§ 4-6. General standards and design requirements.

4-6.1.

Design:

A.

Wireless support structures:

1.

Shall be engineered and constructed to accommodate a minimum number of co-locations, based upon their height: Support structures 60 to 100 feet high shall be designed to support at least two telecommunications providers;

a.

Support structures greater than 100 feet but less than 150 feet shall be designed to support at least three telecommunications providers;

b.

Support structures 150 feet or taller shall be designed to support at least four telecommunications carriers.

2.

The equipment compound area surrounding the wireless support structure must be of sufficient size to accommodate accessory equipment for the proposed number of telecommunications providers.

3.

Upon request of the applicant, the Planning Commission may waive the requirement that new wireless support structures accommodate the co-location of other service providers, if it finds that co-location at the site is not essential to the public interest or that the construction of a shorter support structure with fewer antennas will promote community compatibility.

B.

Concealed wireless facilities: Shall be designed to accommodate the co-location of other antennas, whenever economically and technically feasible. Antennas must be enclosed, camouflaged, screened, obscured, or otherwise not readily apparent to a casual observer.

C.

Monopole or replacement pole: Such poles shall be permitted within utility easements or rights-of-way, in accordance with the following requirements:

1.

The utility easement or right-of-way shall be at least 100 feet wide.

2.

The easement or right-of-way shall contain overhead utility transmission and/or distribution structures that are 80 feet or greater in height.

3.

Monopoles and the accessory equipment shall be set back a minimum of 15 feet from all boundaries of the easement or right-of-way.

4.

The height of the monopole or replacement pole may not exceed by more than 30 feet the height of existing utility support structures. Due to these height restrictions, single-carrier monopoles may be used within utility easements and rights-of-way.

5.

Poles that use the structure of a utility tower for support are permitted. Such poles may extend up to 20 feet above the height of the utility tower.

4-6.2.

Setbacks: Unless otherwise stated herein, each wireless support structure shall be set back from all property lines a distance equal to its engineered fall zone or, if there is no engineered fall zone, 150 percent of its height.

4-6.3.

Height: For non-residential areas, no new tower or co-location shall exceed 199 feet above grade or preconstruction ground level. For residential areas, new wireless telecommunications towers or co-locations taller than the building height limit in zoned residential districts or taller than 100 feet in unzoned residential districts are prohibited. The term "residential district" includes residential zoning districts, residential subdivisions, group housing developments, unzoned housing clusters, manufactured home parks, and recreation vehicle parks.

4-6.4.

Aesthetics:

A.

Lighting and marking: Wireless facilities or wireless support structures shall not be lighted or marked, unless required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

B.

Signage: Signs located at the wireless facility shall be limited to ownership and contact information, FCC antenna registration number (if required), and any other information as required by government regulation. Commercial advertising is strictly prohibited.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Ordinance shall prohibit signage that is approved for other uses on property on which wireless facilities are located, such as approved signage at locations on which concealed facilities are located.

4-6.5.

Accessory equipment: Accessory equipment, including any buildings, cabinets, or shelters, shall be used only to house equipment and other supplies in support of the operation of the wireless facility or wireless support structure. Any equipment not used in direct support of such operation shall not be stored on the site.

4-6.6.

Fencing: The Planning Director or designee may require that ground-mounted accessory equipment and wireless support structures shall be secured and enclosed with a green or black vinyl-clad chain link fence that is at least six feet high.. If requested by the applicant, the Planning Director or designee may approve alternative fence types and security features, such as a privacy fence, barbed-wire topping, or may waive the fencing requirement, if it is deemed that a fence is not appropriate or needed at the proposed location.

(Ord. of 1-13-14(3))