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1. No new unscreened wireless telecommunications facility shall be permitted three hundred (300) feet or less away from any residential property line or residential zoning district boundary. E.C. General Guidelines and Requirements. All wireless telecommunications facilities must comply with the following except when impractical or technologically infea- sible. The burden shall be on the applicant to provide evidence as part of the ap- plication showing why and how complying with these standards would be im- practical or technologically infeasible. 1. Purpose and Goals. The purpose of this Section is to establish general guide- lines for the siting of towers and antennas. The goals of this Section are to: (i) encourage the location of towers in nonresidential areas and minimize the total number of towers throughout the City; (ii) encourage strongly the co-location at new and existing tower sites; (iii) encourage providers of towers and antennas to locate them, to the extent possible, in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal; (iv) encourage providers of towers and antennas to con- figure design them in a way that minimizes the adverse visual impact of the tow- ers and antennas; and (v) enhance the ability of the providers of telecommunica- tions services to provide such services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently and to comply with federal legislation governing co-locations. 1.2. Principal or Accessory Use. Wireless telecommunications facilities Antennas and towers may be considered either principal or accessory uses. A different ex- isting use or an existing structure on the same lot shall not preclude the installa- tion of a wireless telecommunications facility an antenna or tower on such lot. For purposes of determining whether the installation of a wireless telecommu- nications facility tower or antenna complies with zoning district development regulations, including, but not limited to, set-back requirements, lot-coverage re- quirements, and other such requirements, the dimensions of the entire lot shall control, even though the wireless telecommunications facility antennas or towers may be located on leased parcels within such lots. 3. Inventory of Existing Sites. Each applicant for an antenna and/or tower shall pro- vide to the Planning Division an inventory of its existing towers that are either within the jurisdiction of the City or within one-quarter mile of the border thereof, including specific information about the location, height, and design of each tow- er. The Planning Division may share such information with other applicants ap- plying for administrative approvals or special use permits under this ordinance or other organizations seeking to locate antennas within the jurisdiction of the City, provided, however, that the Planning Division is not, by sharing such information, in any way representing or warranting that such sites are available or suitable. Exhibit G: Proposed Amended Article16 Page 52 Note: underline and bolded text represents new text; strike-through text represents text to be eliminated