Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/08/2015

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(2) Commercial wireless telecommunication service towers shall be of a monopole design unless the city council determines that an alternative design is preferred in cases where structural or design considerations, neighborhood compatibility, location availability, or the number of potential collocations warrants this consideration. (3) All towers must be designed so that the tower site and setbacks will contain guyed wires, debris, and the tower in the event of a collapse, except towers of monopole design. (i) Tower bulk standards. Towers shall conform with each of the following requirements: (1) No part of any communication antenna or tower, equipment, guyed wires, or braces shall at any time extend across or over any part of the public right-of-way, public street, highway, sidewalk, or recreation trail. (i) (k) (1) (2) In business and industrial zoning districts, towers shall meet the setbacks of the underlying zoning district with the exception of industrial zoning districts, where towers may encroach into the side or rear setback area, provided that the side or rear property line abuts another nonresidential zoned property and the tower does not encroach upon any easements. When adjacent to a residential district, the tower must meet the setback equal to the height of the tower plus ten feet or the setbacks of the underlying zoning district, whichever is greater. (3) Towers constructed within the Tower Overlay and Public/Quasi-Public Zoning Districts shall maintain a minimum setback equal to the height of the tower plus ten feet from any lot line. (4) Towers shall not be located between a principal structure and a public street, with the following exceptions: a. In industrial zoning districts, towers may be placed within a side yard abutting an internal industrial street. (5) b. On sites adjacent to public streets on all sides, towers may be placed within a side yard abutting a local street. The setback shall be measured between the base of the tower located nearest the property line and the actual property line. (6) A towers setback may be reduced or its location in relation to a public street varied, at the sole discretion of the city council, to allow the integration of a tower into an existing or proposed structure such as a church steeple, light standard, power line support device, or similar structure. (7) The height of a communication tower shall not exceed 100 feet. (8) Multi-user towers may exceed the height requirements as stated in this section by up to an additional 20 feet provided that two additional users, as stated in subsection (f) of this section, have collocated their antennas on the monopole structure. A tower extension requires an amended conditional use permit. The city council may increase the height of a tower if the applicant is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the city council that the surrounding topography, structures, vegetation, and other factors make the height limit for a complying tower impractical. Tower lighting. Towers shall not be illuminated by artificial means and shall not display strobe lights unless such lighting is specifically required by the Federal Aviation Administration or other federal or state authority for a particular tower, or if required by the city council for safety reasons. When incorporated into the approved design of the tower, light fixtures used to illuminate ball fields, parking lots, or similar areas may be attached to the tower. Signs and advertising. The use of any portion of a tower for signs other than warning or equipment information signs is prohibited. Accessory utility buildings. All utility buildings and structures accessory to a tower shall be architecturally designed to blend in with the surrounding environment and shall meet the minimum setback requirements of the underlying zoning district. Ground -mounted equipment shall be screened from view by suitable vegetation, except where a design of non -vegetative screening better reflects (9) t;64