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F. Accessory and Secondary Use Antennas. The following standards shall apply to all accessory and secondary use antennas including radio and television receiving antennas, satellite dishes, short -wave radio dispatching antennas, or those necessary for the operation of electronic equipment including radio receivers, federally licensed amateur radio stations and television receivers: 1. Accessory or secondary use antennas shall not be erected in any required yard (except a rear yard) or within public or private utility and drainage easements, and shall be setback a minimum of three (3) feet from all lot lines. 2. Guy wires or guy wire anchors shall not be erected within public or private utility and drainage easements, and shall be set back a minimum of one (1) foot from all lot lines. G. Accessory Utility Buildings. All utility buildings and structures accessory to a tower shall be architecturally designed to blend in within the surrounding environment to the maximum extent possible and shall meet the minimum accessory building setback requirements of the underlying zoning district. All utility buildings and ground mounted equipment shall be screened from view by the use of suitable vegetation, except where the City finds that a design for non- vegetative screening better reflects and compliments the architectural character of the surrounding neighborhood. Lighting on accessory utility buildings shall be limited only to that which is needed for security purposes. All exterior lighting shall be diffused or directed away from all property lines and public right -of -way. The direct source of light shall not be visible from any abutting property or the public right -of -way. H. Obsolete or Unused Towers and Antennas. All obsolete or unused towers or portions thereof and accompanying accessory facilities shall be removed within twelve (12) months of the cessation of operations at the site unless a time extension is approved by the City Council. To ensure the removal of obsolete and unused towers or portions thereof and antennas, the applicant shall, prior to the issuance of a building permit, submit a performance bond or letter of credit in an amount sufficient to cover the removal costs of the tower, antennas and accessory facilities. After the removal of the facilities, the site shall be restored to its original or an improved state. If the underlying property has sufficient value as determined in the sole discretion of the City Council, the applicant may substitute the following for the performance bond/letter of credit requirement: An agreement in recordable form between the property owner and the City whereby the property owner acknowledges that in the event the applicant, its successors or assigns does not remove obsolete or unused towers and/or antennas within the affected time frame, then the existence of same will be considered a nuisance by the City. Abatement will occur pursuant to Little Canada ordinance requirements with all costs of removal of the facilities in question to be assessed to the property owner. Property owner must further agree to waive any and all rights to contest or appeal this proceeding. I. Conditional Use Permits. Commercial antennas may be located on existing public utility structures by conditional use permit in all zoning districts, as regulated by Section 921 of the Little Canada Zoning Ordinance, provided that: 1. The existing public utility structure is no less than fifty feet in height. 2. Equipment buildings are located within the perimeter footprint of the existing utility structure. 3. Equipment buildings, if not located within the perimeter footprint to the existing utility structure, are located in no required yard of any lot other than the required rear yard, and are fully screened with evergreen landscape materials. - 1 0 0 -