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I camouflaged to look like a structure or feature that blends with the surrounding area and the lot upon which the communication tower or antenna is located contains a minimum of 20,000 2 square feet of land area. 3 2. The communication tower or communication antenna does not exceed a 4 total height of thirty-five (35') feet. 5 3. The communication tower or communication antenna is not located in a required front, side or street side setback area. 6 4. The applicant demonstrates that: 7 1. Existing towers and buildings do not afford the applicant the 8 technological ability to provide service to the service area of the applicant or service provider; and 9 2. It is not technologically possible to bifurcate the geographical boundaries of the proposed service area in order to avoid the necessity for a freestanding 10 communication tower or communication antenna. 11 H. Communication towers and communication antennas processed under subsection G shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission using the 12 Conditional Use Permit provisions of Section 18.58.060. 13 F. New freestanding communication towers and communication antennas may be 14 located on public property including city, school district, community college and other public property that is zoned for residential uses provided such communication towers and 15 communication antennas do not exceed an overall height of eighty-five feet (85') and are approved by the Planning Commission using the Architectural and Site Plan Review provisions 16 of Section 18.58.030. When located within 300 feet of residentially zoned and used property, such freestanding communication towers and communication antennas shall be stealth and be 17 approved by the Planning Commission using the Conditional Use Permit provisions of Section 18..58.060. 18 Section 18.39.050 Performance and construction standards for communication towers 19 and communication antennas 20 A. Wind Loads. All communication towers and communication antennas shall, at a minimum, be designed and constructed so as to withstand a wind speed of seventy mph for 21 those towers and antennas with heights of fifteen feet or less or one hundred mph for those towers and antennas with heights in excess of fifteen feet. Existing communication towers and 22 communication antennas shall be modified to meet these requirements prior to the issuance of 23 any permit or other authorization to modify them, including, without limitation, any request to modify the height or include additional antennas or providers 24 B. Seismic Design Requirements. Communication towers and communication 25 antennas shall, at a minimum, be designed to comply with requirements for seismic Zone 4 26 C. Setbacks. Setbacks for communication towers and communication antennas shall be measured from the base of the tower, antenna or protruding building structure at the 27 base of the tower, whichever is closest to the property line, to the property line of the parcel on which it is located. For purposes of measuring setbacks from residentially zoned property, 28 distances shall be measured from the base of the tower, antenna or protruding building ORANGEIMXM119901.1 _ 4 _