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early February 1997. 'The City:council held a second public hearing and adopted the code amendments on February 24, 1997. ' Overview of the CiW's Regulations for Teleconununieations Facilities Siting requirements and procedures for telecommunications 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\citycode~index.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 adminislr~ve decision with appeal to ,the Hearings Official, and Some require Conditional. Use review, a Hearings Official'decision with appeal to' the Planning Commission. 'For exsmPle, collocation of an antenna on an existing transmission tower is a permi~ use in most non, residential zones; while constmction of a new transmission tower or modification to an existing trsn.~mission tower'is a conditioual use in' the R-I zone. This approach provides an incentive to collate new antennas wh.~.e possible, rather than. constructing new towers and an incentive to locatenew towers' inindustrial,areas where they would likely have~a lesser impact than in other areas of the comm~ty. Application Requirements: The code contains a detailed list of information required for all ~ ...... applications. More detailed information is requiredfor.facilities that require Site Review or Conditional Use review, including: a visual study showingthe appearance of the proposed facility from at least 5 points.within a 3-mile radius; evaluation of alternafi've sites; evaluation of co-location options.; an overall system plan for the city, showing existing and planned facilities. ~tdardsfor' Telecommunications Facilities: The code includes a series of standards that govern the installation, Construction or modification of telecommunications facilities. As with the tiered review process, some standards differ from zone to zone. Nor example, standards for locating a new telecommunications tower in a low-density residential zone are more restrictiVe 'with re.~ 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,'teieCommunications 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 Fa'pert 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