Chapter 4. Conditions for Limited Specific Uses - City of Palm Coast

communication facilities may be exempt for a period of up to one (1) week after
the duration of the special event.
G. Antenna support structures, antennas, and/or antenna arrays for AM, FM, TV,
and HDTV broadcasting transmission facilities that are licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission shall be regulated in accordance with federal,
state, and other applicable regulations.
H. Freestanding collocation facilities that meet all the criteria set forth in Section
365.172(11), Florida Statutes and which:
1. Do not increase the height of the existing antenna support structure or
freestanding wireless communication facilities, as measured to the highest
point of any part of the structure or any existing antenna attached to the
structure;
2. Do not increase the size of the approved equipment compound; and
3. All aspects of the collocation are of a design and configuration consistent
with all of the applicable design, placement, and aesthetic regulations,
restrictions, or conditions, if any, applied to the first antenna placement on
the antenna support structure or freestanding wireless communication
facilities or applied to the structure or facility itself.
4.20.04. Siting Wireless Communication Facilities
This section shall not be interpreted to require applicants to locate on publicly owned
sites when lease negotiation processes are prohibitively lengthy or expensive relative
to those of the private sector as determined by the Land Use Administrator, based
upon competent substantial evidence. The applicant is considered justified in
selecting a lower-ranked privately-owned property option if the government entity
fails to approve a memorandum of agreement or letter of intent to lease a specified
publicly-owned site within ninety (90) days of the application date or if it is
demonstrated that the proposed lease rate for the specified public-owned site
significantly exceeds the market rate for comparable privately-owned sites.
A. Siting Hierarchy
Siting of wireless communication facilities shall be in accordance with the
following siting alternatives and hierarchy:
1. Concealed attached wireless communication facilities:
a. On City owned property
b. On other publicly owned property
c. On privately owned property
2. Collocated or combined on existing antenna support structure facility, utility
pole, distribution tower, or ball park light pole (a/k/a attached collocation):
a. On City owned property
b. On other publicly owned property
c. On privately owned property
3. Freestanding concealed wireless communication facilities:
City of Palm Coast Unified Land Development Code
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Adopted 8-19-08 – Ordinance # 2008-16
Amended 12-15-09 – Ord. # 2009-26; Amended 10-5-2010 – Ord. # 2010-13