design, siting, landscaping, and stealth techniques;
(d) To promote and encourage utilization of technological designs that will either eliminate or reduce the need for erection of new tower structures to support telecommunications facilities;
(e) To promote and encourage shared use/co-location of towers and antenna support structures as a primary option to construction of additional single-use towers;
(f) To avoid potential damage to property caused by towers and other telecommunications facilities by ensuring such structures are soundly designed, constructed, and maintained, and are fully removed upon cessation of operation; and
(g) To ensure that telecommunications facilities are compatible with surrounding land uses.
(Ord. 98-132. Passed 9-28-98.)