ORD 2025-055 2024-2026 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

(3) No minimum lot size shall be required for the placement of telecommunication towers within the V, CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG and CDH zoning districts. The minimum lot size may be reduced, upon finding that the issuance of a variance by the director will not result in adverse impacts, including but not limited to noise, light, glare, visual, drainage, or other detrimental effects to adjacent properties. (d) Except when located within the V, CN, CG, CV, MCX, ML, MG, or CDH districts, a telecommunication tower shall be set back from every property line by a distance not less than one hundred and twenty percent of the tower height as measured from the ground level and not less than six hundred feet from any residence or school. (e) Fencing and Safety Measures. Telecommunication towers must be enclosed by fencing a minimum of six feet in height, and towers must be equipped with an anti - climbing device. [(-c-)] (f) The tower, together with the initial antennas or other equipment proposed to be installed thereon, shall [have ^ hard s abil ty f r sustained winds of at leas one hundr-ed miles per-houn]: (1) Comply with the building code; and (2) Where feasible, be equipped with: (A) A redundant power suppler capable of providing sufficient power for no less than twenty-four hours; and (B) Secondary data transmission capabilities that can support mass notification messaging during a disaster. (g) The telecommunication antennas and tower shall comply with all applicable rules, regulations and requirements of affected agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration and Federal Communications Commission. All exterior lighting, except safety beacons required by the FAA, shall be: (1) Fully shielded so that the bulb is not visible from any point above the height of the bulb; and (2) Turned off when human activity is not occurring in the lighted area. (h) Should any state or federally listed or endangered species be found on the subject property, he applicant shall comply with all applicable requirements of Department of Land and Natural Resources -Division of Forestry and Wildlife and/or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (i) Within one hundred twenty days of the permanent abandonment of the tower, the applicant shall remove the tower and its antenna and accessory structures (including the equipment building and the fence), down to, but not including the concrete foundation. The applicant shall immediately provide written notification to the director of the termination of the telecommunication tower and related improvements and the removal of all structures. (i) The director may require any conditions or changes in the location and design of telecommunication antennas and towers necessary to can out the purposes of this chapter and the natural beauty chapter of the general plan. These conditions or changes may include but not be limited to requiring stealth design (e.g., monopine, monopalm) in order to reduce visual impacts to surrounding properties. If the proposed site is located within an area of natural beauty as designated by the