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t3uubdi nt ou F t513(�J City of Fi�seville Policy Teleoommunications Towers on Public Property Purpose: Consistent with the community vision document Imagine Fbseville 2025 and the 2030 Comprehensive Ran, it is the policy of the city to locate teleoommunication towers serving the general public on city-owned land whenever possible in order to provide all F�seville residents and businesses accessto leadin�edge teleoommunication and information technology. For the purposesof this policy, CSty-owned shall be land owned by the City of F�seville, induding, but not limited to, the CSty of F�seville CSty Hall Campus, CSty Parks, CSty water tower sites, City Rre �tations, City right-of-way, CSty- owned drainage areas and other such property owned by the CSty. As property owner, the City will carefully weigh the possible impacts a teleoommunicationstower oould have in the immediate areawith the overall need for maintaining and improving teleoommunication and information technology for its residents and businesses. However, the City reoognizes that not all impacts can be eliminated when such technology is installed and therefore will strive to minimize the impacts as much as is reasonably possible thru siting criteria. 9ting Q-iteria Prior to any discussion of building a new teleoommunicationstower to provide telecommunication and information technology, the proposer for such facility should first oonduct an analysis on whether there are any other facilitieswithin the CSty oould be utilized to provide the service. If it is determined that there are no existing facilitieswould work, the provider shall meet with CSty staff to determine possible locations on CSty-owned land. Once a geographic area is identified, the provider and City staff shall review possible locations on the CSty-owned land for the teleoommunication tower. When exploring an appropriate location on the City-owned site, the following criteria should be used: • Teleoommunicationstowersshall be located upon publicland in a location so asto not disrupt the primary function of the property. • Teleoommunication towersshall be built and designed for co-location opportunitieswhenever practicable. • Teleoommunication providers shall use existing structures and infrastructure, such as rooftops, water towers, utility poles, etc. whenever possible. • Teleoommunication towers shall be located so asto maximize the distance from residential areas and uses and to take maximum advantage of existing natural landscaping and screening. • Teleoommunication towers shall be located near existing infrastructure and utilities on the site. � ��_�� • .�� r-1 Once City staff and the provider have determined a preliminary location for a new teleoommunications tower, the matter should be brought to the City Gouncil for their review and approval of the location. The decision by the CSty Counal is not a land use decision. Instead, the CSty Gouncil is making a decision as propertvowner. If the City Gouncil determines that the CSty does not want to authorize the use of