10-17-7 Location Of Wireless Telecommunications Facilities

A. Applicants for wireless telecommunications facilities shall locate, site and erect said facilities in accordance with the zone use and area regulations contained in section 10-12-1 and 10-12-2. B. Applicants for wireless telecommunications facilities shall locate, site, and erect said facilities in accordance with the following priorities, one (1) being the highest priority and five (5) being the lowest priority. 1. On existing City-owned structures or facilities without increasing the height of the structure being attached to; 2. On other existing towers or other structures without increasing the height of the tower or structure being attached to in areas designated as industrial or commercial; 3. On city-owned property. 4. On or adjacent to electric power line transmission towers; 5. On other property in the City not zoned residential. C. Telecommunications towers shall be excluded from all residential land use areas. D. An applicant may not bypass sites of higher priority by stating the site proposed is the only site leased or selected. An application shall address co-location as an option. If such option is not proposed, the applicant must explain to the reasonable satisfaction of the City Planning Commission why co-location is commercially or otherwise impracticable. Agreements between providers limiting or prohibiting colocation shall not be a valid basis for any claim of commercial impracticability or hardship. E. The applicant shall submit a written report demonstrating the applicant’s review of the above locations in order of priority, demonstrating the technological reason for the site selection. If appropriate, based on selecting a site of lower priority, a detailed written explanation as to why sites of a higher priority were not selected shall be included with the application. F. Notwithstanding that a potential site may be situated in an area of highest priority or highest available priority, the City Planning Commission may disapprove an application for any of the following reasons. 1. Conflict with safety and safety-related codes and requirements; 2. Conflict with the nature or character of a neighborhood or historical district; 3. Conflicts with the provisions of this ordinance; 4. Any development in a slope overlay zone shall comply with 10-11-3. 5. There will be no development on mountaintops or ridgelines. 6. There will be no development within 200 feet of wetlands or where storm water drainage emanates from the site or site development that will cause undue impact on a wetland.