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2. Co-location. All new wireless telecommunications facilities shall co-locate with other, existing or with planned, new wireless telecommunications fa- cilities whenever feasible and when doing so will minimize potential visual impacts. Co-locations shall be processed in accordance with the prevail- ing Federal guidelines. F.4. Specific Design Criteria. Aesthetics; Lighting. The following design standards guidelines set forth in this Subsection C.4. shall govern the siting, design and location of all wireless telecommunications facilities towers, and the installa- tion of all antennas, governed by this Section; provided, however, that the Board of Zoning Adjustments may waive these requirements if it determines that the goals of this Section are better served thereby. 1. Freestanding Towers and Ground-Mounted Facilities a. Freestanding tTowers and ground-mounted wireless telecommunica- tions facilities shall either maintain a galvanized steel finish or, subject to any applicable standards of the FAA, be painted a neutral color, as deter- mined by the City, so as to reduce visual impacts obtrusiveness. and blend into the landscape or visual backdrop against which they will be seen to the greatest extent possible, unless otherwise required by the FAA. b. Freestanding and ground-mounted wireless telecommunications facili- ties shall incorporate camouflaging techniques, such as alternative tower structures, wherever feasible and shall be located in areas where existing topography, vegetation, buildings or other structures provide the greatest amount of screening to minimize visual impacts. c. If an antenna is installed on a structure other than a tower, the antenna and supporting electrical and mechanical equipment must be of a neutral color that is identical to, or closely compatible with, the color of the supporting structure so as to make the antenna and related equipment as visually unob- trusive as possible; and must be sited and designed to appear as an integral part of the structure, to the extent feasible. c. Alternative tower structures, such as treepoles shall incorporate enough architectural branches (including density, needle count and vertical height), three dimensional bark cladding, and other design ma- terials or appropriate techniques to cause the structure to appear as a natural element of the environment. Treepoles shall be integrated into the surrounding environment through the planting of trees and/or Exhibit G: Proposed Amended Article16 Page 53 Note: underline and bolded text represents new text; strike-through text represents text to be eliminated