13. Wireless Telecommunications.
This ordinance shall be known as the "Wireless Telecommunications Zoning Ordinance."
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The purposes of this ordinance are:
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The City Council makes the following findings:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The following words shall have the described meaning when used in this Article, unless a contrary meaning is apparent from the context of the word.
This Article applies to both commercial and private low power radio services and facilities, such as “cellular” or PCS (personal communications system) communications and paging systems. Neither the term “wireless facility” nor the requirements of this Article shall apply to the following types of communications devices, although they may be regulated by other City ordinances and policies:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Any person desiring to develop, construct or establish a wireless facility in the City shall submit an application for site plan approval to the City in accordance with the requirements of Section 22-14-20 of this Chapter.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The application shall be reviewed by the City in accordance with its standard site plan approval process. If the facility requires a conditional use permit, the review shall be in accordance with the City’s standard conditional use permit approval process. The City shall process all applications within a reasonable time and shall not unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent services. Any decision to deny a request to place, construct, or modify wireless facilities shall be in writing and supported by substantial evidence contained in a written record.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
No wireless facility shall be constructed until the applicant obtains a building permit from the City. No building permit shall be issued for any project for which a site plan, amended site plan or conditional use permit is required, until the site plan, amended site plan or conditional use permit has been approved by the appropriate authority. If the design or engineering of the antenna support structure is beyond the expertise of the Building Official, the City may require third party review by an engineer selected by the City prior to the issuance of a building permit. The applicant shall pay an additional fee to cover the cost of the third party review.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
If the applicant desires to construct a monopole, the applicant shall also submit a detailed written description of why the applicant cannot obtain coverage using existing buildings or structures or stealth facilities.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
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Wireless facilities are characterized by the type or location of the antenna structure. There are four general types of antenna structures contemplated by this ordinance: wall mounted antennas; roof mounted antennas; stealth facilities; and monopoles. If a particular type of antenna structure is allowed by this ordinance as a permitted or conditional use, the minimum standards for that type of antenna are as follows, unless otherwise provided in a conditional use permit:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
In addition to the conditional use permit considerations listed in Article 22-4 of this chapter, the approving authority shall also consider the following factors when deciding whether to grant a conditional use permit for a wireless facility:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The City has no implied obligation to lease any particular parcel of City-owned property to an applicant. The City shall enter into a standard lease agreement with the applicant for any facility built on City property. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute the standard lease agreement on behalf of the City. The Lease shall contain the condition that the site plan and/or conditional use permit must first be approved by the approving authority before the lease can take effect, and that failure to obtain such approval renders the lease null and void.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Effective on: 1/1/1901
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Antenna. A transmitting or receiving device used in telecommunications that radiates or captures radio signals.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Antenna Support Structures. Any structure that can be used for the purpose of supporting an antenna(s).
Effective on: 1/1/1901
City. The City of Orem, Utah.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
City-owned Property. Real property that is owned, leased or controlled by the City.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Co-location. The location of an antenna on an existing structure, tower or building that is already being used for personal wireless services facilities.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Guyed Tower. A tower that supports an antenna or antennas and requires guy wires or other stabilizers for support.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Lattice Tower. A self-supporting three or four-sided, open steel frame structure used to support telecommunications equipment.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Monopole. A single, self-supporting, cylindrical pole, constructed without guy wires or ground anchors, that acts as the support structure for antennas.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Personal Wireless Services. “Personal wireless services” has the same meaning as provided in Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(c)), which includes what is commonly known as cellular and PCS services.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Personal Wireless Services Facilities. Facilities for the provision of personal wireless services, hereafter referred to as “wireless facilities”. Wireless facilities include transmitters, antennas, structures supporting antennas, and electronic equipment that is typically installed in close proximity to a transmitter.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Private Property. Any real property not owned by the City, even if the property is owned by another public or governmental entity.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Roof Line. On buildings without a pitched roof, the roof line shall mean the top of the exterior wall elevation. On buildings with a pitched roof, roof line shall mean the ridgeline of the roof.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Roof Mounted Antenna. An antenna or series of individual antennas mounted on a roof, mechanical room or penthouse of a building or structure.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Stealth Facilities. Wireless facilities that have been designed to be compatible with the natural setting and surrounding structures, that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas and/or towers, and that have been certified as “Stealth Facilities” by the City Council.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Tower. A free-standing structure, such as a monopole tower, lattice tower, or guyed tower, that is used as a support structure for antenna(s).
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Wall Mounted Antenna. An antenna or series of individual antennas mounted on the vertical wall of a building or structure.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Wireless Facility(ies). See Personal Wireless Services Facilities.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
13. Wireless Telecommunications.
This ordinance shall be known as the "Wireless Telecommunications Zoning Ordinance."
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The purposes of this ordinance are:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The City Council makes the following findings:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The following words shall have the described meaning when used in this Article, unless a contrary meaning is apparent from the context of the word.
This Article applies to both commercial and private low power radio services and facilities, such as “cellular” or PCS (personal communications system) communications and paging systems. Neither the term “wireless facility” nor the requirements of this Article shall apply to the following types of communications devices, although they may be regulated by other City ordinances and policies:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Any person desiring to develop, construct or establish a wireless facility in the City shall submit an application for site plan approval to the City in accordance with the requirements of Section 22-14-20 of this Chapter.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The application shall be reviewed by the City in accordance with its standard site plan approval process. If the facility requires a conditional use permit, the review shall be in accordance with the City’s standard conditional use permit approval process. The City shall process all applications within a reasonable time and shall not unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent services. Any decision to deny a request to place, construct, or modify wireless facilities shall be in writing and supported by substantial evidence contained in a written record.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
No wireless facility shall be constructed until the applicant obtains a building permit from the City. No building permit shall be issued for any project for which a site plan, amended site plan or conditional use permit is required, until the site plan, amended site plan or conditional use permit has been approved by the appropriate authority. If the design or engineering of the antenna support structure is beyond the expertise of the Building Official, the City may require third party review by an engineer selected by the City prior to the issuance of a building permit. The applicant shall pay an additional fee to cover the cost of the third party review.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
If the applicant desires to construct a monopole, the applicant shall also submit a detailed written description of why the applicant cannot obtain coverage using existing buildings or structures or stealth facilities.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Wireless facilities are characterized by the type or location of the antenna structure. There are four general types of antenna structures contemplated by this ordinance: wall mounted antennas; roof mounted antennas; stealth facilities; and monopoles. If a particular type of antenna structure is allowed by this ordinance as a permitted or conditional use, the minimum standards for that type of antenna are as follows, unless otherwise provided in a conditional use permit:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
In addition to the conditional use permit considerations listed in Article 22-4 of this chapter, the approving authority shall also consider the following factors when deciding whether to grant a conditional use permit for a wireless facility:
Effective on: 1/1/1901
The City has no implied obligation to lease any particular parcel of City-owned property to an applicant. The City shall enter into a standard lease agreement with the applicant for any facility built on City property. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute the standard lease agreement on behalf of the City. The Lease shall contain the condition that the site plan and/or conditional use permit must first be approved by the approving authority before the lease can take effect, and that failure to obtain such approval renders the lease null and void.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Antenna. A transmitting or receiving device used in telecommunications that radiates or captures radio signals.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Antenna Support Structures. Any structure that can be used for the purpose of supporting an antenna(s).
Effective on: 1/1/1901
City. The City of Orem, Utah.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
City-owned Property. Real property that is owned, leased or controlled by the City.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Co-location. The location of an antenna on an existing structure, tower or building that is already being used for personal wireless services facilities.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Guyed Tower. A tower that supports an antenna or antennas and requires guy wires or other stabilizers for support.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Lattice Tower. A self-supporting three or four-sided, open steel frame structure used to support telecommunications equipment.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Monopole. A single, self-supporting, cylindrical pole, constructed without guy wires or ground anchors, that acts as the support structure for antennas.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Personal Wireless Services. “Personal wireless services” has the same meaning as provided in Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(c)), which includes what is commonly known as cellular and PCS services.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Personal Wireless Services Facilities. Facilities for the provision of personal wireless services, hereafter referred to as “wireless facilities”. Wireless facilities include transmitters, antennas, structures supporting antennas, and electronic equipment that is typically installed in close proximity to a transmitter.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Private Property. Any real property not owned by the City, even if the property is owned by another public or governmental entity.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Roof Line. On buildings without a pitched roof, the roof line shall mean the top of the exterior wall elevation. On buildings with a pitched roof, roof line shall mean the ridgeline of the roof.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Roof Mounted Antenna. An antenna or series of individual antennas mounted on a roof, mechanical room or penthouse of a building or structure.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Stealth Facilities. Wireless facilities that have been designed to be compatible with the natural setting and surrounding structures, that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas and/or towers, and that have been certified as “Stealth Facilities” by the City Council.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Tower. A free-standing structure, such as a monopole tower, lattice tower, or guyed tower, that is used as a support structure for antenna(s).
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Wall Mounted Antenna. An antenna or series of individual antennas mounted on the vertical wall of a building or structure.
Effective on: 1/1/1901
Wireless Facility(ies). See Personal Wireless Services Facilities.
Effective on: 1/1/1901