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Bogota City Zoning Code

§ 21A-12.8

Communications Antennas and Communications Towers.

[Ord. #1288, S3]
Communications antennas and communications towers are permitted as conditional uses in all zoning districts, subject to the following conditions:
a. 
Communication towers and communications antennas shall be permitted only on property that is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Borough of Bogota;
b. 
The mayor and council of the Borough of Bogota must give its consent before borough property may be used for a communication tower or communications antenna. This consent shall be in the form of a resolution of approval adopted by the mayor and council of the Borough of Bogota;
c. 
No communication tower or communication antenna shall be erected or operated in the borough except pursuant to a license issued by the mayor and council or a lease entered into between the operator of the facility and the borough;
d. 
Communications towers shall have either a galvanized steel finish, or, subject to any applicable standards of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"), shall be painted a neutral color so as to reduce visual obtrusiveness;
e. 
Communications towers shall not be artificially lighted, unless required by the FAA or other applicable authority. If lighting is required, the lighting alternatives and design chosen must cause the least disturbance to the surrounding views; and
f. 
No signs shall be allowed on a communications antenna or communications tower.