Wireless Communication Facilities | Development Standards
7. Establishing clear regulations for the siting, design, maintenance, and operation of WCF consistent with state and federal regulations; and 8. Accommodating the growing need and demand for wireless services; and 9. Meeting the requirements of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules.
6. Minimize the impact to public purpose of the public rights- of-way. Wireless facility use by network providers or their subcontractors is not an exclusive or priority use within the public right-of-way; and 7. Ensure regulations are fair and accommodate the maximum number of users.
C. Applicability
B. Goals
No person shall place, construct, reconstruct, or modify a WCF within the City without the necessary permit(s), except as provided by this chapter. The director or designee shall have authority to approve, condition, or deny a WCF as prescribed in the Sammamish Municipal Code.
The goals of this chapter are to:
1. Minimize visual, safety, aesthetic, and environmental impacts of WCFs on the community by establishing standards for location, structural integrity, and compatibility; and 2. Encourage the location and collocation of wireless communication antennas on existing nonmunicipal structures; and 3. Ensure that wireless facility antennas and supporting equipment are proportionate in scale and design, as technically feasible, to other elements of the built environment; and 4. Ensure that equipment does not become a barrier or impediment to pedestrians, drivers, and cyclists; and 5. Provide an opportunity for residents and interested parties to provide comment on the proposed location and design of new towers and poles, when appropriate; and
D. Conflict
When any provision of any other chapter of the Sammamish Municipal Code conflicts with this chapter, the director shall apply this chapter.
E. Fees
Fees for review pursuant to this chapter shall be established by the City and, if applicable, shall be consistent with the safe harbor provisions established by the FCC (as may be amended from time to time). Any additional time or cost shall be billed on a per-hour rate as established by adopted City of Sammamish fee schedule to cover staff time or required professional services to assist in review of an application.
F. Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows:
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 359
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