Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use2
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit for administrative review50 ft
The installation or construction of a new structure that is not more than fifty (50) feet above ground level, provided that the structure with attached wireless facilities is (i) not more than ten (10) feet above the tallest existing utility pole located within five hundred (500) feet of the new structure within the same public right-of-way or within the existing line of utility poles; (ii) not located within the boundaries of a local, state, or federal historic districts; (iii) not located inside the jurisdictional boundaries of a locality having expended a total amount equal to or greater than thirty-five (35) percent of its general fund operating revenue, as shown in the most recent comprehensive annual financial report, on undergrounding projects since 1980; and (iv) designed to support small cell facilities.
Other
- Administrative review fee350 dollars
A fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) is established for administrative review and a fee of one thousand fifty dollars ($1,050.00) is established for standard process review.
- Intermodulation study
Where the proposed communication tower or antenna is to be located within one (1) mile of an existing or planned public safety communications facility, an intermodulation study submitted by a professional engineer licensed in Virginia, under seal.
- Standard process fee1,050 dollars
A fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) is established for administrative review and a fee of one thousand fifty dollars ($1,050.00) is established for standard process review.
Setback
- Microwave path buffer200 ft
A geographical map, with sufficient markings and detail, illustrating that the proposed communications equipment will not be located within a two-hundred-foot buffer of the microwave path between any existing public safety communications sites.
From the ordinance
The purpose of this section is to (1) facilitate the provision of wireless communications services to the citizens and businesses of the city; (2) minimize the risk of physical damage and other potential adverse impacts of communications towers; (3) require, where commercially reasonable, the joint use of communications towers by providers of wireless telecommunications services so as to avoid unnecessary proliferation of communication towers and related facilities; and (4) allow the use of public property under circumstances in which such use minimizes the potential adverse visual and other impacts.