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Sec. 34-685. Facilities --by District. (a) Within the city's residential zoning districts (R-1, R -1-A, R-2, R-3, RHD, R -MHP, R -MHS) and within • the city's historic and entrance corridor overlay districts: (1) The following shall be permitted uses: antennae or microcells mounted on existing communications towers established prior to February 20, 2001, attached communications facilities utilizing utility poles or other electric transmission facilities as the attachment structure; and other attached communications facilities if such other attached communications facilities are not visible from any adjacent street or property. (2) The following shall be prohibited uses: attached communications facilities where such facilities are visible from any adjacent street or property, and communications facilities utilizing alternative tower, monopole tower, guyed tower, lattice tower and self-supporting tower support structures. (b) Within a mixed-use zoning district (PUD and Transition Zone districts), and within the city's B-1, B-2, B-4, B-5 and B-6 zoning districts: (1) The following shall be permitted uses: attached communications facilities, and antennae or microcells located on existing communications towers established prior to February 20, 2001. (2) The following shall be prohibited: communications facilities utilizing alternative tower, monopole tower, guyed tower, lattice tower and self-supporting tower support structures. (c) Within the city's B-3, M-1 and M-2 zoning districts: (1) The following shall be permitted uses: attached communications facilities, and communications facilities utilizing an alternative tower, monopole tower, lattice tower and self-supporting tower • structures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a freestanding communications facility located within 500 feet of a residentially -zoned property, a design control district or a protected property shall be permitted only if an alternative tower support structure is used. (2) The following shall be prohibited: communications facilities utilizing guyed -tower support structures. Sec. 34-686. Height. (a) Where attached communications facilities are permitted, the attachment structure shall be at least forty (40) feet in height, and the total height of the communications facility (including the attachment structure, antenna and any attachment devices) shall not be more than twenty (20) feet greater than the original height of the attachment structure. (b) The following height restrictions shall apply to all freestanding communications facilities: (1) Where a support structure is used by and for a single communications facility, maximum height shall not exceed seventy (70) feet. (2) Where a support structure is used by and for two co -located communications facilities, then maximum height shall not exceed one hundred (100) feet. (3) Where a support structure is used by and for three or more co -located communications facilities, then maximum height shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet. (c) Any communications facility which exceeds the height restrictions or dimensions allowed by right • under paragraphs (a) or (b), above, shall require a special use permit. Page 4 of 13