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telecommunications facility within an R-1 or C-1 zone unless the lot on Which it is to be placed is vacant or developed with a non-residential use .at the time the permit application is sUbmitted. This restriction does not apply within other zones. : - (h) ~. NO lighting shall be permitted on transmission towers except that required by the Federal Aviation AdminiStration, No high intensity white lights may be located on transmission towers in an R-l, C-1, or PRO zone. (i) Color. The transmission.tower and attached antennas shall be unpainted galvanized steel or painted neutral colors or such shades as are appropriate and compatible with the surrounding environment, as apprOved by the city. (j) Viewshed. The transmission tower shall be located down slope from the top of a ridgeline so that when viewed from any point along the northern right-of- way line of 18th Avenue, the tower does not interrupt the profile of the ridgeline or Spencer's Butte. In addition, a tranSmission tower shall not interrupt the profile of Spencer Butte when viewed from any location in Amazon Park. Visual impacts to prominent views of Skinner Butte, Judkins Point, and Gillespie Butte shall.be minimized to the greatest extent possible. ApProval for location of a transmission tower in a prominent view of these Buttes shall be given only if location of the transmission tower on an alternative site is not possible as documented by application materials submitted by the applicant, and the transmission tower is limited in height to the minimum height necessary to provide the approximate coverage the tOwer is intended to provide. (k) _Display. No signs, striping, graphics or other attention getting devices are permitted on the transmission tower or anCillary facilities except for warning and safety signage with a surface area of no more than 3 square feet. Such signage shall be affixed to a fence or ancillary facility and the number of signs is limited to no more 'than 2. (8) Standards for Ancillary FaCilities. All ancillary facilities shall comply with the standards of subsections (7)(e) and (7)(f) of this section. In addition, all ancillary facilities within an R-l, PL, C-1, GO, and PRO zone must be located underground to the maximum extent teChnology allows, unless a variance is obtained pursuant to the provisions of subsection (9) of this Section. This restriction does not apply within other zones. (9) Variance. (a) Any variance to the requirements of this section shall be granted only pursuant to the following provisions. The criteria for granting a variance shall ' ' be limited to this section, and shall not include the standard variance criteria beginning at EC 9.8750 P__urpose of Variances. (b) The city may grant a variance from the provisions of subsection (7)(a) of this section providing the applicant demonstrates that: 1. It is technologically impossible to locate the proposed tower on available sites more than 2,000 feet from a pre-existing transmission toWer and still provide the approximate coverage the tower is intended to provide;