20-1546 Amending ULDR Sections 2-7.36 and 5-21.2 (Communications Towers, etc.)

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EXHIBIT "A" to public hearing review. Such collocation applications are not subject to the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval and shall be decided by the City Manager or designee. b. Collocation on structures, other than towers. Except for [a] historic building, structure, site, object, or district, the following collocation applications on all other existing structures shall be subject to no more than administrative review for compliance with this section and building permit standards. and F.S. § 365.172, if they meet the following requirements: i. The collocation does not increase the height; and The collocation does not increase the existing ground space area, otherwise known as the compound, if any, approved in the site plan for the equipment facility and ancillary facilities. iii. The collocation consists of antennas, equipment facility and ancillary facilities that are of a design and configuration consistent with any applicable structural or aesthetic design requirements and any requirements for location on the structure in effect at the time of approval of the structure, but not prohibitions or restrictions on the placement of additional collocations on the existing structure or procedural requirements other than those authorized by this subsection at the time of the collocation application; and iv. The collocation consists of antennas, equipment facility and ancillary facilities that are of a design and configuration consistent with all applicable restrictions or conditions, if any, that do not conflict with subsection (3), and were applied to the initial antennas placed on the structure and to its accompanying equipment facility and ancillary facilities and, if applicable, applied to the structure supporting the antennas. c. If only a portion of the collocation does not meet the requirements of any of the above subsections, such as an increase in the height or a proposal to expand the ground space approved in the site plan for the equipment facility by more than 400 square feet or 50 percent, where all other portions of the collocation meet the requirements of this subsection, that portion of the collocation only may be reviewed as set forth in subsection (f) below. A collocation proposal under this subsection that increases the ground space area approved in the original site plan, for equipment facilities and ancillary facilities, by no more than a cumulative amount of 400 square feet or 50 percent of the original compound size, whichever is greater, shall require no more than administrative review for compliance with the city's regulations; including, but not limited to, ULDRs and building permit review; provided, however, that any collocation proposal that increases the original compound size more than such greater cumulative amount shall be reviewed as if it were a new communications facility. J. Any existing tower, including a nonconforming tower, may be structurally modified to permit collocation or may be replaced through no more than administrative review and building permit review, and is not subject to public hearing review, if the overall height of the tower is not increased and if the replacement tower is a monopole tower; or, if the pre-existing tower is a stealth tower, the replacement tower is a similar stealth tower. The owner of the existing tower on which the proposed antennas are to be collocated shall remain responsible for compliance with any applicable condition or requirement of a permit or agreement, or any applicable condition or requirement of the land development regulations to which the pre-existing tower must comply, including any aesthetic requirements, provided the condition or requirement is not inconsistent with this subsection. f. Collocations, or portions thereof, not meeting the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b) above shall be subject to the approval and permitting process set forth in subsection (6)(a) below, and shall meet the standards and additional requirements set forth herein. 6. Approval and permitting process for Communications Towers and Antenna.