§ 122-571. General standards.

(a)

Permits. All applicants proposing to erect any communication device in any zoning district, except as excluded under §122-572(a), must be required to obtain a building permit and make payment of required fees.

(b)

Plot plan and mounting detail. Prior to issuance of a building permit for the erection of a communication device in any zoning district, the applicant must submit a plot plan showing to scale the precise proposed location of the communication device; its relative location to buildings on the site, adjoining properties, roads, landscaping, and natural features; the height and design of the structure; and foundation and/or mounting detail as appropriate for the building department to determine safety and building code compliance.

(c)

Standards. All communication devices must be installed, maintained, and grounded according to the standards as stated in the building code and must also meet wind and ice loads as specified in the building code.

(d)

Restrictions. All communication devices are subject to the following restrictions:

(1)

Protrusion. Communication devices must not protrude or overhang in any way over any public right-of-way or adjoining property.

(2)

Location. Communication devices must not be located in front yards or in the street side yard of corner lots.

(3)

Advertising, symbols, lighting. No portion of any communication device may display any advertising message or other graphic representation other than a manufacturer's logo or nameplate or warning signs; provided such logo or letters are of a size and character that is not legible from adjacent properties. Except as required by the Federal Communications Commission, no communication device may be illuminated by direct or indirect lighting.

(4)

Color and texture. All communication devices must be of a color and texture so as not to be conspicuous and to promote its visual blending into the adjacent background.

(5)

Wood construction prohibited. Communications devices must not be constructed of wood.

(6)

Ground mounted devices. All communication devices not mounted on a principal or accessory building must be permanently anchored to a foundation located on the ground. No ground mounted device may be located closer to a property line than its height as measured from the ground elevation at the base of the antenna structure.

(7)

Roof mounted devices. All communication devices mounted on the roof of a building must be located on that portion of the building located adjacent to the rear of the property, unless it can be demonstrated that an alternative location is as safe or safer, and the visibility of the antenna from the adjacent properties and by pedestrian or vehicular passers-by is reduced or equal in comparison to a rear yard orientation/location.