Chapter 18.41 (Wireless Communication Facilities)

All facilities shall be designed and operated to conform to the minimum noise standards contained in Chapter 9.10 (Noise Control) of the Portola Valley Municipal Code.

Except for emergency repairs, testing and maintenance activities that will be audible beyond the property line shall only occur between the hours of eight a.m. and five-thirty p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

The back-up power system shall be capable of running the facility for at least forty-eight hours.

The permittee or any future owner of a tower facility shall allow for co-location of up to two additional wireless carriers on the facility, if so required by the planning commission based on the specific site conditions and application analyses.

If, after facility installation, the applicable provisions are modified to be more restrictive, the facility operator shall have one hundred twenty days from the effective date of the change to be in compliance with the more restrictive standards.

In particular, use permits for wireless facilities in any utility undergrounding district established by the town shall be limited to an initial life of five years.

If a conditional use permit is granted, the minimum permit life shall be ten years unless a shorter life is allowed for under controlling federal or state of California standards and regulations.

When no longer in service for a continuous period of ninety days, the facility shall be subject to discontinuance of use provisions and procedures set forth in Section 18.41.110B. of this chapter.

Any facility in a public right-of-way shall be subject to encroachment permit requirements of the public works director.

No above ground equipment enclosure shall exceed a total of four feet in height, six feet in width and six feet in length.

No above ground equipment enclosure shall exceed a total of four feet in height, six feet in width and six feet in length.

No above ground equipment enclosure shall exceed a total of four feet in height, six feet in width and six feet in length.

Within ten days of permit issuance, permittee shall deliver to town an insurance certificate for general commercial liability that names the town of Portola Valley as an additional insured in an amount of at least one million dollars in coverage per occurrence per installation in the public right-of-way.

Minor wireless permits shall have a permit life of one year, unless a longer time period is specified by applicable federal or state law, subject to an annual renewal by the director of building and planning.

No new pole, however, shall be permitted in an area designated as a utility undergrounding district, unless applicant shows it is infeasible to locate outside the district.

Facilities shall not block, obstruct, impair or otherwise interfere with the use of public trails, rights-of-way, culverts, storm drains and other public infrastructure.

Wireless communications facilities and related equipment, including lighting, fences, shields, cabinets, and poles, shall be maintained in good condition and repair, free from trash, debris, litter and graffiti and other forms of vandalism, and any damage from any cause shall be repaired as soon as practicable, and in no instance more than seven days from the time of notification by the town or after discovery by the permittee.

In residential zoning districts, antenna and necessary equipment enclosures and support structures shall only be located on properties not residentially developed. Specifically, sites with other utility installations are preferred including sites with water tanks. Residentially zoned properties beyond those currently used only for utilities, e.g., water tanks, pump stations, etc., may be considered only if they are vacant.

A receive-only radio or satellite dish antenna, whether ground or building mounted, not exceeding one meter (39.37 inches) in diameter for the sole use of occupants of the parcel on which such antenna is located.

No small wireless antenna shall exceed four feet from top of antenna to bottom of antenna or extend more than three feet from the surface of the pole.

No small wireless antenna shall exceed four feet from top of antenna to bottom of antenna or extend more than three feet from the surface of the pole.

Each antenna associated with the deployment, excluding associated antenna equipment, is no more than three cubic feet in volume.

All other wireless equipment associated with the structure, including the wireless equipment associated with the antenna and any pre-existing associated equipment on the structure, is no more than twenty-eight cubic feet in volume.

The base of the tower or antenna support structure shall be at least fifty feet from any adjacent property boundary unless the approving body determines that a closer distance to a boundary would result in less overall aesthetic impacts.

All radio frequency data, telephone, fiber optics, and power lines to, from, and within a wireless communications facility, where feasible, shall be installed underground within conduits of size large enough to accommodate at least one additional provider.

All camouflaged facilities including, but not limited to, 'faux trees' that emit radio frequency emissions shall be posted with warning signs to the public as legally required by the FCC on and around antennas and equipment shelters, and at all access points to the property upon which such facility is located.