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Antennas and Towers Chapter 914 Specific Development Requirements <br /> Page 914-5 <br />Zoning <br />District Satellite Dish <br />Antenna-Private, <br />Mounted on <br />Existing <br />Structure <br />Antenna – <br />Commercial, Mounted <br />on Existing Structure <br />(height of antenna <br />structure shall not <br />exceed 20 feet) <br />Towers – <br />Commercial <br />Towers – <br />Private <br />Floodplain Same as R-1 Same as R-1 Same as C-1 Not Allowed 75 feet <br />Shoreland Same as R-1 Same as R-1 Same as C-1 Not Allowed 75 feet <br />Wetland Same as R-1 Same as R-1 Same as C-1 Not Allowed 75 feet <br /> <br />C. Tower Setbacks. All new towers shall comply with one of the following setback <br />calculations options as measured from the base of the tower to the nearest property line: <br />1. Equal to the height of the tower, including any antenna attachments, plus 5 feet from <br />any residential use, exclusive of the property in question, any residential, business, or <br />public zoning district or any church or school. <br />2. Equal to the specific “fall zone” of the proposed tower as determined and certified by a <br />qualified and licensed professional engineer, but in no event less than the principal <br />structure setback of the base zoning district from all public right-of-way and abutting <br />property lines. <br />D. Use of City Tower Site Preferred. Commercial antennas and towers, regardless of height <br />or size with the exception of satellite dish antennas shall connect to and use the City Tower <br />Site(s) if use of such facilities is technically feasible. Certification by a professional radio <br />frequency engineer is required to demonstrate that a particular tower site is not technically <br />feasible when antenna site is proposed. <br />E. General Standards. The following standards shall apply to all cellular telephone, public <br />utility, microwave, radio and television broadcast transmitting, radio and television <br />receiving, satellite dish and short-wave radio transmitting and receiving antenna and <br />towers: <br />1. All antennas and towers shall be in compliance with all City building and electrical <br />code requirements and as applicable shall require related permits. <br />2. Towers shall be certified by a qualified and licensed professional engineer to conform <br />to the latest structural standards and wind loading requirements of the Uniform <br />Building Code and the Electronics Industry Association. <br />3. With the exception of necessary electric and telephone service and connection lines <br />approved by the Issuing Authority, no part of any antenna or tower nor any lines, cable, <br />equipment or wires or braces in connection with either shall at any time extend across <br />or over any part of the right-of-way, public street, highway, sidewalk, or property line. <br />4. All signal and remote-control conductors of low energy extending substantially <br />horizontally above the ground between a tower or antenna and a structure, or between <br />towers, shall be at least 8 feet above the ground at all points, unless buried <br />underground. <br />5. Every tower affixed to the ground shall be protected to discourage climbing of the <br />tower by unauthorized persons. <br />6. All towers shall be constructed to conform with the requirements of the Occupational <br />Safety and Health Administration.