§ 10-3.401. Purpose and Intent.

(a)

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for wireless telecommunication ("telecom") facilities on public and private property consistent with federal and state law while ensuring public safety, reducing the visual effects of telecom equipment on public streetscapes and neighborhoods, protecting scenic views, and otherwise mitigating the impacts of such facilities while ensuring adequate service to the community.

(b)

It is the objective of the City that all telecom facilities be as unobtrusive as possible and that the number of freestanding telecom facilities be minimized. The standards and policies established by this Article are intended to ensure that telecom facilities within the City are developed in harmony with the surrounding environment through regulation of location and design.

(c)

The provisions of this chapter are not intended and shall not be interpreted to prohibit or to have the effect of prohibiting telecom services. This chapter shall not be applied in such a manner as to unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent telecom services.