17.64.046 Conditional use permits for review criteria for wireless communication facilities.
A. Type of Permit. Applications for conditional use permits for wireless communications and broadcast and relay towers shall be processed as a Type III permit.
B. Criteria for Approval. Applications for conditional use permits for wireless communication facilities may be approved if the applicant demonstrates all of the following:
1. That there will be no injury to the neighborhood or other detriment to the public welfare;
2. That there is a need for the proposed tower to be located in or adjacent to the residential area, and which shall include documentation on the procedures involved in the site selection and an evaluation of alternative sites and existing facilities on which the proposed facility could be located or co-located;
3. The feasibility of future consolidated use of the proposed facility or co-location with other public utility facilities;
4. The facility shall be designed to be as least intrusive as practicable, including, but not limited to, the exterior treatment of the facility so as to be harmonious with the character of the surrounding neighborhood, the use of landscaping and privacy screening to buffer the facility and activities on the site from surrounding properties and that any equipment that is not enclosed shall be designed and located on the site to minimize impacts related to noise, light and glare onto surrounding properties. (Ord. 771 § 16, 1997).