7-7-403 Provisions Applicable to All Communications Facilities

7-7-403. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES.

(1) Building Permit Required. No Communications Facility shall be constructed unless a building permit is obtained from the City and the consent of the property Owner is obtained.

(2) Engineering Review. Each application for a permit to construct a Communications Facility shall be certified by a licensed professional engineer that the design of the facility meets all applicable standards for the facility, including, but not limited to: electrical safety, material and design integrity, seismic safety, etc. For Communications Towers, the professional engineer shall also certify that the tower meets acceptable design criteria or standards to withstand wind and other weather damage. In all cases, the certification shall indicate whether or not the facility will interfere with any other communications service.

a. No permit to construct a Communications Facility shall be approved if the operation of the facility will interfere with emergency or Airport Communications.

b. Communications Facilities shall be located and shall operate in such a manner as to minimize or eliminate Interference with communications other than emergency or Airport. Such communications include Commercial, private, and governmental communications.

(4) All power lines on the Lot to the Building and the Communications Facility shall be underground.

(5) Fencing Required. Free standing Communications Facilities shall be surrounded by a Fence that is at least six feet high and constructed out of a material appropriate to the location of the facility. Antennas that are roof or wall mounted shall be secured from access in a manner appropriate to the location.

(6) No climbing pegs shall be permitted on the lower twenty (20) feet of all Communications Towers.

(7) Public Rights-of-Way. No Communications Facility shall overhang, encroach upon, or block a public Right-of-way or public Sidewalk.

(8) Before submitting a building permit or Conditional Use application to construct or operate a Communications Facility, the Applicant must submit a master plan identifying existing facilities and the locations of facilities anticipated in the future. The master plan should also identify the number and location of facilities necessary to provide service within the City for the next ten years based on projected population growth and Development.

(9) Guyed and Lattice Towers are prohibited. Notwithstanding this prohibition, Communications Facilities may be co-located on legally existing Guyed and Lattice Towers.

(10) No Communications Facility shall be located on a Lot where a residential Building exists unless the proposed facility is a Stealth facility and the Lot is a Community Use.

(11) A Communications Facility identified as a Conditional Use shall be processed as a Permitted Use instead of a Conditional Use if it meets the following criteria:

a. Each individual antenna, excluding associated equipment, is no more than three cubic feet in volume;

b. All antennas on the Communications Facility, excluding associated equipment, total no more than six cubic feet in volume; and

c. All other wireless equipment associated with the Structure total no more than 36 cubic feet in volume.

Communications Facilities processed as Permitted Uses pursuant to this subsection (11) are permitted only in zones where Communications Facilities are a Permitted or Conditional Use.

(12) The following table lists the zones in which Communications Facilities are Permitted (P), Conditional (C), and prohibited (X) Uses:

Zone	Stealth	Stealth on a Community Use	Wall Mount	Roof Mount	Monopole	Co-Located Tower
Agricultural Zones	P	P	P	P	C	C
Residential Zones except RB	X	P	X	X	X	X
RB	P	P	C	C	X	X
CC	P	P	X	X	X	X
C-1	P	P	C	C	X	X
C-2, C-3, BRP and MXD	P	P	C	C	C	C
LI and M	P	P	P	P	P	P