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17.27.040 - Wireless communication antennas and facilities.
A. General. Wireless communication antennas and facilities are subject to approval of a zone
clearance. The following minimum conditions and standards apply to the siting of a wireless
communications antennas and facilities, in addition to any other deemed necessary or
appropriate to ensure compatibility with existing or future uses in the vicinity:
1. Prior to issuance of a decision by the City Manager, a written notice shall be provided to
property owners of properties adjacent to the property where the proposed facility is to
be located, notifying them of the application and soliciting their comments;
2. Wireless communication antennas and facilities shall not be located on roofs or walls of
any structures on private residential property, but may be located on existing utility
poles and on publicly owned properties or buildings.
B. Application Requirements.
1. Each application shall contain a brief narrative accompanied by written documentation
and a site plan or map that explains the project.
2. Each application shall contain a narrative and map that discloses the exact location and
nature of any and all existing facilities that are owned (including publicly owned
structures), operated or used by the applicant and located within five miles from the
geographic borders of the City.
3. Each application shall contain a narrative and scaled map(s) that precisely disclose the
geographic area(s) within the City proposed to be serviced by the proposed facility.
4. The application shall be accompanied by a letter to the City Manager stating the
applicant's willingness to allow other carriers to co -locate on its facilities wherever
feasible or a written explanation why the subject facility is not a candidate for co -
location.
5. The application shall be accompanied by an RF environmental evaluation report
indicating that the proposed wireless communications facility meets FCC regulations
and standards for construction, maintenance and operations.
6. The application shall explain why no alternative sites are available to provide service in
the target service area, and why the proposed site is the environmentally and
operationally superior location. The City may require independent verification of this
analysis at the applicant's expense. The intention of the alternatives analysis is to
present alternative strategies that would minimize the number or size and adverse
environmental impacts of facilities necessary to provide the needed services to the City.
C. Standards for Approval. Approval of the project is subject to the City Manager finding that the
project complies with the standards and requirements of this section, that the proposed
site(s) results in fewer or Tess severe environmental impacts than any feasible alternative site
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that may be available to provide service in the geographic area, and that the project has
received approval from the Rolling Hills Community Association.
D. Design and Development Standards.
1. The facility shall be erected, located, operated and maintained at all times in compliance
with this section and all applicable laws, regulations and requirements of the Building
Code, and every other code and regulation imposed or enforced by the City, the State of
California, and the United States Federal Government. Applicants are separately
required to obtain all applicable building and construction permits that may be required
prior to erecting or installing the facility.
2. The facility shall not bear any signs or advertising devices other than certification, public
safety, warning, or other legally required seals or signage.
3. Any and all accessory equipment, or other equipment associated with the operation of
the facility, including but not limited to transmission cables, shall be located within an
enclosure or underground vault in a manner that, if aboveground, is visually compatible
with the surrounding area and either (1) shrouded by sufficient landscaping to screen
the equipment from view, or (2) designed to match the architecture of adjacent
buildings and (3) shall not interfere with equestrian activities or easements.
4. The facility exterior shall be comprised of nonreflective material(s) and painted or
camouflaged to blend with surrounding materials and colors.
5. Any screening used in connection with a wall -mounted and/or roof -mounted facility,
shall be compatible with the architecture, color, texture and materials of the building or
other structure to which it is mounted.
6. The facility shall be placed to the centermost location of the roof top to screen it from
view from the street and adjacent properties.
7. The facility shall not include the use or installation of a monopole or increase the height
of any existing utility pole.
8. Preference shall be given to co -location and shared sites.
9. In the event a pole on which facilities are located is removed, the facilities must be
relocated at the provider's expense.
E. Compliance Reporting. Prior to installation and thereafter upon request by the City, the
telecommunications service provider must submit a certification report, attested to by a
licensed engineer expert in the field of RF emissions, that the facility is compliant with the
applicable FCC regulations for RF emissions.
(Ord. 295 §7 (Exh. B (part)), 2004).
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