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Ordinance , Exhibit D: Amended Article 16 Note: underlined and bolded text represents new text; strike through represents text to be eliminated 1. Principal or Accessory Use. Wireless telecommunications facilities may be con- sidered either principal or accessory uses. A different existing use or an existing structure on the same lot shall not preclude the installation of a wireless tele- communications facility on such lot. For purposes of determining whether the in- stallation of a wireless telecommunications facility complies with zoning district development regulations, including, but not limited to, set-back requirements, lot- coverage requirements, and other such requirements, the dimensions of the en- tire lot shall control, even though the wireless telecommunications facility may be located on leased parcels within such lots. 2. Co-Location. All new wireless telecommunications facilities shall co-locate with other existing or with planned new wireless telecommunications facilities when- ever feasible and when doing so will minimize potential visual impacts. Co- locations shall be processed in accordance with the prevailing State and/or Fed- eral rules and regulations. F. Specific Design Criteria. The following design standards shall govern the siting, de- sign and location of all wireless telecommunications facilities; 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 towers and ground-mounted wireless telecommunications fa- cilities shall either maintain a galvanized steel finish or be painted a neutral color, as determined by the City, so as to reduce visual impacts 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 facilities shall incorporate camouflaging techniques, such as alternative tower struc- tures, wherever feasible and shall be located in areas where existing topog- raphy, vegetation, buildings or other structures provide the greatest amount of screening to minimize visual impacts. c. Alternative tower structures, such as treepoles shall incorporate enough ar- chitectural branches (including density, needle count and vertical height), three (3) dimensional bark cladding, and other design materials or appropri- ate 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 shrubs distributed around the entire facil- ity to appear as a naturally occurring or integrated landscape element.