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All macro facilities shall be constructed or installed according to the following standards:

A. Macro facilities must comply with applicable FCC, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), state, and city regulations and standards.

B. Antennas shall be located, mounted and designed so that visual and aesthetic impacts upon surrounding land uses and structures are minimized, and so that they blend into the existing environment. Panel and parabolic antennas shall be screened from residential views and city right-of-way.

C. Macro facilities must be screened or camouflaged employing the best available technology, such as compatible materials, location, color, artificial trees and hollow flagpoles, and other tactics to minimize visibility of the facility from public streets and residential properties.

1. Macro facilities shall be designed and placed or installed on a site in a manner that takes maximum advantage of existing trees, mature vegetation, and structures by:

a. Using existing site features to screen the macro facility from prevalent views; and

b. Using existing or new site features as a background in a way that the macro facility blends into the background.

2. As a condition of permit approval, the city may require the applicant to supplement existing trees and mature vegetation to screen the facility.

3. A macro facility shall be painted either in a nonreflective color or in a color scheme appropriate to the background against which the macro facility would be viewed from a majority of points within its viewshed, and in either case the color must be approved by the city as part of permit approval.

4. Macro facilities may be subject to additional screening requirements by the director to mitigate visual impacts to adjoining properties or public right-of-way as determined by site-specific conditions.

D. Equipment facilities shall be placed underground if applicable, or, if above ground, shall:

1. Be screened from any street and adjacent property with fencing, walls, landscaping, structures or topography or a combination thereof; and

2. Not be located within required building setback areas.

E. If a security barrier is installed that includes a fence, wall or similar freestanding structure, the following shall apply:

1. The height of the barrier shall not exceed six and one-half feet if located in a setback area, unless the director determines additional height is necessary and then it can be up to eight feet. In all other areas the height shall be restricted by the height limitations in the zoning district. The height is measured from the point of existing or finished grade, whichever is lower, at the exterior side of the barrier to the highest point of the barrier.

2. Be screened from adjoining properties and city right-of-way through the use of appropriate landscaping materials including:

a. Placement of landscape vegetation shall include areas outside of the barrier and shall obscure the site within three years;

b. Landscaping and the design of the barrier shall be compatible with other nearby landscaping, fencing and freestanding walls; and

c. If a chain link fence is allowed in the zone district it shall be black vinyl.

F. Macro facilities may not (1) produce noise in excess of the limitation set forth in Chapter 8.28 AMC; and (2) not be used for mounting signs, billboards or message displays of any kind.

G. The director shall consider the cumulative visual effects of macro facilities mounted on existing structures and/or located on a given permitted site in determining whether the additional permits can be granted so as to not adversely affect the visual character of the city. (Ord. 1189-21 § 2 (Exh. A), 2021).