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6-79 • located without conditional use application approval . 4. Fencing: Except for previously enclosed site where the tower/structure is located, a chain link fence or wall not less than eight (8) feet in height from finished grade shall be provided around each tower, including support structures and/or facilities. Access to the structure shall be though a locked gate. 5. Landscaping: The visual impacts of a tower and associated facilities shall be mitigated for nearby viewers through requirement of landscaping and other screening materials at the base of the tower and ancillary structures pursuant to Section 4300 of the Land Development Code of the City of Zephyrhills. Such standards may be waived, however, by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills at the time of conditional use approval, if applicable or if a permitted use by applicant. Landscaping shall be installed on the outside of required fencing. Further, the use of existing vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable and may be used as a substitute for or as a supplement towards meeting landscaping requirements. 6. Signs and Advertising: The use of any portion of a tower for signage or advertising purposes including, without limitation, company name, however, or streamer is prohibited. 7. Osprey Nesting: New towers are encouraged, but not required, to incorporate a design that provides an integral nesting platform to direct the most likely site for osprey nesting to a location on the tower which will reducethe risk of interference with tower equipment and maintenance. 8. Development Criteria: Towers or freestanding antennas shall comply with the minimum development criteria of the district in which they are located. 9 . Abandonment: In the event the use of any tower shall be discontinued for a period of one hundred eighty consecutive days, the structure shall be deemed to be abandoned. Determination of the date of abandonment shall be made by the building official who shall have the right to request documentation and/or affidavits from the structure owner/operator regarding the issue. of usage. Upon such abandonment, the owner/operator of the structure shall have an additional one hundred eighty days within which to: