17.61.025 Design zones for small wireless facilities.
A. The following zones are designated as design zones for the purpose of siting small wireless facilities:
1. Historic district established and depicted by GHMC 17.99.500 with the general design standards shown at GHMC 17.99.510.
2. Height restriction district established by Chapter 17.62 GHMC and depicted on the city’s height restriction area map adopted pursuant to GHMC 17.62.020.
3. Visually sensitive areas established by the Gig Harbor Design Manual, Chapter 17.99 GHMC, and depicted in Appendix A of the Design Manual.
4. The city’s comprehensive plan identifies neighborhood design areas for consideration for the adoption of design standards. The city reserves the right to adopt future aesthetic design and concealment standards in accord with state and federal law.
B. Any applicant who desires to place a small wireless facility in a design zone must first establish that the applicant cannot locate the small wireless facility outside of the design zone. Applications for small wireless facilities in a design zone may be approved if the applicant demonstrates that due to technical infeasibility the applicant cannot locate the proposed small wireless facility on an existing or replacement pole within 500 feet of the proposed site and outside of the design zone.
C. Applications for small wireless facilities within design zones must receive a Type 1 approval and must comply with a concealment element design described in GHMC 17.61.050. (Ord. 1419 § 3, 2019).