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<br />WHEREAS, the City finds that it is in the public interest to ban the use of towers but to <br />permit the siting of antennas within the municipal boundaries; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City has received and expects to receive additional requests from <br />telecommunications service providers to site wireless telecommunications antennas within the <br />municipal boundaries and is authorized by federal, state and local law to regulate the siting of <br />such antennas; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City to provide reasonable accommodation to, and to <br />promote and encourage fair and reasonable competition among telecommunications service <br />providers or providers of functionally equivalent services on a neutral and non-discriminatory <br />basis; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to establish appropriate <br />locations in priority order of use, and, further, to develop the requirements and standards to <br />permit the siting of wireless antennas within the municipal boundaries, with due consideration to <br />the City's master plan, zoning map, existing land uses and environmentally sensitive areas, <br />including hurricane preparedness areas; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, through these regulated standards, it is the intent of the City to protect and <br />promote the health, safety and general welfare of its citizens and residents therein, the traveling <br />public, and others in such manner that disallows towers because of the City's location in a coastal <br />high hazard flood area prone to high winds and tide, but to allow antennae to be mounted on <br />buildings and that will minimize the adverse visual impact and other potential damage by these <br />facilities by encouraging co-location and shared use of new and pre-existing telecommunications <br />facilities, through incentives, careful design, engineering siting, landscape screening and <br />innovative camouflaging techniques; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. Title. This Ordinance shall be entitled "WIRELESS <br />TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS ORDINANCE," and shall be an amendment of the <br />City's Code of Ordinances. <br /> <br />Section 2. <br /> <br />Pur,pose. <br /> <br />(a) The regulations and requirements set. forth herein are intended to <br />accomplish the following purposes: <br /> <br />(1) Provide for the appropriate location and development of antennae <br />within municipal limits; <br /> <br />Wireless Telecommunications Ord. <br /> <br />2 <br />