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6-76 like. B. General Regulation Antenna or Tower Facilities Applicability: 1 . All new towers in incorporated Zephyrhills shall be subject to these regulations. For the purpose of measurement, tower setbacks and separation distances shall be calculated and applied to facilities located in the City of Zephyrhills irrespective of municipal and county jurisdictional boundaries. 2 . All towers and associated facilities existing on the effective date of this section shall be allowed to continue their usage as they presently exist but must comply with all applicable FAA and/or FCC rules and regulations. Routine maintenance shall be permitted on such existing towers. 3. Towers and antennas shall be regulated and permitted pursuant to this section only. 4. For purposes of implementing this section, a tower that has received City approval in the form of either a special exception or building permit, but has not yet been constructed, shall be considered an existing structure for purposes of setback and separation distance, so long as such approval is current and has not expired. 5. Towers and associated facilities shall be permitted use in LI, AP-2 and AP-i districts. Towers and associated facilities shall be a conditional use in C-3, C-2, C-i and RC districts. Applications to place towers in public rights-of-way shall be allowed subject to agreement with the City of Zephyrhills and compliance with this and other applicable ordinances. 6. Before construction of any towers or associated facilities, the contractor or owner must apply and obtain a permit pursuant to Section J. 7 . This section shall not apply to amateur and residential radio antennas and/or towers or earth station antennas controlled by Section 4420 and Section 4424 of the Land Development Code of the City of Zephyrhills. 8. All new construction of towers, antennas and/or associated facilities shall comply with current FCC and/or FAA regulations, whichever is applicable. C. Height, Setbacks and Separation Distances: Towers for personal wireless services' or other telecommunication purposes shall not exceed 200 feet in height from ground level (including antenna) or forty percent over the building height when placed on buildings.