Compton City Zoning Code

A PWSF for which a permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this section shall be deemed a permitted use, subject to the conditions of that permit and the regulations in force until this section is adopted. The issuance of permit renewals or other new permits for such facilities after this section is adopted shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.[1]

Damaged or destroyed facilities, as originally permitted, may be rebuilt and all such facilities may be replaced by facilities of the same type and height at the same location and lattice towers should be changed to mounts of lesser visual intensity.

Placement of an attached array or a single antenna on a legally nonconforming structure shall not be considered an expansion of the nonconforming structure. However, placement of any attached array, single antenna or any other portions of a PWSF on an existing structure, whether legally nonconforming or conforming, shall require a permit to be obtained for the PWSF under the terms of this section.

Any carrier with a least one pre-existing PWSF in the City of Compton that is out of compliance with the City of Compton building and zoning requirements, in existence prior to the adoption of this section, shall not be eligible for any new approvals of PWSFs by the City until the pre-existing PWSF or PWSFs are brought into compliance with this section.

Unpermitted facilities are those with permits, including drawings, that no longer describe the existing facility as well as those with no permits at all.

No issuance of any permit under this section shall occur for a request to co-locate, attach, or share an existing PWSF site, mount or facility, when such existing site, mount or facility is found to have unpermitted PWSFs as described in subsection 30-46.4c1 above and/or any structure, mount or facility is found to lack one or more building, electrical or any other permits required by the City of Compton Building Department and the laws that office is authorized to implement and enforce.

Any application by a wireless carrier or other entity shall not be accepted by the City of Compton if that wireless carrier or other entity has a pre-existing PWSF on, or the other entity owns, a mount, rooftop or tower, on which there is any unpermitted PWSF as described in Section 30-46.4c1 until that unpermitted PWSF is brought into compliance with this section.