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Issues: • Existing Regulations: —The zoning ordinance considers antennas owned by telecommunication companies to be accessory uses in the MR-3, C-2, and I districts. The antenna must be located on the roof top, cannot contain advertising, and is a • conditional use if it's over 10 feet. —Amateur radio towers are limited to a height of 70 feet and must be located in the rear yard. —Satellite dishes are treated like accessory buildings unless they're on a roof top. They must be in the rear yard or on a roof top. —Towers owned and operated by telecommunications companies are not conceived of or addressed by the ordinance. • Purpose of Proposed Ordinance: —Provisions to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community while providing for a well designed and efficient communications system. Minimiw.adverse visual effects, avoid potential damage to adjacent properties, maximize the use of existing towers and buildings. • Location for Towers and Antennas: --Antennas permitted as accessory uses in the MR-3, C-1, C-2, C-3, and I districts if no higher than 10 feet; conditional use if over 10 feet. —Antennas permitted as accessory uses with approval from the Community Development Director in a PUD; amend PUD plan if over 10 feet. —Antennas permitted as accessory uses in the R district if church(if camouflaged), park, government, school, utility or institutional site; conditional use if over 10 feet. —Towers as conditional uses in C-2, C-3 and I districts —Towers as conditional uses in the R district if church(if camouflaged), park, government, school, utility or institutional site . • Performance Standards for Towers: —Setbacks in the C-2, C-3 and I districts the same as setbacks for an accessory structure(front=35', rear=8', interior side=3', streetside=25'). Setbacks in the R district same as setbacks for a principal structure (40', 10', 10', 30'). —Additional setback from residential use of 1.5 times the height of the tower. —The Council may reduce the setback to allow integration into an existing structure such as a church steeple. —Allowed only in the rear yard —Maximum height of 150' —No signage — No lighting unless required by FAA or if the tower is designed to be a light fixture. —Neutral color(except when required by the FAA) —Monopole design unless exception given by the Council • Co-location —New towers over 75 feet must be designed to accommodate one additional user(unless height restriction by FAA). —Applications for new towers must show why service can't be provided on an existing building or tower within a one mile radius of the proposed location. —The Council must find one or more of the following reasons for the 1111 company not using an existing structures unwillingness of structure/tower owner, would exceed structural capacity of existing structure, frequency interference, performance or system capacity would be affected.