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early February 1997. 'The City:CoUncil held a second public hearing and adopted the co& 'amendments on February 24, 1997. ' Overview of the City's Reeulations for Telecommunications. Facilities · Siting requirements and procedures for teiecommunications devices are found in Section 9.5750 of the Eugene Code I971. These sections were renumbered and reformatted for the newLand Use COde, effective August 1, 2001, but the requirements were not changed. A copYof Ordinance No. 20078, adopting the code provisions, was distributed in October 2001. The Land Use Code can be accessed at: www. ci.eugene.or.us\cityreco\citycodekindex.htm#contents. The following is a brief overview of the key features of the City's regulations. Tiered Review Process: A tiered review process was. established to recognize that some types of telecommunication'facilities, in some locations, may require more detailed review and a greater. opportunity for public involvement than .others. Under this approach, some types of facilities are · permitted uses; some require Site Review, an admini.qrative decision with appeal to ~e Hearings Official, and Some require Conditional. Use review, a Hearings Official'decision with appeal to' the Planning Commission. 'For example, collocation of an antenna on an existin__g transmission tower is a Permitted use in most non-residential zones; while constructi°n of a new transmission tower or modification to an existing trsn.m~ission tower is a conditional use in' the R-1 zone. This approach Provides an incentive to collate new antennas where possible, rather than conslructing new towers and an incentive to locate new towers' in industrial.areas where they would.likely have~a leSser impact than in other areas of the community. Application Requirements: The code contains a detailed list of information requi~d for all .. ..... applications. More detailed information is requiredforfacilities that'reqUire Site Review or Conditional Use review, including: a visual study showing the appearance ofthe proposed facility from at least 5 points.within a 3-mile radius; evaluation of alternative sites; .evalUation of co-location options; an overall system plan for the city, showing existing and planned fac'flities. ~tdmdardsfor' Telecommunications Facilities: The code includes a series of standards that govern the installation, Construction or modification of telecommllllications facilities. As with the tiered review process, some standards differ from zone to zone. For example, standards for locating a new telecommunications tower in a low-density residential zone are more restrictive with r~. ect to tower height, setback and buffering than standards for a new t~lecommunications tower in an industrial district. RemOval: To ensure that, over the long term as technology changes, telecommunicationS. facilities are removed when they are not longer in use, the Code allows the City to require that telecommunication providers post a bond to ensure that removal occurs, particularly for towers located in residential areas. Bonds to ensure removal were also required as part of the Conditional Use approval for towers that were exempted from the moratorium. Recovery of City Cost for Expert Advice: The code allows.the recovery of full cost of retaining consultants to verify statements made in conjunction with a building permit or land use application for a telecommunications facility .... IV-31 Eugene City Council Agenda page22