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or other storage. No equipment, machinery or vehicles other than that which is utilized in direct support of a communications facility shall be stored or parked at the site, except when necessary in connection with repairs to the facility. • (d) Communications facilities may be located on sites containing one or more other principal uses; however, such joint use of a site is prohibited when a proposed or existing principal use includes the storage, distribution or sale of volatile, flammable, explosive or hazardous materials such as propane, gasoline, natural gas or dangerous chemicals. Sec. 34-695. Permit Processes. (a) Building Permit. Where a microcell or attached communications facility is a permitted use, and will not exceed the by -right height restrictions or dimensions set forth within this article, only a building permit shall be required. (1) Prior to issuance of a building permit, the zoning administrator shall certify that the proposed microcell or attached communications facility meets all applicable standards and requirements set forth within this article. (2) Upon application for a building permit, review will be conducted by the department of neighborhood development services and the zoning administrator, with support from other city staff and/or city -retained consultants as may be designated or deemed necessary by the director of neighborhood development services or his designee. The city shall have the right to retain independent technical consultants and experts that it deems necessary to properly evaluate such applications, and to charge a reasonable fee for such services to the applicant as part of the required application fee. Such fee shall include but shall not be limited to, the hourly rate of the independent technical consultant or expert the city deems necessary to properly evaluate such applications. • (b) Site Plan. All freestanding communications facilities, all microcells or attached communications facilities exceeding the height or dimensions specified in section 34-686, and all modifications of existing such facilities, shall require an approved site plan. For the purpose of this requirement, location of additional antennas or microcells on a previously approved facility shall not be deemed a modification of an existing facility requiring a new site plan, so long as such additional antennas or microcells themselves meet any applicable requirements of this article. (1) Upon application for site plan review, review will be conducted by the department of neighborhood development services, with support from other city staff and/or city -retained consultants as may be designated or deemed necessary by the director of neighborhood development services or his designee. (2) The city shall have the right to retain independent technical consultants and experts that it deems necessary to properly evaluate such applications, and to charge a reasonable fee for such services to the applicant as part of the required application fee. Such fee shall include but shall not be limited to the hourly rate of the independent technical consultant or expert the city deems necessary to properly evaluate such applications. (c) Site Plan Applications. Each applicant requesting site plan review under this article shall submit the following information as part of the application: (1) A site plan and elevations, drawn to scale, and other supporting drawings or photographic simulations, specifying the appearance, height, location and dimensions of the proposed facility, including: support structure; equipment shelters; accessory uses; coloring of materials; parking; access; landscaped areas; fences; adjacent land uses; separation and setback calculations; and • property boundaries. A cross section of the support structure shall be included. Page 9 of 13