§ 88-385-06. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

88-385-06-A. SCREENING

Visual screening must be provided around all equipment buildings and cabinets and ground-level portion of the wireless communication facility. Screening may be accomplished by visual barrier fence or landscaping, or both. Landscaping must provide screening throughout all seasons.

88-385-06-B. LIGHTING

Only basic security lighting is permitted. Lighting may not result in glare on the adjacent properties. A lighting ring chart may be provided as part of the plan submitted for approval of any facility. This requirement does not preclude the use of light poles, athletic field light structures or other sources of light from being used to disguise or to support wireless communications facilities. Lighting required by federal authorities including the Federal Communications Commission of the Federal Aviation Administration are recognized as superseding local requirements for lighting when the requirements are inconsistent.

88-385-06-C. SIGNS

A wireless communications facility may not have signage for business identification or advertising attached or incorporated into the facility except for a sign no larger than 12 inches by 18 inches that contains the name of the operator, an emergency telephone number and the site name/number. This prohibition does not preclude the use of existing signs or billboards from being used to disguise or to support wireless communications facilities. This prohibition is not intended to supersede any requirement by the Federal Communications Commission or other appropriate agency for identification signs.

88-385-06-D. COLOR AND MATERIALS

The color of a wireless communications facility should be a neutral shade. However, a wireless communications facility shall be painted to match structures to which the facility is attached or to which it is made a part in an effort to disguise the facility. Color schemes required by federal authorities, including the Federal Communications Commission or the Federal Aviation Administration are recognized as superseding local requirements for color when the requirements are inconsistent. The design of the facility shall use building materials, textures, screening and/or landscaping to effectively blend the facility into the surrounding setting and built environment.

88-385-06-E. EQUIPMENT BUILDINGS OR CABINETS

Buildings or cabinets shall be properly maintained, and provide the appearance of a permanent structure. Buildings or cabinets shall be consistent with the built environment around the facility to maximize the blending of the facility into the environment.

88-385-06-F. ACCESS ROADS

Access roads shall meet requirements of 88-420-15-C. Interior limited access drives on sites zoned M, AG-R, or R-80 with a minimum of 3 acres may be constructed of gravel or other non-asphalt or non-concrete approved surface if the following provisions are met:

a.

Any access road must be paved for the first 25 feet from the right-of-way.

b.

The surface of the access road must meet the requirements of 88-420-15-M.

88-385-06-G. REMOVAL OF FACILITIES

1.

REMOVAL OF UNUSED FACILITIES

Any wireless communications facility no longer used for its original communications purpose shall be removed at the owner's or permit holder's expense. The owner or permit holder shall provide a copy to the city of any federally required notice of intent to cease operations. This notification shall be provided to the city planning and development director. The owner or permit holder shall have 90 days in which to remove the facility from the date operations cease. In the case of multiple operators sharing a single facility, this provision shall not become effective until all users cease operations.

2.

PUBLIC NUISANCE DECLARED

Any wireless communications facility unused for more than 90 days as part of an operating wireless communications system but not removed in accordance with the requirements of this section is declared a public nuisance. The director of neighborhood and community services will enforce this declaration of nuisance pursuant to the terms of chapter 48 "Nuisances," Code of Ordinances.

(Ord. No. 120783, § 1, 10-4-2012; Ord. No. 170360 , §§ 1, 2, 6-15-2017)