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The purposes of this chapter are to: A.
Regulate personal wireless services antennas, with or without support structures, and related electronic equipment and equipment structures;
B.
Provide for the orderly establishment of personal wireless services facilities in the city;
C.
Minimize the number of antenna support structures by encouraging the colocation of multiple antennas on a single structure, and by encouraging the location of antennas on preexisting support structures;
D.
Establish siting, appearance and safety standards that will help mitigate potential impacts related to the construction, use and maintenance of personal wireless services facilities;
E.
Comply with the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by establishing regulations that:
1.
Do not prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services;
2.
Do not unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent services; and
3.
Are not based on the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent that such facilities comply with the Federal Communication Commission's regulations concerning such emissions.
(Ord. 557, 2-3-1999)