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, residential based PUD and not a business based PUD, thus requiring the need for the � amendment request. _ 4.3 Section 1012.10 of the City Code (or 1013.10 - updated version) regulates _ telecommunication towers/antenna. The Code reads as follows: _ 1012.10: TOWER AND OTHER STRUCTURE HEIGHT AND _ PLACEMENT LIMITATIONS: _ A. Private and Commercial Antennas and Towers: _ 1. City-Owned Antennas and Towers: City-owned or controlled antennas and tower sites _ shall be a permitted use in S Susiness or I Industrial Districts and a conditional use in all _ other districts. _ 2. Private Antennas and Towers: Private (noncommercial) receiving or transmitting _ antennas and towers more than twenty (20) feet in height above the principal structure � height in residential districts or more than fifty (50) feet in height above the principal � structure height in business and industrial districts shall be a conditional use in all � districts. � 3. Commercial Antennas and Towers - City Sites: Commercial receiving or transmitting � antennas and towers regardless of height or size with the exception of satellite dish � antennas shall connect to and use the City tower sites if use of such facilities is � technically feasible. � 4. Commercial Antennas and Towers - Non-City Sites: Commercial receiving or � transmitting antennas and towers not located on a City tower site shall be a conditional � use. Commercial receiving or transmitting antennas and towers may only be located in S F Susiness or I Industrial Districts. The City may establish permit review periods, tower F termination, time limits or an amortization schedule specifying the year in which the F tower shall be taken down by the applicant or assign. A performance bond or other surety F inay be required by the City in order to assure removal of the tower at a specific date. F 5. Application: The applicant shall present documentation of the possession of any F required license by any Federal, State or local agency. F 6. Requirements: All antennas and towers and support structures including guy wires and F foundations shall be subject to the appropriate requirements of subsection A8 of this F Section and the setback requirements established for accessory structures in the F applicable zoning district. Antennas, towers, guy wires and foundations, and support E buildings shall be constructed on one lot or parcel and shall be set back a minimum of E thirty (30) feet from any front property line. E 7. Design: All antennas and towers shall be designed and screened as visually E appropriate, shall utilize a City-approved gray or blue color, and shall contain no signage, E including logos, except as may be required by any State or Federal regulations. E 8. Existing Facilities: Existing transmitting and receiving facilities at the time of the E adoption of this Section may remain in service. However, at such time as any material E change is made in the facilities, full compliance with this Section shall be required. No E transmitting or receiving antennas or towers may be added to existing nonconforming E facilities. Towers and receiving facilities shall be dismantled and removed from the site � within one year after abandonment of the use of the tower or facility for communication � purposes. - 9. Security Fencing: Security fencing for antennas and towers may include chainlink and barbed wire to a total height of eight (8) feet above grade. PF09-005_RCA_042009 (4).doc Page 2 of 5