Sec. 656.1501. - Purpose and intent.

The City Council finds that the promulgation of these regulations is warranted and necessary to promote the health, safety and general welfare of residents of the City by: (a) Providing uniform standards for the provision of both radio and television broadcast signals and telecommunication services, including two-way radio, paging, PCS, cellular and related wireless services; (b) Protecting the natural features and aesthetic character of the City by regulating the location, design and operation of wireless communication facilities, with special attention to residential neighborhoods, public parks, transportation view corridors, historic districts, historic landmarks, and environmentally sensitive lands; (c) Minimizing the adverse visual and aesthetic impacts of wireless communication facilities through innovative design, siting and landscaping standards, including incentives to promote the use of Camouflaged Towers, Stealth Towers, co-location of new antennas on existing communication towers and the placement of antennas on roofs, walls, existing towers and other existing structures; (d) Accommodating the growing demand for wireless communication services, consistent with the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Florida Wireless Emergency Communications Act, and ensuring an efficient and high-quality wireless communications network; and (e) Expediting the review process for those applications choosing the least intrusive alternative of deploying wireless telecommunication services. These regulations are not intended to prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services, nor shall they be used to unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent services, consistent with federal regulations. (Ord. 2001-600-E, §§ 2, 3; Ord. 2007-561-E, § 1)