Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 1%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All districts where communication towers may be authorized as a conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. or permitted use
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Tower illumination
Communication towers shall be illuminated as required by the Federal Aviation Administration. However, no lighting shall be incorporated if not required by either of those agencies, or specified by the city council as a condition of the use permit, or by the planning commission or planning director in the approval of a site plan.
Other
- Deciduous trees (over 200 ft)2.5 in
one (1) row of deciduous trees, with a minimum caliper of two and one-half (2½) inches at time of planting and spaced not more than forty (40) feet apart
- Evergreen shrubs (200 ft or less)5 ft
at least one (1) row of evergreen shrubs capable of forming a continuous hedge at least five (5) feet in height shall be provided, with individual plantings spaced not more than five (5) feet apart
- Evergreen trees (200 ft or less)1.75 in
at least one (1) row of evergreen trees with a minimum caliper of one and three-fourths (1¾) inches at the time of planting and spaced not more than twenty-five (25) feet apart
- Landscaping installation
All required landscaping shall be installed according to established planting procedures using good quality plant materials.
- Landscaping maintenance1 year
replacing unhealthy or dead plant materials within one (1) year or by the next planting season, whichever comes first
- Minimum cellular providers accommodated2 providers
all communication towers shall be designed and constructed to accommodate at least two (2) cellular providers
- Stealth tower maintenance
Stealth towers shall be maintained in substantially the same condition as when first built for as long as the tower is standing.
- Tower finish (200 ft or less)
Communication towers two hundred (200) feet or less in height shall have a galvanized finish, be painted silver, or be a natural grey in color.
- Tower painting (over 200 ft)
Communication towers more than two hundred (200) feet in height shall be painted in accordance with regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration.
- Tower removal after cessation1 year
shall remove all structures and facilities from the site on which the tower is located... within one (1) year of cessation of all use of the tower site
- Tower visual impact
The communication towers shall also be designed to be as unobtrusive as possible to reduce their visual impact.
Signage
- Signs on tower
No signs shall be placed on a communication tower if visible beyond the site on which the tower is located.
From the ordinance
Communication towers shall only be placed on a lot having a minimum area of two thousand (2,000) square feet... The minimum lot width for all communication tower sites shall be fifty (50) feet... shall not construct a communication tower or antenna in excess of one hundred ninety-nine (199) feet in height
Parking requirements
{
"communication_tower": "2 spaces"
}