COMMON REGULATIONS xi. The facility owner/operator shall present a maintenance plan demonstrating responsibility for the site. xii. The applicant shall provide a copy of a permanent easement or appropriate leasehold estate providing for access to the tower site. The access to the tower sight must be maintained regardless of other development that may take place on the site. xiii. The communication company must demonstrate proof to the City that the company is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). C. The following additional regulations shall apply to wireless telecommunications facilities: i. Wireless or cellular telecommunication sites shall be located at least two hundred fifty feet (250FT) from any residential zoning district. ii. The setback between the base of the tower or any guy wire anchors and any property line shall be located a distance which is at least forty percent (40%) of the tower’s height or fifty feet (50FT), whichever is greater. iii. The maximum height of a telecommunication tower shall be two hundred feet (200FT). The maximum height of the equipment building shall be thirty-five feet (35FT). iv. Maximum size of an equipment building shall be seven hundred and fifty square feet (750SF). v. The minimum lot size and area restriction shall be the same as permitted for any other use in the Innovation Zone. vi. A security fence eight feet (8FT) in height with barbed wire around the top shall completely surround the tower, the equipment building and any guy wires. vii. Towers and antennae shall be designed to withstand wind gusts of at least one hundred miles per hour (100MPH). viii. The tower shall be painted in a non-contrasting gray or similar color to minimize its visibility, unless otherwise required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ix. No graphics advertising is permitted anywhere on the facility. x. Buffer planting shall be located around the perimeter of the security fence as follows: An evergreen screen shall be planted that consists of either a hedge or evergreen trees that shall provide a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) opacity year round. xi. The tower shall not be artificially lighted except to assure safety or as required by the FAA. xii. Warning signs shall be posted around the facility with an emergency telephone number of whom to contact in the event of an emergency. xiii. The owner/operator of any telecommunications facility shall design such facility so that additional service providers may add their antennae, platforms, and associated hardware to the structure at a later date. The owner/operator shall negotiate in good faith with other providers for the collocation of other service providers’ antennae at the facility, shall cooperate with the City in identifying other wireless/cellular service providers for the purpose of negotiating sublease agreements for collocation of other service providers’ antennae at the facility, and shall not interfere or hinder service providers from utilizing the facility. 172
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