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The intent and purposes of this Chapter are to address the following factors related to wireless communications facilities and support structures in the City as follows:
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Location. Provide for the appropriate location and deployment of wireless communications infrastructure to better serve the citizens and businesses of the City of Duquesne;
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Impacts. Minimize adverse visual impacts of wireless facilities and support structures through careful design, siting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging techniques;
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Disguise Of Supporting Structures. Encourage the use of disguised support structures so as to protect the architectural and scenic quality of the City;
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Compliance With Current State Law. Comply with applicable law, including the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 332, and the Missouri Uniform Wireless Communications Infrastructure Deployment Act, § 67.5090 et seq., RSMo.
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT
Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a wireless communications facility or wireless support structure. The term includes utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters, or similar structures.
ANTENNA
Communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of any type of wireless communications services.
APPLICANT
Any person engaged in the business of providing wireless communications services or the wireless communications infrastructure required for wireless communications services who submits an application.
APPLICATION
A request submitted by an applicant to the City to construct a new wireless support structure, for the substantial modification of a wireless support structure, or for co-location of a wireless facility or replacement of a wireless facility on an existing structure.
BUILDING PERMIT
A permit issued by the City prior to commencement of work on the co-location of wireless facilities on an existing structure, the substantial modification of a wireless support structure, or the commencement of construction of any new wireless support structure, solely to ensure that the work to be performed by the applicant satisfies the applicable building code.
CO-LOCATION
The placement or installation of a new wireless facility on a structure that already has an existing wireless facility, including electrical transmission towers, water towers, buildings, and other structures capable of structurally supporting the attachment of wireless facilities in compliance with applicable codes.
DISGUISED SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Any freestanding, man-made structure designed for the support of wireless facilities, the presence of which is camouflaged or concealed as an architectural or natural feature. Such structures may include, but are not limited to, clock towers, campaniles, observation towers, pylon sign structures, water towers, artificial trees, flagpoles and light standards.
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWER
An electrical transmission structure used to support high-voltage overhead power lines. The term shall not include any utility pole.
EQUIPMENT COMPOUND
An area surrounding or near a wireless support structure within which are located wireless facilities.
EXISTING STRUCTURE
A structure that exists at the time a request to place wireless facilities on a structure is filed with an authority. The term includes any structure that is capable of supporting the attachment of wireless facilities in compliance with applicable building codes, National Electric Safety Codes, and recognized industry standards for structural safety, capacity, reliability, and engineering, including, but not limited to, towers, buildings, and water towers. The term shall not include any utility pole.
FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission.
HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the base of a structure at ground level to its highest point, including the main structure and all attachments thereto.
REPLACEMENT
Includes constructing a new wireless support structure of equal proportions and of equal height or such other height that would not constitute a substantial modification to an existing structure in order to support wireless facilities or to accommodate co-location and includes the associated removal of the preexisting wireless facilities or wireless support structure.
STANDARD OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
All signs which advertise products, services or businesses which are not located on the same premises as the sign, including billboards, detached pole signs on separate parcels, wall signs and signs otherwise attached to buildings and/or supported by uprights or braces on the ground.
SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION
The mounting of a proposed wireless facility on a wireless support structure which, as applied to the structure as it was originally constructed:
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Increases the existing vertical height of the structure by more than ten percent (10%), or the height of one (1) additional antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to exceed twenty (20) feet, whichever is greater;
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Involves adding an appurtenance to the body of a wireless support structure that protrudes horizontally from the edge of the wireless support structure more than twenty (20) feet or more than the width of the wireless support structure at the level of the appurtenance, whichever is greater (except where necessary to shelter the antenna from inclement weather or to connect the antenna to the tower via cable);
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Involves the installation of more than the standard number of new outdoor equipment cabinets for the technology involved, not to exceed four (4) new equipment cabinets; or
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Increases the square footage of the existing equipment compound by more than one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet.
UTILITY
Any person, corporation, county, municipality acting in its capacity as a utility, municipal utility board, or other entity, or department thereof or entity related thereto, providing retail or wholesale electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, data, cable television, or telecommunications or Internet protocol-related services.
UTILITY POLE
A structure owned or operated by a utility that is designed specifically for and used to carry lines, cables, or wires for telephony, cable television, or electricity, or to provide lighting.
WATER TOWER
A water storage tank, or a standpipe or an elevated tank situated on a support structure, originally constructed for use as a reservoir or facility to store or deliver water.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
Includes the wireless facilities of all services licensed to use radio communications pursuant to Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 301.
WIRELESS FACILITY
The set of equipment and network components, exclusive of the underlying wireless support structure, including, but not limited to, antennas, accessory equipment, transmitters, receivers, power supplies, cabling and associated equipment necessary to provide wireless communications services.
WIRELESS SUPPORT STRUCTURE
A structure, such as a monopole, tower, or building capable of supporting wireless facilities. This definition does not include utility poles.
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Satellite earth stations less than six (6) feet in diameter and receive-only home television antennas are allowed as accessory uses in all districts without any permit, and wireless facilities and support structures which meet any of the following criteria may be constructed, repaired or modified upon receipt of a building permit issued by the Building Official:
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Co-Location And Replacement. Co-location and replacement applications, provided that no permit may be issued for co-location to a certified historic structure as defined in Section 253.545, RSMo., until at least one (1) public hearing has been held by the Building Official within thirty (30) days prior to issuance. The Director shall provide public notice of such public hearing in the same manner as required for proposed Zoning Code changes. Such applications are subject to Section 410.060(A) of this Chapter but no other zoning or land use requirements, including design or placement requirements, or public hearing review.
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Roof Mounting. The mounting of wireless facilities in or on the roof of any existing building other than a single-family residence, provided that the building was not constructed primarily for the support of antennas, and provided that the height of the facilities does not exceed twenty (20) feet from its mounting and that such use is not otherwise prohibited by ordinance.
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Commercial Or Public Radio Or Television. Wireless facilities or support structures for the operations of a commercial or public radio or television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission or a local, State or Federal law enforcement or emergency agency may be installed as permitted by law in non-residential districts.
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Installation On Electrical Transmission Towers. The installation or mounting of antennas on any electrical transmission towers located in any commercial zoning district of the City is permitted, subject to written proof that such installation is permitted by the applicable utility.
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Disguised Support Structures. The installation of a disguised support structure and related wireless facilities as part of a building or structure that is otherwise allowed in the district in which located.
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Amateur Radio Facilities. Wireless facilities or support structures for the operation of a licensed amateur radio facility within the City. The permit application must be accompanied by proof that the applicant or an occupant of the property is a licensed amateur radio operator and is subject to the following requirements:
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The Building Official shall issue an amateur radio antenna/structure permit if it is determined that:
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Any antenna(s) mounted on a roof shall not extend more than sixty-eight (68) feet above grade;
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Any tower-mounted antenna(s) shall not extend more than sixty-two (62) feet above grade when fully extended; and
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The requirements of this Section regarding location, structural components and wiring are complied with.
Permits for ground-mounted antennas and supports intended exclusively for the support of wire antennas which are so erected as to be readily capable of being relocated from time to time shall describe the area within which such an antenna or support may be positioned.
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Any person desiring to install, erect or maintain an amateur radio antenna at any height greater than set forth in the preceding Subsection shall file an application therefor with the Board of Adjustment. No fee shall be required for this application. The Board of Adjustment may grant a permit to allow construction to such height as it shall determine if it finds that topographical circumstances or other operational parameters of the antenna(s) and the associated radio equipment so require and that there are adequate provisions to protect adjoining properties.
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Wireless facilities or support structures for licensed amateur radio uses that are ground-mounted shall be located in the rear of the lot between the rear line of the principal building on the lot and six (6) feet from the rear lot line. No such antenna, nor any portion of any base or support therefor, may be closer than six (6) feet to any lot line; provided, further, that on corner lots no antenna may be closer to any street than the principal building.
All wireless facilities and support structures to be installed, built or otherwise modified that are not expressly permitted by Section 410.030 herein, and not prohibited by Section 410.050 below, shall require a special use permit issued in accordance with the procedures contained in Section 404.135, Special Use Permit, of this Title, as well as a building permit.
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 410.030:
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Residentially Zoned Districts. No wireless facilities or support structures shall be permitted in residentially zoned districts, other than for licensed amateur radio uses.
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Total Height. No wireless facilities or support structures shall be permitted to have a total height in excess of one hundred (100) feet.
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Installations On Buildings. Wireless facilities installed on a building shall not exceed twenty (20) feet from the highest point of the building, other than for licensed amateur radio uses.
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Advertising Or Signage. Unless a disguised support structure is in the form of a standard outdoor advertising structure, the placement of advertising or signs on wireless support structures is prohibited.
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The general criteria and preferences for approving wireless facilities and support structures under this Section shall be as follows:
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Building Codes And Safety Standards. All wireless facilities and support structures shall meet or exceed the standards and regulations contained in applicable State and local building codes, National Electric Safety Codes, and recognized industry standards for structural safety, capacity, reliability, and engineering.
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Regulatory Compliance. All wireless facilities and support structures shall meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the FAA, FCC and any other Federal or State agency with the authority to regulate such facilities and support structures. Should such standards or regulations be amended, then the owner shall bring such facilities and support structure into compliance with the revised standards or regulations within six (6) months of the effective date of the revision unless a different date is established by the controlling agency.
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Supports. No more than one (1) antenna tower may be erected on any lot in the City; provided, however, that a support used exclusively for the support of a wire antenna for a licensed amateur radio facility and being no wider than six (6) inches at grade and having a height no greater than fifty (50) feet above grade shall not be considered as an antenna tower for purposes of calculating the permitted number of such towers under this Subsection.
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Lighting. Wireless facilities and support structures shall not be illuminated at night unless required by the FAA or other Federal or State agencies, in which case, a description of the required lighting scheme will be made a part of the application.
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Design.
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Wireless facilities and support structures should, to the extent reasonably possible, be architecturally and visually compatible with surrounding buildings, structures, vegetation and/or uses already in the area or likely to exist under the regulations of the underlying zoning district.
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Wireless support structures, except disguised support structures, shall maintain a galvanized steel finish or, subject to the requirements of the FAA, FCC or any other applicable Federal or State agency, be painted a neutral color consistent with the natural or built environment of the site.
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Wireless facilities other than antennas shall have an exterior finish compatible with the natural or built environment of the site and shall also comply with such other reasonable design guidelines as may be required by the City.
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Wireless facilities mounted on buildings should be made to appear as unobtrusive as possible by location as far away as feasible from the edge of the building and by making them a color consistent with the natural or building backdrop.
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Wireless facilities shall be screened by appropriate landscaping and/or fencing. Wireless support structures shall be surrounded by a landscape strip of not less than ten (10) feet in width and planted with materials which will provide a visual barrier to a minimum height of six (6) feet. Evergreen trees shall be a minimum of six (6) feet tall and deciduous trees not less than two and one-half (2 1/2) inches in caliper at time of planting. Said landscape strip shall be exterior to any security fencing. In lieu of the required landscape strip, a minimum six-foot-high decorative masonry fence or wall may be approved by the City upon demonstration by the applicant that an equivalent degree of visual screening is achieved.
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All wiring to or from ground-mounted antennas or antenna towers located more than five (5) feet from the nearest building wall shall be underground; provided, however, that feed lines to and from antennas for licensed amateur radio facilities which must be open to the air in order to operate as designed (so called "open wire feed lines") need not be enclosed or located underground.
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Location And Setback.
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Wireless support structures, except disguised support structures, shall not be located within two hundred (200) feet of any residential structure.
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All wireless support structures, except disguised support structures, shall be separated from any residential structure at least a distance equal to the height of the support structure plus ten (10) feet. Support structures on parcels adjacent to residentially zoned property shall, at a minimum, meet the setbacks of the applicable zoning district as required for the principal structure along the adjoining property lines. No support structure may be placed on residentially zoned property closer to any residential structures on adjoining properties than the distance from the support structure to the principal structure located on the lot on which the support structure is located.
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Guy Wires. For any guyed wireless support structure, ground anchors shall be located on the same parcel as the structure, and such anchors shall meet the setbacks required for accessory buildings within the zoning district.
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On-Site Storage. Vehicle or outdoor storage on the site of any wireless facilities or support structure is prohibited.
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Parking. On-site parking for periodic maintenance and service shall be provided at all locations of wireless facilities and support structures.
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Removal Of Unused Or Obsolete Facilities. Any wireless facility or support structure no longer used for its original communications purpose shall be removed at the owner's expense. The owner and applicable co-users shall provide the City with a copy of any notice to the FCC of intent to cease operations and shall have ninety (90) days from the date of ceasing operations to remove the facility and/or support structure. In the case of co-use, this provision shall not become effective until all users cease operations. Any wireless support structure not in use for a period of one (1) year shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be removed by the City at the owner's expense. Removal of facilities shall not be a condition of approval of any application.
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Evidence Of Property Use Rights. Prior to the issuance of a building or conditional use permit, other than for a co-location or replacement application, the City may require submittal of easement documents, lease agreements or other documentation of evidence of the right to utilize the property for location of wireless facilities and/or support structures.
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Time Limits. All applications regarding wireless facilities and support structures shall be processed in accordance with the time limits established by Sections 67.5090 to 67.5103, RSMo.
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Fees. Fees for applications regarding wireless facilities and support structures shall not exceed the limits established by Sections 67.5090 to 67.5103, RSMo.