Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses and Chapter 926: Definitions so as to modernize language regarding Communication Towers and Antennas.
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Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, is hereby amended at Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.13, as follows:
911.04.A.13 - Communication Towers and Antennas
The following standards shall apply to all Communication Towers and Antennas uses:
(a)The following standards shall apply to all Communication Tower and Antenna uses in all zoning districts in addition to the standards required for each Class of Tower (Class A, B, and C) as well as Building-Mounted Communication Antenna (912.04.G) as listed hereafter:
(1)All Communication Towers and Antenna applications should be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for the Administrator's review and comment. Applications which meet the requirements below will be reviewed by the Administrator as an Administrator's Exception and approved or rejected in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 922.08 of the Code:
(i)New Communication Antenna locating and co-locating on an existing Communication Tower or alternative support structures
(ii)New alternative antenna support structures in all zoning districts.
New concealed, stealth or camouflaged Communication Towers and/or Antennas which are designed to blend in with the surroundings including but not limited to, antennas located in a structure such as a church steeple, bell tower but which are not noticeable to the reasonable observer and antennas disguised as such things as trees, flagpoles, chimneys, grain silos and anything consistent with the surroundings
(iii)New Antennas installed on a structure other than a tower; provided the antenna and supporting electrical and mechanical equipment m...
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