File #: ORD 15-043    Version: 1 Name: Zoning Ordinances - Telecommunications
Type: PH-Zoning Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/30/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/28/2015 Final action: 7/28/2015
Title: Consider amending the Zoning Ordinance Sections 10-3-24, 10-3-34, 10-3-35, 10-3-40, 10-3-41, 10-3-46, 10-3-47, 10-3-48.4, 10-3-48.5, 10-3-52, 10-3-53, 10-3-55.4, 10-3-55.5, 10-3-56.4, 10-3-56.5, 10-3-57.4, 10-3-57.5, 10-3-58.4, 10-3-58.5, 10-3-84, 10-3-85, 10-3-86, 10-3-90, 10-3-91, 10-3-92, 10-3-96, 10-3-97, 10-3-98, 10-3-129, 10-3-180, and 10-3-181 and to add a new Article CC. Wireless Telecommunication Facilities with new Sections 10-3-195 through 10-3-203
Attachments: 1. Extract Wireless Telecommunications Facilities Ord, 2. REVISED FINAL Staff Report Wireless Telecommunications, 3. Extract August 14, 2013.pdf, 4. Extract September 11, 2013.pdf, 5. Telecommunications Report Packet 08-14-13.pdf, 6. PowerPoint, 7. Final Ordinances

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Consider amending the Zoning Ordinance Sections 10-3-24, 10-3-34, 10-3-35, 10-3-40, 10-3-41, 10-3-46, 10-3-47, 10-3-48.4, 10-3-48.5, 10-3-52, 10-3-53, 10-3-55.4, 10-3-55.5, 10-3-56.4, 10-3-56.5, 10-3-57.4, 10-3-57.5, 10-3-58.4, 10-3-58.5, 10-3-84, 10-3-85, 10-3-86, 10-3-90, 10-3-91, 10-3-92, 10-3-96, 10-3-97, 10-3-98, 10-3-129, 10-3-180, and 10-3-181 and to add a new Article CC. Wireless Telecommunication Facilities with new Sections 10-3-195 through 10-3-203

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Presented By:  Adam Fletcher, City Planner.

 

Recommendation and Review

Planning Commission recommended approval (6-0) of the request to amend the Zoning Ordinance by modifying multiple existing sections and to add a new article to the Code. Changes to the existing Code include those needed in the Definitions section and then proceeding through the code sections of most of the zoning districts and specifying the different types of wireless telecommunications facilities that will be permitted and whether they would be allowed by right or by special use permit. The new article includes the specifics of how wireless telecommunications facilities would be permitted within all residential districts and the MX-U district, the B-1 and B-2 districts, and the M-1 district. There are submittal and application requirements, rules for submitting annual reports for each facility, maintenance and enforcement regulations, stipulations regarding the removal of defective and abandoned facilities, and finally specifics regarding how property owners can take advantage of Section 6409 of the Spectrum Act.

 

In addition to the modifications associated with wireless telecommunications facilities, the Zoning Ordinance Section 10-3-84 Uses Permitted By Right within the B-1, Central Business District would also be modified by adding “radio and television stations and studios or recording studios” as an additional set of uses permitted by right, where all antennas and satellites and associated equipment shall be screened.