Page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 1895 REPEALING ORDINANCE 1848 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD ENTITLED “DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND FACILITIES’, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS WHEREAS, on February 8, 1996, Congress enacted the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, P.L. No. 104- 104, to deregulate the telecommunications industry, providing a more competitive environment for wired and wireless telecommunication services in the United States; WHEREAS, a concomitant effect of increased competition in the market for wireless telecommunications services is an increased demand for antenna sites on towers and other antenna support structures necessary for providing wireless service via existing and new technologies; WHEREAS, the telecommunications Act of 1996 preserves the authority of the City to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of towers, antenna support structures and telecommunications facilities, as hereinafter defined, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public; WHEREAS, the City solicited industry comment regarding the ordinance and met with representatives of the wireless Telecommunications industry in order to facilitate industry input and suggestions concerning the proposed ordinance and to work through various alternatives and possible revisions in order to best accommodate the needs of the City and the industry; WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted Ordinance 1848 to regulate the placement, construction and modification of telecommunications towers and facilities; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Ordinance 1848 by substituting in its stead the following Ordinance 1895 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF Page 2 PRICHARD, ALABAMA: SECTION 1. That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Prichard is hereby amended to read as follows: TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND FACIITIES 1.1 Findings 1.1.1. The Federal Communications Act of 1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“the Act”) grants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) exclusive jurisdiction over : (a) The regulation of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions from telecommunications facilities. (b) The regulation of radio signal interference among users of the radio frequency spectrum.. 1.1.2 The City’s regulation of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities cannot have the effect of prohibiting any Person from providing wireless telecommunications services without violating the Act. 1.2 Purposes The general purpose of this Ordinance is to regulate the placement, construction and modification of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, while at the same time not unreasonably, interfering with the development of the competitive wireless telecommunications marketplace in Prichard. Specifically, the purposes of this Ordinance are: 1.2.1. To regulate the location of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities in the City; 1.2.2. To protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impact of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities; 1.2.3. To minimize adverse visual impact of Towers and Page 3 rity, 1.2.4. 4.2.5, 1.2.6. 1.2.7, Telecommunications Facilities through careful design, siting, landscaping, and innovative camoufiaging techniques; To promote and encourage shared use/collocation of Towers and Antenna Support Structures as a primary option rather than consiruction of additional single-use Towers; To avoid potential damage to property caused by Towers and Telecommunications Facilities by ensuring such structures are soundly and carefully designed, constructed, modified, maintained and removed when no longer used or determined to be structurally unsound; To ensure that Towers and Telecommunications Facilities are compatible with surrounding land uses; To facilitate the provision of wireless telecommunications services to the residents and businesses of the City in an orderly fashion. 1.3. Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: 1.3.1. 1.3.2, 1.3.3. “Antenna Support Structure” means any building or other structure forty-five (45) feet in height or taller and which complies with the maximum height allowed in the district in which it is located, other than a tower which can be used for location of Telecommunications Facilities. “Applicant” means any Person that applies for a tower development permit. “Application” means the process by which an Owner submits a request to the Inspection Department of the City to develop, construct, build, modify or erect a Tower. Application includes all written documentation, verbal statements and representations, in whatever form or forum, made by an Applicant to the City or any of its represetnatives concerning such a request. Page 4 1.3.4. “Camouflage” means any Tower or Telecommunications Facility which is designed to minimize visual impact and to blend into the surrounding environment. The term “Camouflage” does not necessarily exclude the use of uncamouflaged lattice, guyed or monopole Tower designs. 1.3.5. “City” means the City of Prichard, Alabama. 1.3.6. “Engineer” means any structural engineer licensed by the State of Alabama. 1.3.7. “Owner” means any Person with fee title, or with written permission from a person with fee title, to any plot of land within the City who desires to develop, consiruct, build, operate, modify or erect a Tower upon such land. 1.3.8. “Person” is any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or other legal entity, private or public, whether for profit or not for profit. 1.3.9. “Telecommunications Facilities” means any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, antennas and any other equipment or facilities associated with the transmission or reception of communications which a Person sesks to locate or has installed upon or near a Tower or Antenna Support Structure. However, the term Telecommunications Facilities shall not include: a. Any satellite earth station antenna two meters in diameter or less which is located in an area zoned industrial or commercial; b. Any satellite earth station antenna one meter or less in diameter, regardless of zoning category. 1.3.10.“Tower” means a self-supporting lattice, guyed or monopole structure constructed from grade which supports Telecommunications Facilities. 1.4 Development of Towers 1.4.1. A Tower shall be a prohibited use in zoning districts R-1, R-2, R-3, 4 Page 5 1.4.2. 1.4.3. 1.4.4. 1.4.5. 1.4.6. and R-4. No person shail build, erect, or construct a Tower upon any plot of land within a zoning district designated B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, M- 1, or M-2, or any other zoning district adopted or created hereinafter unless approval has been granted by the Prichard Planning Commission. No Person shall build, erect or construct a Tower upon any pilot of land within the City limits of the City unless required building permits and approvals have been obtained from the Inspection Department of the City. Towers shall be permitted to a maximum height of 160 feet in M-1 and M-2 zoning districts. Towers may be permitted in excess of the maximum height in accordance with section 1.18.2., “Criteria for Site Pian Development Modifications,” and, if granted, a variance by the Planning Commission. The City may authorize the use of City property in appropriately zoned districts in accordance with applicable law; however, the City shall have no obligation whatsoever to use City property for such purposes. No new Tower shall be built, constructed or erected in the City unless such Tower is capable of supporting another Person's operating Telecommunications Facilities comparable in weight, size and surface area to Applicant’s final design. For the purposes of this paragraph, Applicant's final design shall mean the Telecommunications Facilities installed on the Applicant's Tower within six (6) months of the completion of Tower construction. An Application to develop a Tower shall include: a. The name, address and telephone number of the Owner and lessee of the parcel of land upon which the Tower is situated. If the Applicant is not the Owner of the parcel of Jand upon which the Tower is situated, the written consent of the Owner shall be evidenced in the Application. b. The legal description, parcel identification number, key number and address of the parcel of land upon which the Tower is 5 Page 6 situated. The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all Owners of other Towers or usable Antenna Support Structures within a one mile radius of the proposed new Tower site, including City owned property. Written documentation that the Applicant:: (1) made diligent, but unsuccessful efforts for a minimum of forty-five (45) days prior to the submission of the application to install or collocate the Applicant’s Telecommunications Facilities on Towers or usable Antenna Support Structures owned by the City and other persons located within a one mile radius of the proposed Tower site; or (2) written, technical evidence from an engineer that the proposed Tower or Telecommunications Facilities cannot be installed or collocated on another Person's Tower or usable Antenna Support Structure located within a one mile radius of the proposed Tower site, and must be located at the proposed site in order to meet the coverage requirements of the Applicant's wireless communications system. Written, technical evidence from an Engineer that the proposed structure meets the standards set forth in section 1. 6, “Structural Requirements,” of this Code. Written, technical evidence from an engineer that the proposed site of the Tower or Telecommunications Facilities does not pose a risk of explosion, fire or other danger due to its proximity to volatile, flammable, explosive, or hazardous materials such as LP gas, propane, gasoline, natural gas, corrosive or other dangerous chemicals. A map of the City and the first half-mile of all bordering communities showing the design and location of the Applicant's entire existing wireless telecommunications network. Such map shall also show the location of the 6 Page 7 proposed Tower and antenna sites which are the subject of the application, their dimensions, and specifications of the site. h. Certificate from an Engineer documenting collocation capability of the Applicant's telecommunications tower. 1.5 Setbacks. 1.5.1 The applicable requirements for separation set forth in 1.7.1. hereof shall be measured from the base of the Tower to the boundary line of the parcel on which the Tower is to be located to the nearest boundary line of a contiguous parcel. 1.6 Structural Requirements. 1.6.1. 1.6.2. 1.6.3. 1.6.4. 1.6.5. 1.6.6. All Towers must be designed and certified by an Engineer to be structurally sound and, at a minimum, in conformance with the current Building Code as adopted by the City of Prichard, as may be amended from time to time, and any other standards outlined in this Ordinance. Towers must be located and equipped with step bolts and ladders so as to provide ready access for inspection purposes. Guide wires or other tower accessories must not cross or encroach upon any street or other public place or over any electric power lines or encroach upon any other privately owned property without written consent of the owner. All towers must be constructed of approved corrosion resistant non- combustible material. The minimum type of construction for isolated radio towers, more than 100 feet in height, must be of a non- combustible material. Towers must be designed to resist wind loads in accordance with EIA/TIA-222-F series. Consideration must be given to conditions involving wind loads on ice-covered sections and localities subject to sustained freezing temperatures. All towers must be permanently and effectively grounded. 7 Page 8 1.7 1.8 1.9. Separation or Buffer Requirements. 1.7.1. Towers shall be separated from all residentially zoned lands, and residential non-conforming uses, by a minimum of 200 feet or 150% of the height of the proposed Tower, whichever is greater. 1.7.2. Tower separation distances for the purpose of compliance with this Ordinance shall be measured in accordance with 1.5.1. hereof. Method of Determining Tower Height. 1.8.1. Measurement of Tower height for the purpose of determining compliance with all requirements of this Ordinance shall include the Tower structure itself, the base pad, and any other Telecommunications Facilities attached thereto. Tower height shall be measured from grade. [Humination. 1.9.1. Towers shail not be artificially lighted except as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Upon commencement of Construction of a Tower, in cases where there are residential uses located within a distance which is 300% of the height of the Tower from the Tower, and when required by Federal Jaw, dual mode lighting shall be requested by the Applicant from the FAA. . Fencing. 1.10.1. A minimum six foot finished masonry wall or fence with not less than 85% opacity shall be required around all communication towers located in a residential or commercial/business zoning district, unless more stringent fencing requirements are required by FCC regulations, or the Planning Commission. . Landscaping. 1.11.1. Landscaping. The visual impacts of residentially or commercially located communication towers shall be mitigated through landscaping or other screening materials at the base of the Tower and ancillary structures. 8 Page 9 1.13 Electromagnetic Radio frequency Emissions 1.13.1 The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (FTA) gives the FCC sole jurisdiction to regulate Radio frequency (RF) emissions, and Telecommuni- cations Towers which meet the FCC standards shall not be conditioned or denied on the basis of RF impacts. 1.13.2 In order to provide information to its citizens copies of ongoing FCC information concerning Telecommunication Towers and Facilities and Radio frequency emission standards shall be made available. Applicants for tower sites shall be required to provide information on the projected power density of the facility and how this meets the FCC standards. 1.14 Access. 1.14.1 All parcels upon which Towers are located must Provide paved access to at least one paved vehicular parking space on site. 1.15 Maintenance. 1.15.1 Tower Owners shall at all times employ ordinary and reasonable care and shall install and maintain in use nothing less than commonly accepted methods and devices for preventing failures and accidents which are likely to cause damage, injuries, or nuisances to the public. 1.15.2 Tower Owners shall install and maintain Towers, Telecommunications Facilities, wires, cables, fixtures and other equipment in substantial compliance with the requirements of the National Electric Safety Code and all FCC, state and local regulations, and in such manner that will not interfere with the use of other property. 1.5.3 All Towers, Telecommunications Facilities and Antenna Support Structures shall at all times be kept and maintained in good condition, order, and repair so that the same shall not menace or endanger the life or property of any Person. 1.5.4 In the event the use of a Tower is discontinued by the Tower Owner, or if the Tower Owner ceases to operate the Tower, the Tower Owner shall provide written notice to the City of its intent to discontinue use or cease operations, and the date when the use shall be discontinued. The Tower Owner/Operator shall have one 16 Page 10 hundred-eighty (180) consecutive days within which to : a. reactivate the use of the tower or transfer the tower to another owner/operator who makes actual use of the tower, or b dismantle and remove the tower. 1.5.5 At the earlier of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days from the date of abandonment or upon completion of dismantling and removal, any exception and/or variance approval for the tower shall automatically expire. 1.16 Camouflage. 1.16.1 All Towers and Telecommunications Facilities shall be of camouflage design standards. Examples of camouflage facilities include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof mounted antennas, antennas integrated into architectural elements, and Telecommunications Towers designed to blend into the surrounding environment or to look other than a Tower such as light poles, power poles and trees. At a minimum, all Towers not requiring FAA painting or marking shall have an exterior finish which is galvanized or painted a dull blue, gray, or black. 1.17 Telecommunications Facilities on Antenna Support Structures. 1.17.1 Any Telecommunications Facilities which are not attached to a Tower may be permitted as an accessory use to any Antenna Support Structure at least 45 feet tall, regardless of the zoning restrictions applicable to the zoning district where the structure is located. Telecommunications Facilities are prohibited on all other structures. The owner of such structure shall, by written certification to the Inspection Department, establish the following at the time plans are submitted for a building permit that: 1.17.2 The Telecommunications Facilities shall not extend more than 20 feet above the maximum height of the Antenna Support Structure; 1.17.3 The Antenna Support Structure and Telecommunications Facilities comply with the current Building Code as adopted by the City of Prichard, as may be amended from time to time; and 1.17.4 Any Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances located upon the roof of an Antenna Support Structure, are set back at least one (1) foot 17 Page 11 1.15.3. All Towers, Telecommunications Facilities and Antenna Support Structures shall at all times be kept and maintained in good condition, order, and repair so that the same shall not menace or endanger the life or property of any Person. 1.15.4. Inthe event the use of a Tower is discontinued by the Tower Owner, or if the Tower Owner ceases to operate the Tower, the Tower Owner shall provide written notice to the City of its intent to discontinue use or cease operations, and the date when the use shall be discontinued. The Tower Owner/Operator shall have one hundred-eighty (180) consecutive days within which to: a. reactivate the use of the tower or transfer the tower to another owner/operator who makes actual use of the tower, or b. dismantle and remove the tower. 1.15.5. At the earlier of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive days from the date of abandonment or upon completion of dismantling and removal, any exception and/or variance approval for the tower shall automatically expire. 1.16 Camouflage 1.16.1. All Towers and Telecommunications Facilities shall be of camouflage design standards. Examples of camouflage facilities include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof mounted antennas, antennas integrated into architectural elements, and Telecommunications Towers designed to blend into the surrounding environment or to look other than a Tower such as light poles, power poles and trees. At a minimum, all Towers not requiring FAA painting or marking shall have an exterior finish which is galvanized or painted a dull blue, gray, or black. 1.17 Telecommunications Facilities on Antenna Support Structures. 1.17.1. Any Telecommunications Facilities which are not attached to a Tower may be permitted as an accessory use to any Antenna Support Structure at least 45 feet tall, regardless of the zoning restrictions applicable to the zoning district where the structure is located. Telecommunications Facilities are prohibited on all other structures. The owner of such structure shall, by written certification to the Inspection Department at the time an Application is submitted for a building permit, establish the following: 1.17.2. The Telecommunications Facilities shall not extend more than 20 feet 17 Page 12 above the maximum height of the Antenna Support Structure; 1.17.3. The Antenna Support Structure and Telecommunications Facilities comply with the current Building Code as adopted by the City of Prichard, as may be amended from time to time; and 1.17.4. Any Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances located upon the roof of an Antenna Support Structure, are set back at least one (1) foot from the edge of the roof of the Antenna Support Structure. However, this setback requirement shall not apply to: a. Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances, located above the roof of an Antenna Support Structure if such facilities are appropriately screened from view through the use of panels, walls, fences or other screening techniques approved by the City. Camouflage antennas which are mounted to the exterior of Antenna Support Structures below the roof, but which do not protrude more than 24 inches from the side of such an Antenna Support Structure. 1.18 Existing Towers. 1.18.1. An existing Tower may be modified or demolished and rebuilt to accommodate collocation of additional Telecommunications Facilities as follows: a. No Person Shall build erect or construct a Tower upon any plot of Land within zoning districts R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4. No person shall build, erect, or construct a Tower upon any plot of land within a zoning district designated B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, M-1, or M-2 unless required building permits and approvals have been obtained from the Inspection Department of the City and the Planning Commission. The total height of the modified Tower and Telecommunications Facilities attached thereto shall not exceed the current height of the Tower or the Maximum height allowed under this Ordinance. Certification by a structural engineer shall be required to meet collocation standards. 18 Page 13 Cc. A Tower which is being rebuilt to accommodate the collocation of additional Tetecommunications Facilities may be relocated on the same parcel subject to the setback requirements of this Ordinance. However, if itis impossible for the Tower to be rebuilt in compliance with the setback requirements of this Ordinance, such setback requirement may be waived to allow the Tower to be rebuilt in its exact previous location, or within a 25 foot radius of the previous location. 1.18.2. Criteria for Site Development Modifications. a. The Prichard City Planning Commission may grant approval of a site development modification plan pursuant to section 1.4.3. if a Person, upon application to the City, demonstrates with written evidence that: (1) The location, shape, appearance or nature of use of the proposed Tower will not substantially detract from the aesthetics of the area nor change the character of the neighborhood in which the Tower is proposed to be located; and, (2) The site plan development modification will not create any threat to the public health, safety or welfare. In addition to the requirements of subparagraph (a) of this section, in the following cases, the Applicant must also demonstrate with written evidence, the following: (1) In the case of a requested modification to the setback requirement, that the area f the parcel of land upon which the Tower is proposed to be located makes compliance with this Ordinance impossible, and the only alternative for the Person is to locate the Tower at another site which poses a greater threat to the public health, safety or welfare or is closer in proximity to a residentially zoned land; (2) In the case of a request for modification of the height limit in a zoning district for Towers and Telecommunications Facilities, that the modification is necessary to 19 Page 14 (ii) facilitate collocation of Telecommunications Facilities in order to avoid construction of a new Tower; or, 5 1 3 1 1 2 689 414 79 26 96.925163 meet 5 1 3 1 1 3 778 413 49 27 96.629768 the 5 1 3 1 1 4 838 419 147 27 92.522049 coverage 5 1 3 1 1 5 998 411 210 35 89.351051 requiremenis 5 1 3 1 1 6 1220 409 32 27 97.006744 of 5 1 3 1 1 7 1260 410 48 26 96.988205 the 5 1 3 1 1 8 1319 403 181 39 0.000000 Applicant's 2 1 4 0 0 0 685 448 812 123 -1 3 1 4 1 0 0 685 448 812 123 -1 4 1 4 1 1 0 686 448 811 38 -1 5 1 4 1 1 1 686 455 145 27 92.975914 wireless 5 1 4 1 1 2 877 453 291 28 83.593407 communications 5 1 4 1 1 3 1216 452 133 34 83.593407 system, 5 1 4 1 1 4 1398 448 99 28 88.225418 which 4 1 4 1 2 0 687 492 809 41 -1 5 1 4 1 2 1 687 498 210 35 96.317863 requirements 5 1 4 1 2 2 919 497 77 28 96.730293 must 5 1 4 1 2 3 1017 496 37 28 96.830971 be 5 1 4 1 2 4 1076 493 200 31 96.189095 documented 5 1 4 1 2 5 1297 493 60 28 96.774704 with 5 1 4 1 2 6 1380 492 116 32 95.011093 written, 4 1 4 1 3 0 685 534 791 37 -1 5 1 4 1 3 1 685 541 142 28 96.568611 technical 5 1 4 1 3 2 840 541 142 27 96.465500 evidence 5 1 4 1 3 3 995 540 70 28 96.966461 from 5 1 4 1 3 4 1079 547 37 20 96.962723 an 5 1 4 1 3 5 1130 537 143 29 93.293312 electrical 5 1 4 1 3 6 1286 534 190 37 91.545334 engineer(s). 2 1 5 0 0 0 171 624 1322 159 -1 3 1 5 1 0 0 171 624 1322 159 -1 4 1 5 1 1 0 278 624 971 37 -1 5 1 5 1 1 1 278 627 42 27 95.380745 1.1 5 1 5 1 1 2 340 627 57 27 95.380745 8.3. 5 1 5 1 1 3 421 627 61 26 96.594749 The 5 1 5 1 1 4 496 627 135 34 96.604980 Planning 5 1 5 1 1 5 646 626 197 28 96.462891 Commission 5 1 5 1 1 6 857 633 67 27 96.631424 may 5 1 5 1 1 7 935 626 90 27 96.815529 waive 5 1 5 1 1 8 1038 633 31 19 96.852516 or 5 1 5 1 1 9 1082 624 107 34 96.580208 modify 5 1 5 1 1 10 1200 624 49 26 96.874229 the 4 1 5 1 2 0 172 662 1321 39 -1 5 1 5 1 2 1 172 669 216 32 96.697060 requirements 5 1 5 1 2 2 409 668 30 26 96.697060 of 5 1 5 1 2 3 457 668 139 26 96.609428 sections: 5 1 5 1 2 4 620 668 76 26 96.621582 1.4.3 5 1 5 1 2 5 719 667 165 34 96.286118 (Maximum 5 1 5 1 2 6 907 667 102 34 96.286118 Height 5 1 5 1 2 7 1029 667 31 26 96.737549 of 5 1 5 1 2 8 1078 665 139 34 95.927834 Towers); 5 1 5 1 2 9 1243 665 45 26 95.927834 1.5 5 1 5 1 2 10 1310 662 183 36 81.578041 (Setbacks), 4 1 5 1 3 0 173 703 1319 39 -1 5 1 5 1 3 1 173 708 417 34 91.200714 1.17(Telecommunications 5 1 5 1 3 2 601 709 138 26 95.990196 Facilities 5 1 5 1 3 3 748 715 38 20 96.443222 on 5 1 5 1 3 4 794 709 133 26 96.443222 Antenna 5 1 5 1 3 5 937 708 126 33 96.560799 Support 5 1 5 1 3 6 1070 706 187 34 84.059563 Structures), 5 1 5 1 3 7 1270 704 64 28 94.864037 1.14 5 1 5 1 3 8 1344 703 148 35 94.864037 (Access); 4 1 5 1 4 0 171 744 1321 39 -1 5 1 5 1 4 1 171 749 67 26 96.648621 1.10 5 1 5 1 4 2 259 749 164 34 96.490105 (Fencing); 5 1 5 1 4 3 438 749 62 27 94.954353 1.11 5 1 5 1 4 4 525 749 235 34 94.954353 (Landscaping); 5 1 5 1 4 5 775 749 47 27 96.107933 1.7 5 1 5 1 4 6 833 749 183 34 96.478889 (Separation 5 1 5 1 4 7 1028 756 32 19 97.014923 or 5 1 5 1 4 8 1070 748 97 27 96.335487 Buffer 5 1 5 1 4 9 1178 744 243 36 95.294884 Requirements); 5 1 5 1 4 10 1434 745 58 26 95.294884 and 2 1 6 0 0 0 170 789 488 35 -1 3 1 6 1 0 0 170 789 488 35 -1 4 1 6 1 1 0 170 789 488 35 -1 5 1 6 1 1 1 170 790 10 25 86.426300 1 5 1 6 1 1 2 200 790 26 25 86.426300 .4 5 1 6 1 1 3 241 789 229 34 96.264999 (Development 5 1 6 1 1 4 482 790 31 26 96.893295 of 5 1 6 1 1 5 523 790 135 34 95.793701 Towers). 2 1 7 0 0 0 163 868 1328 124 -1 3 1 7 1 0 0 163 868 1328 124 -1 4 1 7 1 1 0 165 868 1324 55 -1 5 1 7 1 1 1 165 868 205 55 74.312157 SECTION.2. 5 1 7 1 1 2 383 872 72 27 96.603058 That 5 1 7 1 1 3 467 872 17 27 96.963066 if 5 1 7 1 1 4 493 880 57 27 96.783646 any 5 1 7 1 1 5 559 873 111 31 96.393616 clause, 5 1 7 1 1 6 684 873 113 27 96.806541 section 5 1 7 1 1 7 809 880 32 20 96.806541 or 5 1 7 1 1 8 849 873 83 27 96.887146 other 5 1 7 1 1 9 942 873 61 34 95.951698 part 5 1 7 1 1 10 1013 872 31 27 95.951698 of 5 1 7 1 1 11 1052 872 55 27 96.995499 this 5 1 7 1 1 12 1119 871 160 28 96.739914 ordinance 5 1 7 1 1 13 1290 869 71 28 84.314735 shall 5 1 7 1 1 14 1374 869 37 27 96.953270 be 5 1 7 1 1 15 1423 868 66 28 95.945572 held 4 1 7 1 2 0 165 910 1326 55 -1 5 1 7 1 2 1 165 910 100 55 85.458900 invalid 5 1 7 1 2 2 281 922 33 20 96.728271 or 5 1 7 1 2 3 328 915 249 27 96.847458 unconstitutional 5 1 7 1 2 4 593 915 35 35 96.836281 by 5 1 7 1 2 5 641 923 58 27 96.339333 any 5 1 7 1 2 6 712 917 81 26 96.766289 court 5 1 7 1 2 7 805 915 31 28 97.010788 of 5 1 7 1 2 8 857 907 145 48 96.429283 competent 5 1 7 1 2 9 1021 915 186 34 96.608238 jurisdiction, 5 1 7 1 2 10 1222 914 49 27 96.723511 the 5 1 7 1 2 11 1286 911 162 29 95.258232 remainder 5 1 7 1 2 12 1460 911 31 27 96.765831 of 4 1 7 1 3 0 163 953 1322 39 -1 5 1 7 1 3 1 163 956 53 27 97.000267 this 5 1 7 1 3 2 229 956 171 28 96.782394 Ordinance 5 1 7 1 3 3 411 957 72 27 96.635323 shall 5 1 7 1 3 4 495 958 48 26 96.863632 not 5 1 7 1 3 5 553 957 37 27 96.821045 be 5 1 7 1 3 6 600 957 128 27 96.821045 affected 5 1 7 1 3 7 739 958 128 34 96.757126 thereby, 5 1 7 1 3 8 879 958 49 26 96.786224 but 5 1 7 1 3 9 938 957 70 27 95.316299 shall 5 1 7 1 3 10 1020 957 108 27 96.738419 remain 5 1 7 1 3 11 1141 957 25 26 96.053215 in 5 1 7 1 3 12 1177 956 44 27 96.053215 full 5 1 7 1 3 13 1232 955 78 27 96.477989 force 5 1 7 1 3 14 1321 954 57 27 96.477989 and 5 1 7 1 3 15 1390 953 95 27 96.941643 effect. 2 1 8 0 0 0 161 1038 1323 36 -1 3 1 8 1 0 0 161 1038 1323 36 -1 4 1 8 1 1 0 161 1038 1323 36 -1 5 1 8 1 1 1 161 1039 163 26 96.392052 SECTION 5 1 8 1 1 2 338 1040 26 25 96.297531 3. 5 1 8 1 1 3 377 1040 72 25 96.299843 That 5 1 8 1 1 4 459 1040 33 26 96.385880 all 5 1 8 1 1 5 505 1040 182 26 96.110008 Ordinances 5 1 8 1 1 6 698 1048 32 18 96.110008 or 5 1 8 1 1 7 740 1042 78 32 96.662491 parts 5 1 8 1 1 8 829 1041 30 26 97.008423 of 5 1 8 1 1 9 867 1041 184 26 96.364861 Ordinances 5 1 8 1 1 10 1062 1041 24 25 96.904449 in 5 1 8 1 1 11 1098 1040 113 26 96.583786 conflict 5 1 8 1 1 12 1222 1039 142 29 96.448441 herewith, 5 1 8 1 1 13 1378 1038 37 26 95.237267 be 5 1 8 1 1 14 1426 1038 58 25 95.237267 and 2 1 9 0 0 0 159 1079 498 34 -1 3 1 9 1 0 0 159 1079 498 34 -1 4 1 9 1 1 0 159 1079 498 34 -1 5 1 9 1 1 1 159 1079 48 25 96.976715 the 5 1 9 1 1 2 221 1086 90 19 95.776169 same 5 1 9 1 1 3 325 1086 51 20 96.847839 are 5 1 9 1 1 4 391 1080 109 33 96.642555 hereby 5 1 9 1 1 5 512 1081 145 32 95.361458 repealed. 2 1 10 0 0 0 156 1159 1326 79 -1 3 1 10 1 0 0 156 1159 1326 79 -1 4 1 10 1 1 0 157 1159 1325 47 -1 5 1 10 1 1 1 157 1160 164 46 95.923965 SECTION 5 1 10 1 1 2 331 1161 28 26 96.523941 4. 5 1 10 1 1 3 370 1161 72 26 92.073830 That 5 1 10 1 1 4 450 1161 56 26 92.073830 this 5 1 10 1 1 5 515 1162 156 26 96.260468 ordinance 5 1 10 1 1 6 681 1162 72 26 94.703583 shall 5 1 10 1 1 7 765 1163 38 26 96.945175 be 5 1 10 1 1 8 812 1163 24 26 96.806686 in 5 1 10 1 1 9 845 1162 45 27 96.395020 full 5 1 10 1 1 10 898 1162 79 27 96.890457 force 5 1 10 1 1 11 987 1163 58 26 97.009163 and 5 1 10 1 1 12 1056 1162 88 26 96.139030 effect 5 1 10 1 1 13 1154 1161 191 33 93.308868 immediately 5 1 10 1 1 14 1353 1160 70 26 96.943741 from 5 1 10 1 1 15 1434 1159 48 27 96.934273 the 4 1 10 1 2 0 156 1201 883 37 -1 5 1 10 1 2 1 156 1201 68 27 96.852875 date 5 1 10 1 2 2 238 1201 32 27 96.149704 of 5 1 10 1 2 3 281 1203 35 26 93.243576 its 5 1 10 1 2 4 330 1202 138 34 96.725952 adoption 5 1 10 1 2 5 482 1203 57 26 96.692978 and 5 1 10 1 2 6 553 1203 171 34 96.587219 publication 5 1 10 1 2 7 738 1211 35 19 96.981789 as 5 1 10 1 2 8 787 1204 130 34 96.752907 required 5 1 10 1 2 9 931 1204 36 34 96.730644 by 5 1 10 1 2 10 979 1203 60 32 95.605469 law, 2 1 11 0 0 0 149 1425 760 33 -1 3 1 11 1 0 0 149 1425 760 33 -1 4 1 11 1 1 0 149 1425 760 33 -1 5 1 11 1 1 1 149 1425 760 33 95.000000 2 1 12 0 0 0 115 1371 554 111 -1 3 1 12 1 0 0 115 1371 554 111 -1 4 1 12 1 1 0 115 1371 554 111 -1 5 1 12 1 1 1 115 1371 209 103 38.425632 of 5 1 12 1 1 2 351 1450 29 23 87.195534 E. 5 1 12 1 1 3 420 1450 134 29 12.535553 ‘HARDEN, 5 1 12 1 1 4 570 1451 99 31 96.921288 Mayor 2 1 13 0 0 0 158 1627 746 33 -1 3 1 13 1 0 0 158 1627 746 33 -1 4 1 13 1 1 0 158 1627 746 33 -1 5 1 13 1 1 1 158 1627 746 33 95.000000 2 1 14 0 0 0 144 1652 436 36 -1 3 1 14 1 0 0 144 1652 436 36 -1 4 1 14 1 1 0 144 1652 436 36 -1 5 1 14 1 1 1 144 1652 126 27 96.204475 Darlene 5 1 14 1 1 2 286 1653 124 31 96.013260 Palmer, 5 1 14 1 1 3 426 1653 61 35 96.863785 City 5 1 14 1 1 4 499 1653 81 28 97.000145 Clerk 2 1 15 0 0 0 787 2009 35 20 -1 3 1 15 1 0 0 787 2009 35 20 -1 4 1 15 1 1 0 787 2009 35 20 -1 5 1 15 1 1 1 787 2009 35 20 96.785027 20 Page 15 os, ORDINANCE NO. 1848 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PRICHARD ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 5 1 3 1 2 2 661 418 154 28 95.529732 TOWERS 5 1 3 1 2 3 825 417 85 27 96.693016 AND 5 1 3 1 2 4 922 413 212 30 95.937576 FACILITIES, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS WHEREAS, on February 8, 1996, Congress enacted the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, P.L. No. 104-104, to deregulate the telecommunications industry, providing a more competitive environment for wired and wireless telecommunication services in the United States; WHEREAS, a concomitant effect of increased competition in the market for wireless telecommunications services is an increased demand f or antenna sites on towers and other antenna support structures necessary for providing wireless service via existing and new technologies; WHEREAS, the telecommunications Act of 1996 preserves the authority of the City to regulate the placement, construction, and modification of towers, antenna support structures and telecommunications facilities, as hereinafter defined, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public; and, WHEREAS, the City solicited industry comment regarding the ordinance and met with representatives of the wireless Telecommunications industry in order to facilitate industry input and suggestions concerning the proposed ordinance and to work through various alternatives and possible revisions in order to best accommodate the needs of the City and the industry. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRICHARD, ALABAMA: SECTION 1. That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Prichard is hereby amended to read as follows: Page 16 'TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND FACILITIES 1.1 Findings 1.1.1 The federal Communications Act of 1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("the Act") grants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) exclusive jurisdiction over: (a) The regulation of the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions from telecommunications facilities. (b) The regulation of radio signal interference among users of the radio frequency spectrum. 1.1.2 The City’s regulation of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities cannot have the effect of prohibiting any Person from providing wireless telecommunications services without violating the Act. 1.2 Purposes The general purpdse of this Ordinance is to regulate the placement, construction and modification of Towers and telecommunications Facilities in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, while at the same time not unreasonably, interfering with the development of the competitive wireless telecommunications marketplace in Prichard. Specifically, the purposes of this Article are: 1.2.1 To regulate the location Of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities in the City; 1.2.2 To protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impact of Towers, and Telecommunications Facilities; Page 17 1.2.3 To minimize adverse visual impact of Towers and Telecommunications Facilities through careful design, siting, landscaping, and innovative camouflaging techniques; 1.2.4 To promote and encourage shared use/collocation of Towers and Antenna Support Structures as a primary option rather than construction of additional single- use Towers; 1.2.5 To avoid potential damage to property caused by Towers and Telecommunications Facilities by ensuring such structures are soundly and carefully designed, constructed, modified, maintained and removed when no longer used or determined to be structurally unsound; 1.2.6 To ensure that Towers and Telecommunications Facilities are compatible with-surrounding land uses; 1.2.7 To facilitate the provision of wireless telecommunications services to the residents and businesses of the City in an orderly fashion. 1.3 Definitions The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: 1.3.1 “Antenna Support Structure” means any building or other structure forty- five (45) feet in height or taller and which complies with the maximum height allowed in the district in which it is located, other than a tower which can be used for location of Telecommunications Facilities. 1.3.2 “Applicant” means any Person that applies for a tower development permit. 1.3.3. “Application” means the process by which an Owner submits a request to develop, construct, build, modify or erect a Tower. Application includes all written documentation, verbal statements and representations, in whatever form or forum, made by an Applicant to the City concerning such a request. 1.3.4 “City” méans the City of Prichard, Alabama. 1.3.5 “Engineer” means any structural engineer licensed by the State of Alabama. Page 18 1.3.6 “Owner” means any Person with fee title, or with written permission from a person with fee title, to any plot of land within the City who desires to develop, construct, build, operate, modify or erect a Tower upon such land. 1.3.7 “Person” is any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or other legal entity, private or public, whether for profit or not for profit. 1.3.8 “Camouflage” means any Tower or Telecommunications Facility which is designed to minimize a visual impact and to blend into the surrounding environment. The term “Camouflage” does not necessarily exclude the use of uncamoflaged lattice, guyed or monopole Tower designs. 1.3.9 “Telecommunications Facilities” means any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, antennas and any other equipment or facilities associated with the transmission or reception of communications which a Person seeks to locate or has installed upon or near a Tower or Antenna Support Structure. However, the term Telecommunications Facilities shall not include: (a) Any satellite earth station antenna two meters in diameter or less which is located in an area zoned industrial or commercial; (b) Any satellite earth station antenna one meter or less in diameter, regardless of zoning category. 1.3.10 “Tower” means a self-supporting lattice, guyed or monopole structure constructed from grade which supports Telecommunications Facilities. 1.4 Development of Towers 1.4.1 A Tower shall be a permitted use by 5 1 9 1 1 10 929 1547 82 36 95.609680 right in zoning districts M-1 and M-2. A Tower shall be a prohibited use in zoning districts R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4. No person shall build, erect, or construct a Tower upon any plot of land within a zoning district designated B-1, B-2, B-3, or B-4 unless approval has been granted by the Prichard Board of Adjustment. Application shall be made to the Prichard Board of Adjustment in the manner provided in the Zoning Ordinance. 1.4.2 No Person shall build, erect or construct a Tower upon any plot of land within any zoning district unless required building permits and approvals have been 4 Page 19 obtained from the Inspection Department of the City. 1.4.3 Towers shall be permitted to a height of 180 feet in M-1 and M-2 zoning districts. Towers may be permitted in excess of the maximum height allowed for the zoning district in which it is located in accordance with section 1. 18.2, “Criteria for Site Plan Development Modifications,” and, if granted a variance by the Board of Adjustment. 1.4.4 The City may authorize the use of City property in appropriately zoned districts in accordance with applicable law; however, the City shall have no obligation whatsoever to use City property for such purposes. 1.4.5 No new Tower shall be built, constructed or erected in the City unless such Tower is capable of supporting another Person's operating Telecommunications Facilities comparable in weight, size and surface area to Applicant’s final design. For the purposes of this paragraph, Applicant’s final design shall mean the Telecommunications Facilities installed on the Applicant’s Tower within six (6) months of the completion of Tower construction. 1.4.6 An Application to develop a Tower shall include: (a). The name, address and telephone number of the Owner and lessee of the parcel of land upon which the Tower is situated. If the Applicant is not the Owner of the parcel of land upon which the Tower is situated, the written consent of the Owner shall be evidenced in the Application. (b). The legal description, parcel identification number, key number and address of the parcel of land upon which the Tower is situated. (c). The names, addresses and telephone numbers of all Owners of other Towers or usable Antenna Support Structures within a one mile radius of the proposed new Tower site, including City owned property. (d). Written documentation that the Applicant: (1) made diligent, but unsuccessful efforts for a minimum of forty- five (45) days prior to the submission of the application to install or collocate the Applicant’s Telecommunications Facilities on Towers or usable Antenna Support Structures owned by the City and other persons located within a one mile radius of the proposed Tower site; or Page 20 (2) written, technical evidence from an engineer that the proposed Tower or Telecommunications Facilities cannot be installed or collocated on another Person's Tower or usable Antenna Support Structure located within a one mile radius of the proposed Tower site, and must be located at the proposed site in order to meet the coverage requirements of the Applicant's wireless communications system, (e). Written, technical evidence from an Engineer that the proposed structure meets the standards set forth in section 1. 6, Structural 4 1 3 1 3 0 391 662 438 38 -1 5 1 3 1 3 1 391 663 231 37 96.539238 Requirements,” 5 1 3 1 3 2 635 663 31 26 96.607803 of 5 1 3 1 3 3 675 663 54 26 97.001076 this 5 1 3 1 3 4 743 662 86 27 96.831322 Code. 2 1 4 0 0 0 387 741 1140 211 -1 3 1 4 1 0 0 387 741 1140 211 -1 4 1 4 1 1 0 392 741 1135 40 -1 5 1 4 1 1 1 392 748 40 33 77.062225 (f). 5 1 4 1 1 2 453 748 128 29 96.005676 Written, 5 1 4 1 1 3 593 747 132 26 96.524605 technical 5 1 4 1 1 4 737 747 129 25 96.326889 evidence 5 1 4 1 1 5 877 747 72 25 96.683517 from 5 1 4 1 1 6 960 754 36 17 96.261841 an 5 1 4 1 1 7 1008 746 127 34 96.261841 engineer 5 1 4 1 1 8 1146 744 61 25 96.673210 that 5 1 4 1 1 9 1218 744 48 25 96.923203 the 5 1 4 1 1 10 1277 741 141 36 96.864677 proposed 5 1 4 1 1 11 1431 743 52 23 96.992119 site 5 1 4 1 1 12 1496 741 31 25 96.997559 of 4 1 4 1 2 0 389 782 1138 37 -1 5 1 4 1 2 1 389 791 47 25 96.559937 the 5 1 4 1 2 2 457 790 97 25 96.461311 Tower 5 1 4 1 2 3 576 797 31 18 93.300911 or 5 1 4 1 2 4 627 789 319 26 92.712753 Telecommunications 5 1 4 1 2 5 969 786 132 27 96.908173 Facilities 5 1 4 1 2 6 1125 787 65 24 96.372375 does 5 1 4 1 2 7 1214 790 51 20 96.372375 not 5 1 4 1 2 8 1288 792 67 27 96.689087 pose 5 1 4 1 2 9 1378 791 15 17 96.712494 a 5 1 4 1 2 10 1417 783 57 25 91.153641 risk 5 1 4 1 2 11 1496 782 31 26 96.942390 of 4 1 4 1 3 0 389 824 1133 43 -1 5 1 4 1 3 1 389 832 148 35 96.684982 explosion, 5 1 4 1 3 2 551 831 49 26 96.618233 fire 5 1 4 1 3 3 613 839 30 18 96.906097 or 5 1 4 1 3 4 655 831 79 25 96.043404 other 5 1 4 1 3 5 746 830 104 35 96.863052 danger 5 1 4 1 3 6 861 830 55 25 96.511848 due 5 1 4 1 3 7 927 834 30 21 96.300201 to 5 1 4 1 3 8 970 830 35 24 96.300201 its 5 1 4 1 3 9 1018 829 147 35 96.726685 proximity 5 1 4 1 3 10 1176 832 30 21 97.007683 to 5 1 4 1 3 11 1218 826 121 30 96.067612 volatile, 5 1 4 1 3 12 1353 824 169 30 96.376823 flammable, 4 1 4 1 4 0 388 866 1135 43 -1 5 1 4 1 4 1 388 874 140 35 96.888374 explosive, 5 1 4 1 4 2 541 881 30 18 96.700035 or 5 1 4 1 4 3 581 873 150 26 96.695328 hazardous 5 1 4 1 4 4 743 872 136 26 96.827362 materials 5 1 4 1 4 5 891 872 67 26 96.920692 such 5 1 4 1 4 6 969 879 28 18 96.899025 as 5 1 4 1 4 7 1009 871 40 26 96.904518 LP 5 1 4 1 4 8 1059 878 53 28 96.963943 gas, 5 1 4 1 4 9 1124 877 131 28 96.910210 propane, 5 1 4 1 4 10 1268 868 131 36 96.882820 gasoline, 5 1 4 1 4 11 1413 866 110 27 96.965515 natural 4 1 4 1 5 0 387 909 664 43 -1 5 1 4 1 5 1 387 924 53 28 96.768814 gas, 5 1 4 1 5 2 453 917 134 25 96.245010 corrosive 5 1 4 1 5 3 599 923 31 18 96.678802 or 5 1 4 1 5 4 641 915 79 27 96.517883 other 5 1 4 1 5 5 731 915 155 36 96.517883 dangerous 5 1 4 1 5 6 898 909 153 40 96.627708 chemicals. 2 1 5 0 0 0 385 997 1135 211 -1 3 1 5 1 0 0 385 997 1135 211 -1 4 1 5 1 1 0 390 997 1130 41 -1 5 1 5 1 1 1 390 1001 45 37 90.616295 (g). 5 1 5 1 1 2 455 1001 26 27 72.612366 A 5 1 5 1 1 3 490 1009 63 28 72.612366 map 5 1 5 1 1 4 565 1001 32 26 96.996895 of 5 1 5 1 1 5 604 1001 46 26 96.845039 the 5 1 5 1 1 6 663 1001 63 36 96.845039 City 5 1 5 1 1 7 737 1001 55 26 96.504585 and 5 1 5 1 1 8 802 1001 49 26 96.504585 the 5 1 5 1 1 9 861 1001 62 25 96.517471 first 5 1 5 1 1 10 933 999 133 27 96.906265 half-mile 5 1 5 1 1 11 1078 999 31 26 96.940681 of 5 1 5 1 1 12 1118 998 34 27 94.846634 all 5 1 5 1 1 13 1164 998 149 35 95.323288 bordering 5 1 5 1 1 14 1323 997 197 26 96.270790 communities 4 1 5 1 2 0 387 1039 1133 41 -1 5 1 5 1 2 1 387 1044 122 36 96.420685 showing 5 1 5 1 2 2 521 1044 47 26 96.735901 the 5 1 5 1 2 3 583 1044 95 36 96.985161 design 5 1 5 1 2 4 690 1044 54 26 96.984138 and 5 1 5 1 2 5 756 1043 125 27 97.001274 location 5 1 5 1 2 6 893 1043 33 26 96.938759 of 5 1 5 1 2 7 934 1043 47 26 96.938759 the 5 1 5 1 2 8 992 1042 167 36 88.870552 Applicant's 5 1 5 1 2 9 1173 1042 86 25 96.999306 entire 5 1 5 1 2 10 1273 1041 117 35 96.951500 existing 5 1 5 1 2 11 1401 1039 119 26 96.460457 wireless 4 1 5 1 3 0 386 1082 1134 40 -1 5 1 5 1 3 1 386 1087 298 26 91.200462 telecommunications 5 1 5 1 3 2 695 1086 130 27 95.976837 network. 5 1 5 1 3 3 848 1086 75 27 96.746231 Such 5 1 5 1 3 4 932 1094 63 28 96.574905 map 5 1 5 1 3 5 1008 1085 67 26 95.742043 shall 5 1 5 1 3 6 1086 1085 55 26 96.896400 also 5 1 5 1 3 7 1153 1085 76 26 97.000458 show 5 1 5 1 3 8 1239 1084 48 26 96.919327 the 5 1 5 1 3 9 1298 1083 121 26 96.611565 location 5 1 5 1 3 10 1431 1082 32 27 96.623833 of 5 1 5 1 3 11 1472 1082 48 26 96.990967 the 4 1 5 1 4 0 385 1126 1133 40 -1 5 1 5 1 4 1 385 1130 135 36 0.000000 proposed 5 1 5 1 4 2 530 1130 96 26 96.324097 Tower 5 1 5 1 4 3 636 1130 54 26 96.781784 and 5 1 5 1 4 4 701 1135 122 20 96.461983 antenna 5 1 5 1 4 5 833 1130 64 25 96.619972 sites 5 1 5 1 4 6 906 1128 91 27 96.658501 which 5 1 5 1 4 7 1009 1136 42 18 96.946281 are 5 1 5 1 4 8 1062 1128 46 26 96.776581 the 5 1 5 1 4 9 1120 1127 105 36 96.955009 subject 5 1 5 1 4 10 1238 1127 31 26 96.955009 of 5 1 5 1 4 11 1278 1126 49 26 96.672638 the 5 1 5 1 4 12 1339 1126 179 35 96.878304 application, 4 1 5 1 5 0 385 1171 714 37 -1 5 1 5 1 5 1 385 1173 70 26 96.287460 their 5 1 5 1 5 2 466 1173 178 30 96.751221 dimensions, 5 1 5 1 5 3 657 1173 55 25 96.603584 and 5 1 5 1 5 4 724 1172 205 36 96.563965 specifications 5 1 5 1 5 5 941 1171 31 26 97.007874 of 5 1 5 1 5 6 981 1171 48 26 96.879196 the 5 1 5 1 5 7 1041 1172 58 25 96.879196 site. 2 1 6 0 0 0 381 1254 1138 85 -1 3 1 6 1 0 0 381 1254 1138 85 -1 4 1 6 1 1 0 386 1254 1133 41 -1 5 1 6 1 1 1 386 1259 49 34 89.345879 (h). 5 1 6 1 1 2 458 1259 154 27 96.917503 Certificate 5 1 6 1 1 3 623 1259 71 26 94.056595 from 5 1 6 1 1 4 705 1267 35 18 95.383141 an 5 1 6 1 1 5 751 1259 132 36 96.867043 Engineer 5 1 6 1 1 6 892 1258 197 36 96.808922 documenting 5 1 6 1 1 7 1099 1257 162 26 96.947327 collocation 5 1 6 1 1 8 1272 1255 149 37 95.846771 capability 5 1 6 1 1 9 1431 1255 32 26 97.017868 of 5 1 6 1 1 10 1471 1254 48 27 97.000977 the 4 1 6 1 2 0 381 1302 592 37 -1 5 1 6 1 2 1 381 1302 170 37 92.562630 Applicant’s 5 1 6 1 2 2 563 1302 307 27 89.393875 telecommunications 5 1 6 1 2 3 881 1307 92 22 96.495285 tower. 2 1 7 0 0 0 180 1390 788 110 -1 3 1 7 1 0 0 180 1390 788 110 -1 4 1 7 1 1 0 180 1390 205 26 -1 5 1 7 1 1 1 180 1390 46 26 94.510841 1.5 5 1 7 1 1 2 243 1390 142 26 96.459251 Setbacks 4 1 7 1 2 0 281 1473 687 27 -1 5 1 7 1 2 1 281 1474 70 26 88.781540 1.5.1 5 1 7 1 2 2 375 1474 44 26 88.781540 All 5 1 7 1 2 3 431 1474 108 26 96.698006 Towers 5 1 7 1 2 4 551 1474 69 26 96.653381 shall 5 1 7 1 2 5 631 1474 35 25 96.384445 be 5 1 7 1 2 6 678 1479 41 20 96.908173 set 5 1 7 1 2 7 730 1473 73 26 95.872581 back 5 1 7 1 2 8 813 1482 29 17 96.277290 as 5 1 7 1 2 9 853 1473 115 26 96.888313 follows: 2 1 8 0 0 0 378 1554 1137 81 -1 3 1 8 1 0 0 378 1554 1137 81 -1 4 1 8 1 1 0 381 1554 1134 36 -1 5 1 8 1 1 1 381 1558 38 32 95.969559 (a) 5 1 8 1 1 2 443 1558 51 25 92.870598 For 5 1 8 1 1 3 504 1558 61 25 78.205612 M-1 5 1 8 1 1 4 581 1558 55 25 93.266083 and 5 1 8 1 1 5 648 1558 72 29 90.670685 M-2, 5 1 8 1 1 6 735 1558 115 25 96.554665 setback 5 1 8 1 1 7 860 1557 70 26 96.554665 shall 5 1 8 1 1 8 941 1557 34 25 96.994858 be 5 1 8 1 1 9 988 1565 37 17 96.508636 on 5 1 8 1 1 10 1037 1557 34 25 96.508636 all 5 1 8 1 1 11 1084 1557 71 25 96.964676 sides 5 1 8 1 1 12 1167 1564 16 17 96.818932 a 5 1 8 1 1 13 1194 1556 125 25 96.420410 distance 5 1 8 1 1 14 1332 1554 81 36 96.998169 equal 5 1 8 1 1 15 1425 1560 30 19 96.998169 to 5 1 8 1 1 16 1468 1555 47 24 96.834229 the 4 1 8 1 2 0 378 1598 1008 37 -1 5 1 8 1 2 1 378 1599 162 36 96.574738 underlying 5 1 8 1 2 2 551 1600 114 25 96.309212 setback 5 1 8 1 2 3 675 1601 187 33 96.138733 requirement 5 1 8 1 2 4 873 1600 44 25 96.496002 for 5 1 8 1 2 5 926 1599 63 26 96.986641 that 5 1 8 1 2 6 1000 1598 146 36 96.276939 particular 5 1 8 1 2 7 1156 1599 103 34 96.731056 zoning 5 1 8 1 2 8 1270 1598 116 25 96.559296 district. 2 1 9 0 0 0 376 1681 1138 82 -1 3 1 9 1 0 0 376 1681 1138 82 -1 4 1 9 1 1 0 379 1681 1135 36 -1 5 1 9 1 1 1 379 1684 41 33 92.729538 (b) 5 1 9 1 1 2 445 1685 50 25 93.166565 For 5 1 9 1 1 3 505 1685 61 30 92.835838 B-1, 5 1 9 1 1 4 580 1685 60 30 91.959496 B-2, 5 1 9 1 1 5 653 1685 50 25 92.079353 B-3 5 1 9 1 1 6 719 1692 32 18 93.277756 or 5 1 9 1 1 7 761 1685 62 30 92.791870 B-4, 5 1 9 1 1 8 836 1684 114 26 96.644608 setback 5 1 9 1 1 9 961 1692 38 18 96.517128 on 5 1 9 1 1 10 1011 1684 34 26 96.517128 all 5 1 9 1 1 11 1058 1684 70 26 96.886223 sides 5 1 9 1 1 12 1141 1683 67 26 96.306641 shall 5 1 9 1 1 13 1220 1683 35 26 96.164795 be 5 1 9 1 1 14 1268 1691 16 17 96.164795 a 5 1 9 1 1 15 1296 1683 125 26 96.579994 distance 5 1 9 1 1 16 1434 1681 80 36 96.622437 equal 4 1 9 1 2 0 376 1725 1138 38 -1 5 1 9 1 2 1 376 1732 31 21 96.435928 to 5 1 9 1 2 2 427 1727 46 26 96.435928 the 5 1 9 1 2 3 491 1727 96 36 96.840103 height 5 1 9 1 2 4 606 1727 31 26 96.202606 of 5 1 9 1 2 5 652 1727 47 26 96.866035 the 5 1 9 1 2 6 718 1732 94 25 96.718529 tower, 5 1 9 1 2 7 832 1727 93 26 96.656479 unless 5 1 9 1 2 8 943 1727 48 26 96.285812 the 5 1 9 1 2 9 1011 1726 138 36 95.741379 applicant 5 1 9 1 2 10 1168 1726 118 26 96.525528 submits 5 1 9 1 2 11 1306 1733 36 18 96.657410 an 5 1 9 1 2 12 1360 1725 154 35 94.891541 Engineer's 2 1 10 0 0 0 376 1767 1138 82 -1 3 1 10 1 0 0 376 1767 1138 82 -1 4 1 10 1 1 0 377 1767 1137 37 -1 5 1 10 1 1 1 377 1769 181 27 96.217438 certification 5 1 10 1 1 2 571 1770 55 26 96.766220 and 5 1 10 1 1 3 639 1769 145 27 96.800758 otherwise 5 1 10 1 1 4 796 1770 203 26 96.533333 demonstrates 5 1 10 1 1 5 1013 1775 28 20 96.825745 to 5 1 10 1 1 6 1055 1769 47 26 95.949600 the 5 1 10 1 1 7 1115 1769 134 35 96.702751 Planning 5 1 10 1 1 8 1262 1768 192 26 95.561218 Commission 5 1 10 1 1 9 1466 1767 48 26 96.818344 the 4 1 10 1 2 0 376 1812 453 37 -1 5 1 10 1 2 1 376 1812 88 36 96.388336 safety 5 1 10 1 2 2 475 1813 31 25 96.746155 of 5 1 10 1 2 3 515 1812 47 26 97.019135 the 5 1 10 1 2 4 574 1812 138 36 96.473045 proposed 5 1 10 1 2 5 724 1813 105 36 87.096275 design. 2 1 11 0 0 0 276 1896 1237 38 -1 3 1 11 1 0 0 276 1896 1237 38 -1 4 1 11 1 1 0 276 1896 1237 38 -1 5 1 11 1 1 1 276 1898 74 26 87.766983 1.5.2 5 1 11 1 1 2 380 1898 120 26 87.766983 Setback 5 1 11 1 1 3 512 1899 198 35 96.625107 requirements 5 1 11 1 1 4 724 1898 44 26 96.567139 for 5 1 11 1 1 5 779 1898 111 27 96.163841 Towers 5 1 11 1 1 6 905 1898 68 26 96.706856 shall 5 1 11 1 1 7 988 1898 34 26 96.706856 be 5 1 11 1 1 8 1036 1898 144 26 96.453590 measured 5 1 11 1 1 9 1193 1898 73 25 96.468521 from 5 1 11 1 1 10 1278 1897 49 26 96.491791 the 5 1 11 1 1 11 1341 1897 66 26 96.678947 base 5 1 11 1 1 12 1422 1896 31 26 96.566658 of 5 1 11 1 1 13 1465 1896 48 26 96.496765 the 2 1 12 0 0 0 822 1995 15 24 -1 3 1 12 1 0 0 822 1995 15 24 -1 4 1 12 1 1 0 822 1995 15 24 -1 5 1 12 1 1 1 822 1995 15 24 96.557976 6 Page 21 Tower to the line of the lease parcel on which it is located. 1.6 Structural Requirements. 1.6.1 All Towers must be designed and certified by an Engineer to be structurally sound and, at minimum, in conformance with the current Building Code as adopted by the City of Prichard, as may be amended from time to time, and any other standards outlined in this Article. 1.6.2. Towers must be located and equipped with step bolts and ladders so as to provide ready access for inspection purposes; 1.6.3. Guide wires or other tower accessories must not cross or encroach upon any street or other public place or over any electric power lines or encroach upon any other privately owned property without written consent of the owner; 1.6.4. All towers must be constructed of approved corrosion resistant non-combustible material. The minimum type of construction for isolated radio towers, more than 100 feet in height, must be of a non-combustible material; 1.6.5. Towers must be designed to resist wind loads in accordance with ELA/TIA-222-F series. Consideration must be given to conditions involving wind loads on ice-covered sections and localities subject to sustained freezing temperatures; 1,6.6. All towers must be permanently and effectively grounded. 1.7 Separation or Buffer Requirements. 1.7.1 Towers shall be separated from all residentially zoned lands, by a minimum of 200 feet or 150% of the height of the proposed Tower, whichever is greater. 1.7.2 Tower separation distances for the purpose of compliance with this article shall be measured from the base of a Tower to the closest point of residentially zoned land. 1.8 Method of Determining Tower Height. Page 22 1.8.1 Measurement of Tower height for the purpose of determining compliance with all requirements of this article shall include the Tower structure itself, the base pad, and any other Telecommunications Facilities attached thereto. Tower height shall be measured from grade. 1.9 Jlbumination. 1.9.1 Towers shall not be artificially lighted except as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) . Upon commencement of Construction of a Tower, in cases where there are residential uses located within a distance which is 300% of the height of the Tower from the Tower, and when required by federal law, dual mode lighting shall be requested by the applicant from the FAA. 1.10 Fencing. 1.10.1 A minimum six foot finished masonry wall or fence with not less than 85% opacity shall be required around all communication towers located in a residential or commercial/business zoning district, unless more stringent fencing requirements are required by FCC regulations, or the City’s Board of Adjustment. 1.1] Landscaping 1.11.1 Landscaping. The visual impacts of residentially or commercially located communication towers shall be mitigated through landscaping or other screening materials at the base of the tower and ancillary structures. 1.11.2. Purposes and Objectives. ‘(a) Purposes. The purpose of this section is preserve, protect, and enhance the ecological aesthetic environments of the City of Prichard. Inasmuch as landscaped areas serve to protect soil erosion; reduce the hazards of flooding; absorb carbon dioxide and supply oxygen; reduce the effects of noise, glare, dust, and other objectionable activities generated by some land uses; safeguard and enhance property values; buffer and screen adjacent properties; promote the pleasant appearance and character of neighborhoods; provide shade; and facilitate the safe movement of traffic in vehicular use areas, it is further the purpose of this section to improve the appearance, quality, and quantity of landscaped areas throughout the City of Prichard, 8 Page 23 c. These requirements shall remain with any subsequent owner. 1,11.3 Landscaping Requirements. a. Landscaping Percentage Requirements. On any Building Site for which an application for a Building Permit is made, at least five percent (5%) in 1997; six percent (6%) in 1998, up to ten percent (10%) in 2002, of the total Building Site shall be landscape as applications are made for building permits. At least sixty percent (60%) of this landscape percentage requirement shall be located on the building site between the street line(s) and the building wall(s) facing the street. b. The following landscaping and buffering of communication towers shall be required around the perimeter of the tower and accessory structures in all residentially zoned districts. (1) A row of shade trees a minimum of 8 feet tall and a maximum of 10 feet apart shall be planted around the perimeter of the fence; (2) A continuous hedge at least 30 inches high at the time of planting, capable of growing to at least 36 inches in height within 18 months, shall be planted in front of the tree line in 1.1 1.a.(i). (3) All required landscaping shall be xeriscape tolerant or irrigated and properly maintained to ensure good health and vitality. c. Required landscaping shall be installed outside the fence or wall. d. The use of existing vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable and may be credited as appropriate toward meeting landscaping requirements. e. These standards may be waived by the Director of the Inspection Department only for those sides of the proposed tower 10 Page 24 ai, that are located adjacent to undevelopable lands and lands not in public view. ’ f. Parking Lots. (1) Parking Lot Requirements. Parking lot landscaping shall be provided in parking lot use areas having uncovered parking at street level. Such landscaping shall be provided in such a manner as to break up the expanse of paving, facilitate the safe circulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and provide shade valuable for pedestrians and/or vehicles. g. Landscaping Design Criteria. The landscape material shall be as follows, but not be limited to, trees, shrubs, flowers, vines, lawn grass and other ground cover; natural features and areas; and nonliving durable material commonly used in landscaping which shall include, but not be limited to, rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, wood chips, exterior lighting fixtures, planters, fountains, reflecting pools, works of art, walkways, fences, walls, benches and other types of appropriate outdoor furniture. Nonliving landscape material shall not include artificial or synthetic material in the form of trees, flowers, shrubs, vines, or ground cover, except where other landscape material or protection buffer is allowed or required in accordance with the requirements for buffer protection as follows: (1). Wall or Fence. If a wall or fence is provided as protection buffer, it shall be six (6) feet high, of construction and a design approved by the Inspection Services Department. (2). Screen Planting. If screen planting is provided as a protection buffer, it shall be at least ten (10) feet in width, shall be planted with materials in sufficient density and of sufficient height (but in no case less than six (6) feet high at the time of planting) to afford protection to the residence district from the glare of lights, from blowing papers, dust and debris, from visual encroachment, and to effectively reduce the transmission of noise. Screen 11 Page 25 1. Sight Visibility. Landscape material shall not create an obstruction to visibility at intersections as follows: (1) On a corner Building Site in any district in which a front yard is required, no fence, wall, hedge, structure or planting creating a material impediment to visibility between the heights of three (3) feet and eight (8) feet above the street grade at the intersection shall be erected, placed, or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting street lines and a straight line connecting such street lines at points equidistant from such point of intersection and passing through a point which point is the intersection of lines defining the front and side yards. m. Protection of Landscaped Areas. All landscaped areas shall be protected by the use of protective tree grates, concrete curbs, wheel stops, continuous border plants or hedgerows, railroad ties, or other suitable barriers to allow sufficient percolation of water and air to the root system of living landscape material and to protect from damage due to heavy foot traffic or vehicular encroachment. 1.11.4 Credits Toward Landscaping Requirements. Credits toward the total landscape requirements will be allowed as follows: a. Where natural features and amenities such a trees, water courses, historic sites, and similar irreplaceable assets exist on a Site prior to development, and provision is made to preserve the aforementioned permanently, up to one-hundred percent (100%) may be credited toward the landscaping percentage requirement for the total Site set out in a. Landscaping Percentage Requirements. On an Building Site for which an application for a Buildi Permit is made, at least five percent (5%) in 1997 six percent (6%) in 1998, up to ten percent (10%) in 2002, of the total Building Site shall be landscape as applications are made for building permits. A least sixty percent (60%) of this landscape in percentage requirement shall be located on th building site between the street line(s) and the building wall(s) facing the street, as illustrated, provided it is 13 Page 26 determined that such credit satisfies all purposes, objectives and requirements of this section. b. Credit will be allowed toward the landscaping percentage requirement for the total Building Site landscape material in adjacent rights-of-way a medians not to exceed three percent (3%) of the tot landscape requirement. At no time will the landscaping requirements be less than five Percent 5% on the main site. Credit for right-of-way and median landscaping must be replanted as to meet all criteria in the section of this Ordinancee entitled Minimum 5 1 2 1 8 4 939 667 188 36 96.572235 Landscaping 5 1 2 1 8 5 1138 665 235 38 95.392952 Requirements.” 2 1 3 0 0 0 441 752 1004 410 -1 3 1 3 1 0 0 441 752 1004 410 -1 4 1 3 1 1 0 447 752 922 39 -1 5 1 3 1 1 1 447 755 30 26 91.858871 C. 5 1 3 1 1 2 498 755 170 27 96.804512 Allocations 5 1 3 1 1 3 681 755 30 26 96.855446 of 5 1 3 1 1 4 721 755 109 31 95.329002 credits, 5 1 3 1 1 5 842 755 24 26 96.951813 if 5 1 3 1 1 6 875 763 63 28 96.822098 any, 5 1 3 1 1 7 950 754 117 27 96.078400 referred 5 1 3 1 1 8 1078 759 29 21 94.469612 to 5 1 3 1 1 9 1119 755 29 25 93.303986 in 5 1 3 1 1 10 1163 752 136 34 90.754639 1.11.4(a) 5 1 3 1 1 11 1314 752 55 27 96.462654 and 4 1 3 1 2 0 449 796 987 38 -1 5 1 3 1 2 1 449 797 148 34 91.121178 1.11.4(b), 5 1 3 1 2 2 610 798 54 26 96.351135 and 5 1 3 1 2 3 676 797 130 37 96.940048 approval 5 1 3 1 2 4 818 798 33 26 97.000069 of 5 1 3 1 2 5 857 797 82 36 96.978157 plans 5 1 3 1 2 6 950 797 70 27 96.299774 shall 5 1 3 1 2 7 1031 797 34 26 96.263046 be 5 1 3 1 2 8 1076 797 80 26 96.068039 made 5 1 3 1 2 9 1167 797 38 35 96.840263 by 5 1 3 1 2 10 1215 796 49 26 97.014236 the 5 1 3 1 2 11 1276 796 160 35 96.814980 Inspection 4 1 3 1 3 0 445 839 992 36 -1 5 1 3 1 3 1 445 840 184 35 96.204269 Department 5 1 3 1 3 2 640 841 134 25 96.434799 Director. 5 1 3 1 3 3 795 840 65 35 96.805161 Any 5 1 3 1 3 4 871 840 201 35 96.637367 disagreement 5 1 3 1 3 5 1081 839 68 26 96.823059 with 5 1 3 1 3 6 1160 839 47 25 96.399155 the 5 1 3 1 3 7 1219 839 218 25 96.399155 determination 4 1 3 1 4 0 444 880 919 37 -1 5 1 3 1 4 1 444 882 80 26 95.823456 made 5 1 3 1 4 2 536 882 39 35 96.206337 by 5 1 3 1 4 3 585 882 47 26 96.206337 the 5 1 3 1 4 4 643 882 128 26 96.814125 Director 5 1 3 1 4 5 781 882 33 26 97.005562 of 5 1 3 1 4 6 821 882 49 25 96.887428 the 5 1 3 1 4 7 881 881 162 36 95.662239 Inspection 5 1 3 1 4 8 1054 881 182 35 96.670067 Department 5 1 3 1 4 9 1248 880 69 26 96.146126 shall 5 1 3 1 4 10 1329 880 34 26 97.014435 be 4 1 3 1 5 0 443 921 954 38 -1 5 1 3 1 5 1 443 923 124 26 96.247894 resolved 5 1 3 1 5 2 579 924 37 35 96.247894 by 5 1 3 1 5 3 625 924 47 25 96.928215 the 5 1 3 1 5 4 685 924 66 35 97.009628 City 5 1 3 1 5 5 761 924 32 25 96.883194 of 5 1 3 1 5 6 802 924 131 25 96.558281 Prichard 5 1 3 1 5 7 943 923 91 26 96.686516 Board 5 1 3 1 5 8 1046 923 31 26 96.822205 of 5 1 3 1 5 9 1083 923 200 35 96.441483 Adjustments. 5 1 3 1 5 10 1318 921 79 27 96.550591 Total 4 1 3 1 6 0 443 964 970 38 -1 5 1 3 1 6 1 443 967 101 25 96.471054 on-site 5 1 3 1 6 2 555 965 177 37 96.515450 landscaping 5 1 3 1 6 3 743 967 202 34 96.228401 requirements 5 1 3 1 6 4 954 965 56 27 96.565750 will 5 1 3 1 6 5 1022 970 51 21 97.008202 not 5 1 3 1 6 6 1083 966 34 25 97.008202 be 5 1 3 1 6 7 1128 965 120 26 96.253098 reduced 5 1 3 1 6 8 1259 964 91 26 96.253098 below 5 1 3 1 6 9 1360 964 53 26 96.789421 five 4 1 3 1 7 0 442 1007 888 37 -1 5 1 3 1 7 1 442 1013 112 31 96.642143 percent 5 1 3 1 7 2 569 1008 69 33 96.207268 (5%) 5 1 3 1 7 3 652 1013 95 31 96.207268 except 5 1 3 1 7 4 757 1009 31 25 96.447006 in 5 1 3 1 7 5 799 1016 76 18 96.622696 cases 5 1 3 1 7 6 886 1008 33 26 96.661362 of 5 1 3 1 7 7 927 1007 141 37 96.385735 hardship, 5 1 3 1 7 8 1081 1007 208 36 96.747070 developments 5 1 3 1 7 9 1301 1008 29 24 96.708847 in 4 1 3 1 8 0 441 1050 894 36 -1 5 1 3 1 8 1 441 1050 115 26 96.631676 historic 5 1 3 1 8 2 567 1051 117 26 96.631676 districts 5 1 3 1 8 3 697 1059 30 18 96.930595 or 5 1 3 1 8 4 737 1051 185 35 96.426407 professional 5 1 3 1 8 5 933 1050 138 36 96.232475 buildings 5 1 3 1 8 6 1082 1050 67 26 96.964432 with 5 1 3 1 8 7 1161 1050 112 36 96.772728 specific 5 1 3 1 8 8 1285 1051 50 24 96.820236 site 4 1 3 1 9 0 442 1092 1003 37 -1 5 1 3 1 9 1 442 1094 112 25 89.600060 criteria. 5 1 3 1 9 2 577 1093 98 26 96.095909 Added 5 1 3 1 9 3 687 1093 100 26 96.517906 credits 5 1 3 1 9 4 798 1101 66 28 96.425858 may 5 1 3 1 9 5 873 1094 36 25 96.120560 be 5 1 3 1 9 6 920 1093 93 26 96.120560 issued 5 1 3 1 9 7 1026 1101 75 28 96.629799 upon 5 1 3 1 9 8 1113 1093 231 26 96.388374 documentation 5 1 3 1 9 9 1356 1092 31 26 96.977371 of 5 1 3 1 9 10 1395 1092 50 26 96.507423 the 4 1 3 1 10 0 441 1136 77 26 -1 5 1 3 1 10 1 441 1136 77 26 66.017151 need. 2 1 4 0 0 0 534 1222 878 326 -1 3 1 4 1 0 0 534 1222 878 326 -1 4 1 4 1 1 0 645 1222 733 36 -1 5 1 4 1 1 1 645 1223 89 25 91.159958 1.11.5 5 1 4 1 1 2 750 1244 5 4 91.159958 . 5 1 4 1 1 3 768 1223 161 35 96.305779 Landscape 5 1 4 1 1 4 941 1222 67 26 96.911781 Plan 5 1 4 1 1 5 1017 1222 144 36 96.757446 Approval. 5 1 4 1 1 6 1193 1222 26 26 91.932640 A 5 1 4 1 1 7 1230 1222 148 35 96.323723 landscape 4 1 4 1 2 0 539 1264 851 38 -1 5 1 4 1 2 1 539 1264 66 37 96.689728 plan 5 1 4 1 2 2 616 1265 67 27 95.699463 shall 5 1 4 1 2 3 695 1265 33 27 96.946495 be 5 1 4 1 2 4 741 1265 156 27 96.415405 submitted 5 1 4 1 2 5 907 1265 45 27 96.532272 for 5 1 4 1 2 6 961 1265 130 37 96.863327 approval 5 1 4 1 2 7 1104 1271 27 20 96.625992 at 5 1 4 1 2 8 1143 1265 46 26 96.944458 the 5 1 4 1 2 9 1201 1266 68 25 97.007637 time 5 1 4 1 2 10 1281 1265 62 26 96.805885 that 5 1 4 1 2 11 1355 1273 35 17 96.805885 an 4 1 4 1 3 0 539 1308 822 37 -1 5 1 4 1 3 1 539 1308 167 37 96.503922 application 5 1 4 1 3 2 717 1309 44 26 95.294617 for 5 1 4 1 3 3 771 1317 17 18 95.294617 a 5 1 4 1 3 4 799 1309 132 36 96.599464 Building 5 1 4 1 3 5 941 1309 102 26 96.555008 Permit 5 1 4 1 3 6 1054 1310 21 25 96.555008 is 5 1 4 1 3 7 1088 1309 79 26 96.632874 made 5 1 4 1 3 8 1179 1317 37 18 96.485283 on 5 1 4 1 3 9 1229 1317 55 28 96.014954 any 5 1 4 1 3 10 1294 1308 67 27 96.642769 land 4 1 4 1 4 0 536 1352 833 37 -1 5 1 4 1 4 1 536 1352 90 26 96.756210 where 5 1 4 1 4 2 638 1352 46 26 96.782326 the 5 1 4 1 4 3 696 1352 182 37 96.631798 landscaping 5 1 4 1 4 4 887 1354 200 34 96.152267 requirements 5 1 4 1 4 5 1099 1352 31 26 96.814049 of 5 1 4 1 4 6 1138 1352 55 26 96.400253 this 5 1 4 1 4 7 1205 1354 108 24 96.993301 section 5 1 4 1 4 8 1325 1360 44 18 96.962257 are 4 1 4 1 5 0 537 1395 826 36 -1 5 1 4 1 5 1 537 1395 158 36 95.218872 applicable. 5 1 4 1 5 2 720 1395 75 26 96.810890 Such 5 1 4 1 5 3 806 1395 150 36 96.709129 landscape 5 1 4 1 5 4 965 1395 68 36 96.523575 plan 5 1 4 1 5 5 1045 1395 67 27 95.354111 shall 5 1 4 1 5 6 1123 1396 34 26 96.896744 be 5 1 4 1 5 7 1169 1395 94 26 96.725227 drawn 5 1 4 1 5 8 1276 1401 28 20 96.990578 at 5 1 4 1 5 9 1315 1395 48 26 96.803207 the 4 1 4 1 6 0 536 1438 876 34 -1 5 1 4 1 6 1 536 1445 75 18 96.660530 same 5 1 4 1 6 2 623 1438 69 25 96.401001 scale 5 1 4 1 6 3 704 1438 56 25 96.239738 and 5 1 4 1 6 4 771 1438 36 25 96.545776 be 5 1 4 1 6 5 817 1438 136 34 96.545776 provided 5 1 4 1 6 6 963 1439 30 24 96.880318 in 5 1 4 1 6 7 1006 1438 47 25 96.780426 the 5 1 4 1 6 8 1065 1446 72 17 96.961700 same 5 1 4 1 6 9 1150 1438 118 25 96.647102 number 5 1 4 1 6 10 1280 1438 31 25 96.341606 of 5 1 4 1 6 11 1320 1439 92 33 96.428162 copies 4 1 4 1 7 0 535 1479 724 36 -1 5 1 4 1 7 1 535 1486 29 18 96.990852 as 5 1 4 1 7 2 577 1479 47 26 96.926544 the 5 1 4 1 7 3 635 1480 51 25 96.873245 site 5 1 4 1 7 4 696 1479 75 36 96.986938 plan, 5 1 4 1 7 5 784 1479 57 26 96.179665 and 5 1 4 1 7 6 852 1479 70 26 96.199028 shall 5 1 4 1 7 7 935 1481 113 24 96.199028 contain 5 1 4 1 7 8 1059 1479 47 26 96.998352 the 5 1 4 1 7 9 1117 1479 142 36 95.618507 following 4 1 4 1 8 0 534 1522 187 26 -1 5 1 4 1 8 1 534 1522 187 26 96.676628 information: 2 1 5 0 0 0 432 1605 869 32 -1 3 1 5 1 0 0 432 1605 869 32 -1 4 1 5 1 1 0 432 1605 869 32 -1 5 1 5 1 1 1 432 1613 22 18 95.898125 a. 5 1 5 1 1 2 467 1605 59 26 96.948784 The 5 1 5 1 1 3 539 1606 72 30 96.059784 date, 5 1 5 1 1 4 624 1606 78 30 96.851486 scale, 5 1 5 1 1 5 714 1607 87 25 96.787102 north 5 1 5 1 1 6 812 1615 94 21 96.179893 arrow, 5 1 5 1 1 7 919 1607 68 30 96.584732 title, 5 1 5 1 1 8 1002 1607 55 25 96.811195 and 5 1 5 1 1 9 1068 1615 80 17 95.882050 name 5 1 5 1 1 10 1160 1607 31 25 95.887650 of 5 1 5 1 1 11 1201 1615 100 18 96.298531 owner. 2 1 6 0 0 0 430 1690 926 81 -1 3 1 6 1 0 0 430 1690 926 81 -1 4 1 6 1 1 0 430 1690 926 38 -1 5 1 6 1 1 1 430 1690 35 26 91.824219 b. 5 1 6 1 1 2 489 1690 59 27 96.944138 The 5 1 6 1 1 3 561 1693 187 34 96.490494 approximate 5 1 6 1 1 4 759 1691 125 26 96.184311 location 5 1 6 1 1 5 895 1692 34 26 96.236771 of 5 1 6 1 1 6 937 1693 116 35 96.988853 existing 5 1 6 1 1 7 1064 1692 143 35 96.142006 boundary 5 1 6 1 1 8 1218 1691 69 26 96.916023 lines 5 1 6 1 1 9 1301 1692 55 25 96.557648 and 4 1 6 1 2 0 430 1734 491 37 -1 5 1 6 1 2 1 430 1734 171 26 96.398338 dimensions 5 1 6 1 2 2 613 1735 32 25 96.977226 of 5 1 6 1 2 3 653 1734 47 27 96.940514 the 5 1 6 1 2 4 712 1735 131 36 96.964851 Building 5 1 6 1 2 5 855 1735 66 26 96.192276 Site. 2 1 7 0 0 0 429 1820 917 37 -1 3 1 7 1 0 0 429 1820 917 37 -1 4 1 7 1 1 0 429 1820 917 37 -1 5 1 7 1 1 1 429 1828 31 17 44.174026 c. 5 1 7 1 1 2 473 1820 59 26 96.570930 The 5 1 7 1 1 3 544 1820 129 31 96.451111 location, 5 1 7 1 1 4 687 1822 113 34 96.731400 species, 5 1 7 1 1 5 813 1821 56 26 95.462143 and 5 1 7 1 1 6 880 1822 58 25 95.462143 size 5 1 7 1 1 7 949 1821 30 26 96.523338 of 5 1 7 1 1 8 989 1822 116 35 96.523338 existing 5 1 7 1 1 9 1115 1826 69 21 96.878922 trees 5 1 7 1 1 10 1197 1821 56 26 96.508644 and 5 1 7 1 1 11 1266 1821 80 26 97.013824 other 2 1 8 0 0 0 427 1863 985 79 -1 3 1 8 1 0 0 427 1863 985 79 -1 4 1 8 1 1 0 427 1863 985 37 -1 5 1 8 1 1 1 427 1864 159 34 96.770638 vegetation 5 1 8 1 1 2 597 1863 61 26 97.013641 that 5 1 8 1 1 3 668 1863 47 26 96.996178 the 5 1 8 1 1 4 728 1864 143 35 96.463791 applicant 5 1 8 1 1 5 880 1872 135 28 96.850433 proposes 5 1 8 1 1 6 1026 1870 30 20 96.434731 to 5 1 8 1 1 7 1068 1866 103 24 96.434731 remain 5 1 8 1 1 8 1184 1873 36 17 96.856667 on 5 1 8 1 1 9 1233 1864 48 26 96.856667 the 5 1 8 1 1 10 1294 1865 51 25 96.996346 site 5 1 8 1 1 11 1357 1864 55 26 96.570114 and 4 1 8 1 2 0 427 1905 736 37 -1 5 1 8 1 2 1 427 1905 69 26 96.245728 have 5 1 8 1 2 2 507 1906 83 26 96.701553 made 5 1 8 1 2 3 602 1914 15 18 96.701904 a 5 1 8 1 2 4 627 1912 61 29 96.701904 part 5 1 8 1 2 5 699 1907 31 25 96.946915 of 5 1 8 1 2 6 739 1907 50 26 96.935791 the 5 1 8 1 2 7 799 1907 151 35 96.529900 landscape 5 1 8 1 2 8 961 1907 202 35 96.326546 development. 2 1 9 0 0 0 817 2002 32 25 -1 3 1 9 1 0 0 817 2002 32 25 -1 4 1 9 1 1 0 817 2002 32 25 -1 5 1 9 1 1 1 817 2002 32 25 82.789795 14 Page 27 a d. The approximate center line of existing watercourses; the approximate location of significant drainage features; and the location and size of existing and proposed streets and alleys, existing and proposed utility easements on or adjacent to the Building Site, and existing and proposed sidewalks adjacent to streets. e. The location and size of proposed landscaped areas, in square feet. f. The location, number, size, and name of proposed landscape material. g. Statistics verifying the minimum percentage of landscaping required under this section will be met. h. An indication, using written or graphic information, of how the applicant plans to protect existing trees and other vegetation which are propose to be retained from damage during construction. i. The proposed irrigation type and design. j. Certification that the landscape plan has been prepared by one of the following: a registered landscape architect, professional engineer, surveyor, architect, landscape designer, full time building designer, and that it satisfies all purposes, objectives and requirements of this section. FIGURE 1 1.12.1 No equipment shall be operated at Towers and Telecommunication Facilities so as to produce noise in-excess of the applicable noise standards under WAC 173-60, except during emergencies, or periodic routine maintenance which requires the use of a backup generator, where the noise standards may be exceeded temporarily. 15 Page 28 ws from the edge of the roof of the Antenna Support Structure. However, this setback requirement shall not apply to: a. Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances, located above the roof of an Antenna Support Structure if such facilities are appropriately screened from view through the use of panels, walls, fences or other screening techniques approved by the City. (b) Camouflage antennas which are mounted to the exterior of Antenna Support Structures below the roof, but which do not protrude more than 24 inches from the side of such an Antenna Support Structure. 1.18 Existing Towers. 1.18.1 An existing Tower may be modified or demolished and rebuilt to accommodate collocation of additional Telecommunications Facilities as follows: (a) Tower shall be a permitted use by 5 1 8 1 1 9 1046 1035 82 36 96.217766 right in zoning districts M-1 and M-2. A Tower shall be a prohibited use in zoning districts R-1 R- 2, and R-3. No Person shall build, erect or construct a Tower upon any plot of land within a zoning:' district designated B-1, B-2, or B-3 unless approval has been granted by the Prichard Board of Adjustment. Application shall be made to the Prichard City Planning Commission in the manner provided in this chapter. (b) No Person Shall build erect or construct a Tower upon any plot of Land within any zoning district set forth above unless required building permits and approvals have been obtained from the Inspection Department of the City. (c) The total height of the modified Tower and Telecommunications Facilities attached thereto shall not exceed the current height of the Tower or the Maximum height allowed under this Article. Certification by a structural engineer shall be required to meet collocation standards. (d) A Tower which is being rebuilt to accommodate the collocation of additional Telecommunications Facilities may be relocated on the 18 Page 29 same parcel subject to the setback requirements of this article. However, if it is impossible for the Tower to be rebuilt in compliance with the setback requirements of this Article, such setback requirement may be waived to allow the Tower to be rebuilt in its exact previous location, or within a 25 foot radius of the previous location. 1.18.2 Criteria for Site Development modifications. a. The Prichard City Planning Commission may grant approval of a site development modification plan pursuant to section 1.4.3 ifa Person, upon application to the City, demonstrates with written evidence that: (1) The location, shape, appearance or nature of use of the proposed Tower will not substantially detract from the aesthetics of the area nor change the character of the neighborhood in which the Tower is proposed to be located; and, (2) The site plan development modification will not create any threat to the public health, safety or welfare. b. In addition to the requirements of subparagraph (a) of this section, in the following cases, the Applicant must also demonstrate with written evidence, the following: (1) In the case of a requested modification to the setback requirement, that the area of the parcel of land upon which the Tower is proposed to be located makes compliance with this ordinance is impossible, and the only alternative for the Person is to locate the Tower at another site which poses a greater threat to the public health, safety or welfare or is closer in proximity to a residentially zoned land; (2) In the case of a request for modification of the height limit in a zoning district for Towers and Telecommunications Facilities, that the modification is necessary to 19 Page 30 (i) facilitate collocation of Telecommunications Facilities in order to avoid construction of a new Tower; or, (ii) meet the coverage requirements of the Applicant's wireless communications system, which requirements must be documented with written, technical evidence from an electrical engineer(s). 1.18.3 The Board of Zoning Adjustment may waive or modify the requirements of sections: 1.4.3 (Maximum Height of Towers); 1.5 (Setbacks); 1.17(Telecommunications Facilities on Antenna Support Structures); 1.14 (Access); 1.10 (Fencing); 1. 11 (Landscaping); 1. 7 (Separation or Buffer Requirements); and 1.4 (Development of Towers). SECTION.2. That if any clause, section or other part of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately from the date of its adoption and publication as required by law, ADOPTED this the 5th day of August, 1997 \ eu Rene e ‘a M. Norwood, Mayor ia K. Norwood, City Clerk/Treasurer 20