1379-19 Right-of-Way Cell Towers

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1 . • impose excessive expense in relation to the aesthe lie concerns of the City. The waiver shall be granted or denied within 45 days after the late of the request. 1. Any above-ground Wireless Facilities shall meet Stealth Design requirements. 2. Wireless Facilities may increase the height of a metal street light pole only if the Antenna is top-mounted and not wider than the pole or if the Antenna is hidden in a cylinder that appears like an original part of t#e pole. A cellular Antenna shall not extend more than 10 feet above the Utility Pole Iior structure upon which the wireless facility is to be Collocated and shall be shorter if the height of the Utility Pole requires a shorter Antenna height so that the structure as a whole is proportionate. 3. A new Utility Pole that replaces an existing U[tility Pole shall be required to meet all requirements herein relating to new Utility Ploles and shall not simply be allowed to match the characteristics of the existing Utility Pole being removed. 4. The Antennas and related equipment shall be in a color that will provide the most camouflage, as determined by the City. Ground based Wireless Facilities shall be painted forest green, unless determined otherwise by the City. When on a black pole,Wireless Facilities shall be painted black,unless determined otherwise by the City. 5. Antennas shall be hidden within the Utility P le or appear like an original part of the Utility Pole. • 6. All Wireless Facilities and related equipment, other than Antennas, shall be placed underground in order, without limitation, to avoid impeding pedestrian travel, to avoid providing a target for graffiti or a moun,ing place for unauthorized signs, to minimize danger to the public, and to preserve and enhance the aesthetic qualities of the City. 7. Wires serving the Wireless Facilities shall be concealed within or flush mounted to the pole on which the facilities are Collocated and insulated in accordance with applicable codes. 8. The photographs attached as exhibits to this art provide conceptual examples of acceptable, acceptable with modifications, d prohibited Wireless Facilities. Because of rapid advances in Stealth wireless}technology and techniques, the City Council is authorized to identify by resolutioother forms of acceptable Wireless Facilities that are consistent and compatible ith the aesthetic, safety, and other standards set forth in this Part as well as prohibited Wireless Facilities. i9. Antennas placed upon structures within the Public Rights-of-Way shall meet the following additional requirements if Stealth esign, concealment, and this Part's requirements regarding such cannot be met: i. Top mounted Antennas and their enclos ares shall not extend the diameter of the supporting structure at the level ofAnIt enna attachment; and ii. Side-mounted Antennas and their enclosures shall be flush-mounted to the supporting structure at the level of Antenna attachment. Under no circumstances shall Antennas be mounted less than 12 feet above ground level. 10. New or replacement poles that support wireless or Communications Facilities shall match the style, design, and color of the UtilitPoles in the surrounding area. 11. The size and height of new wireless or Counications Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way shall be no greater than the m ximum size and height of any other 1. utility or light poles located in the same portio of the Right-of-Way within the City other than a Utility Pole for which a waiver ha previously been granted,measured from grade in place within 500 feet of the pro osed location of the small wireless facility. If there is no Utility Pole within 500 feet,the height of the Utility Pole shall Page 21 of31