Chapter 18.35
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES (WCF)
Sections:
18.35.010 Restrictions on locations.
18.35.020 Application requirements.
18.35.030 Development standards.
18.35.040 Operational certificate required.
18.35.010 Restrictions on locations.
A WCF is not allowed on public school grounds (excepting the Western Oregon University campus), in public parks, or in the downtown core area. (Code 1983 § 98.005.)
18.35.020 Application requirements.
In addition to other requirements for conditional use applications, an application for a WCF shall include and the WCF shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the following:
(1) Site and landscape plans drawn to scale.
(2) Engineered drawings of all components of the WCF, including, but not limited to, the support structure, antenna, enclosures and related equipment, drawn to scale.
(3) Documentation from a registered engineer establishing the structural integrity of the freestanding support structure or, in the case of a building mounted WCF, of the capacity of the building to safely bear the WCF and of the structural integrity of any support structures.
(4) A visual study depicting where within the City limits the WCF, or any portion thereof, can be seen.
(5) A showing that collocation of the facility on an existing or approved WCF, or an existing support structure, inside or outside the City limits, is not feasible. (Code 1983 § 98.010.)
18.35.030 Development standards.
A WCF shall be designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with the following standards:
(1) The location and design of the WCF shall minimize the visual impacts to properties located within one-quarter mile of the WCF, considering setbacks, lighting, height, bulk, color and landscaping. All support structures, antennas and associated equipment, including any enclosures and all exterior mechanical equipment, shall be colored and/or surfaced, so as to blend with the surrounding area. All surfaces shall be nonreflective. Exterior lighting shall not project onto adjacent properties.
(2) Freestanding support structures shall not be located within 300 feet of residentially zoned property.
(3) Freestanding WCFs shall have all mechanical and electrical equipment, enclosures and the bottom six feet of the support structure surrounded and screened by a six-foot-high sight-obscuring fence, wall or hedge with a minimum 10 feet landscaped yard of appropriate plant materials, which is to be properly maintained along the outside perimeter of the fence, wall or hedge.
(4) The WCF shall be located and designed to preserve the ability for collocation of at least two additional users and the applicant shall agree in writing to negotiate in good faith to accept additional users when technically possible.
(5) The height of the WCF shall be the minimum necessary to reasonably serve the operational requirements of the WCF. (Code 1983 § 98.015.)
18.35.040 Operational certificate required.
Within 45 days after construction and/or installation of the WCF, the applicant shall submit an operation certificate from a registered engineer indicating compliance with all requirements herein and all structural standards for antennas developed by the Electronic Industries Association. (Code 1983 § 98.020.)
18.35.050 Permit fee.
The fee for a WCF permit application, a renewal application, and for appealing a denial of renewal application shall be set by resolution of the City Council. (Code 1983 § 98.045.)