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Sec. 34-687. Setback requirements. • (a) All communications facilities shall comply with the minimum setback requirements of the zoning district in which they are located. (b) Support structures for freestanding communications facilities shall be located on a lot in such a manner that, in the event of collapse, the structure and supporting devices shall be contained within the confines of the property lines. (c) No portion of any freestanding communications facility shall project into a required setback more than the maximum projection permitted in the zoning districts in which the facility or antenna is located. (d) Where alternative tower, monopole tower, lattice tower or other self-supporting tower support structures are permitted, either by right or by special use permit: (1) The communications facility shall be set back from any existing residence, residentially -zoned property, public street or other public property, a distance of at least the height of the PWSF or communications facility, but in no event less than 100 feet. (2) The director of neighborhood development services or his designee may waive or reduce setback requirements applicable to such support structures, if presented with engineering data that proves, to his satisfaction, that adjacent properties are reasonably protected from the potential impact of a support structure failure. (e) Upon receipt of evidence that the failure characteristics of a freestanding communications facility are such that the required setbacks would be insufficient to contain debris in the event of the failure of a facility or its support structure, the director of neighborhood development services or his designee shall • have the authority to increase any required setback to a distance sufficient to contain debris in the event of a such failure. Sec. 34-688. Separation requirements. (a) Freestanding communications facilities shall conform to the following separation requirements (i.e., minimum distance from the nearest established freestanding communications facility): Facility Height Minimum Separation Requirement < 50 feet 300 feet 50-100 feet 500 feet 101-150 feet 750 feet (b) Alternative tower structures, and attached communications facilities, shall be exempt from the provisions of section (a), above. (c) When a freestanding communications facility is located on a site containing one or more other principal uses, the minimum distance between the tower support structure an any other principal use located on the same site shall be the greater of twenty percent (20%) of the communications facility, or twenty-five (25) feet. Sec. 34-689. Screening and landscaping. (a) Landscaping shall be used to screen the view of freestanding communications facilities from adjacent • public streets and public property, adjacent residentially -zoned property and adjacent residences. The minimum landscaping requirements shall be as follows: Page 5 of 13