11-20-1997 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • ORDINANCE NO. 1501-_ Page 10 Sec. 106-900. Access. A parcel of land upon which a Tower is located must provide access to at least one (1) paved vehicular parking space on site. Sec. 106-901. Stealth Design. All Towers which must be approved as a conditional use shall be of Stealth design. Sec. 106-902. Telecommunications Facilities on Antenna Support Structures. Any Telecommunications Facilities which are not attached to a Tower may be permitted on any Antenna Support Structure at least fifty (50) feet tall, regardless of the zoning restrictions applicable to the zoning district where the structure is located. Telecommunications Facilities are prohibited on all other structures. The owner of such structure shall, by written certification to the zoning administrator, establish the following at the time plans are submitted for a building permit: (a) That the height from grade of the Telecommunications Facilities shall not exceed the height from grade of the Antenna Support Structure by more than twenty (20) feet; (b) That any Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances, located above the primary roof of an Antenna Support Structure, are set back one (1) foot from the edge of the primary roof for each one (1) foot in height above the primary roof of the Telecommunications Facilities. This setback requirement shall not apply to Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances, located above the primary roof of an Antenna Support Structure, if such facilities are appropriately screened from view through the use of panels, walls, fences, or other screening techniques approved by the City. Setback requirements shall not apply to Stealth antennas which are mounted to the exterior of Antenna Support Structures below the primary roof, but which do not protrude more than eighteen (18) inches from the side of such an Antenna Support Structure. Sec. 106-903. Modification of Towers. (a) A Tower existing prior to the effective date of this Article, which was in compliance with the City's zoning regulations immediately prior to the effective date of this Article, may continue in existence as anon-conforming structure. Such non- conforming structures may be modified or demolished and rebuilt without complying with any of the additional requirements of this Section, except for Sections 106-895, Separation or Buffer Requirements," 106-904, "Certification and Inspections, "and 106-905, "Maintenance, "provided: