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Antennas and Towers Chapter 914 Specific Development Requirements <br /> Page 914-7 <br />requirements of the underlying zoning district. All utility buildings and ground mounted <br />equipment shall be screened from view by the use of suitable vegetation, except where the <br />City finds that a design for non-vegetative screening better reflects and compliments the <br />architectural character of the surrounding neighborhood. Lighting on accessory utility <br />buildings shall be limited only to that which is needed for security purposes. All exterior <br />lighting shall be diffused or directed away from all property lines and public right-of-way. <br />The direct source of light shall not be visible from any abutting property or the public <br />right-of-way. <br />H. Obsolete or Unused Towers and Antennas. All obsolete or unused towers or portions <br />thereof and accompanying accessory facilities shall be removed within 12 months of the <br />cessation of operations at the site unless a time extension is approved by the City Council. <br /> <br />To ensure the removal of obsolete and unused towers or portions thereof and antennas, the <br />applicant shall, prior to the issuance of a building permit, submit a performance bond or <br />letter of credit in an amount sufficient to cover the removal costs of the tower, antennas <br />and accessory facilities. <br /> <br />After the removal of the facilities, the site shall be restored to its original or an improved <br />state. If the underlying property has sufficient value as determined in the sole discretion of <br />the City Council, the applicant may substitute the following for the performance <br />bond/letter of credit requirement: An agreement in recordable form between the property <br />owner and the City whereby the property owner acknowledges that in the event the <br />applicant, its successors or assigns does not remove obsolete or unused towers and/or <br />antennas within the affected time frame, then the existence of same will be considered a <br />nuisance by the City. <br /> <br />Abatement will occur pursuant to Little Canada ordinance requirements with all costs of <br />removal of the facilities in question to be assessed to the property owner. Property owner <br />must further agree to waive any and all rights to contest or appeal this proceeding. <br />I. Conditional Use Permits. Commercial antennas may be located on existing public utility <br />structures by Conditional Use Permit in all zoning districts, as regulated by Chapter 917 of <br />this Ordinance, provided that: <br />1. The existing public utility structure is no less than fifty (50) feet in height. <br />2. Equipment buildings are located within the perimeter footprint of the existing utility <br />structure. <br />3. Equipment buildings, if not located within the perimeter footprint to the existing utility <br />structure, are located in no required yard of any lot other than the required rear yard, <br />and are fully screened with evergreen landscape materials. <br />4. Equipment buildings, if located in a residential district, shall also be constructed in <br />such a way as to resemble residential accessory buildings in the immediate area which <br />meet residential building materials standards, and are either white or natural in exterior <br />color <br />5. The proposed use and structures are found to be compatible architecturally and <br />functionally with the neighborhood in which they are located. <br />6. The proposed use complies with the General Standards of Sub-Section E, above. <br />(Source: Ordinance 661. Amended 688, 696, 700, 704, 744, 756, 762, 789, 802, 830, 832)