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Firebaugh City Zoning Code

§ 25-41.10

Wireless Telecommunication Equipment.

The purpose of this section is to provide uniform standards for the desired design, placement, permitting, and monitoring of telecommunication facilities consistent with applicable federal requirements. The standards are intended to address adverse visual impacts and operational effects of these facilities through appropriate design, siting, screening techniques and locational standards while providing for the communication needs of residents, local businesses, and government agencies. Wireless telecommunication facilities include residential and commercial TV antennas and satellite antennas; public safety facilities; telecommunication facilities accessory to public equipment for data acquisition such as irrigation controls; well monitoring and traffic signal controls, telecommunication facilities erected for emergency situations and/or public information coverage with a duration of less than seven days; satellite Earth Station facilities not exceeding two meters in diameter or in diagonal measurement and television and AM/FM radio antennas for commercial purposes, and monopoles and lattice towers for cellular phones and similar devices. The following location criteria and development standards shall apply to all wireless telecommunications equipment.
a. 
With the exception of monopole and lattice tower facilities, all wireless telecommunication equipment listed above shall be permitted uses in all of Firebaugh's zone districts.
b. 
Monopoles and lattice tower facilities are classified as permitted subject to a conditional use permit in the C-3, M-1, M-2, G and UR zones. These facilities shall be prohibited in all other zones.
c. 
Monopoles and lattice towers shall be located on the rear half of the parcel, unless aesthetic benefits are achieved through an alternative location or stealth design techniques can be employed.
d. 
Monopoles and lattice towers shall not be permitted within 1,000 feet of an existing tower.
e. 
Consideration shall be given to the use of "stealth" facilities in place of utilitarian monopoles and lattice towers. Examples of stealth facilities include towers disguised as trees, flag poles, or mounted on existing facilities, such as water towers, steeples, etc.