1500-18-070 - Application Materials
Sutter County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · Sutter County
Applications for approval of a wireless telecommunication facility shall include all materials and information required for the permit plus the following information:
A.
A narrative description of the proposed facility, including the type of facility being requested.
B.
A description of the type of technology and consumer services the provider will provide to its customers.
C.
A description of the number, height, size, material, and color of mono-poles/towers.
D.
A description of any proposed support buildings or equipment necessary to support or house the facility.
E.
A site plan drawn to an engineer's scale that accurately shows the location of all towers and other structures within the proposed facility.
F.
Elevations showing all sides of the facility and any accessory buildings, including tower/building heights and other physical dimensions, drawn to graphic scale.
G.
Landscaping and painting/screening/camouflage plans for the proposed facility. Such plans shall be accompanied by written evidence demonstrating that the selected facility structure or mono-pole/tower design is as visually unobtrusive as possible, given technical and engineering considerations. Submitted evidence shall indicate what type of facility is required to provide reasonably effective service and also the best technology and construction available to maximally achieve visual unobtrusiveness.
H.
All applications for new mono-poles/towers shall provide an alternative site analysis detailing the specific steps undertaken to determine the applicant's selection of a particular project site and its relationship to the location preferences prescribed in this chapter. The analysis shall include a radio propagation model for each carrier or carriers if the mono-pole/towers are for multiple users. The alternative analysis shall include the following information.
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A topographical map of the proposed local service area and which identifies the local network facilities with which the proposed site will interconnect;
2.
Identification of all other existing structures which might provide an opportunity for attached antenna facilities;
3.
Identification of service gaps in the proposed service area, or areas of high usage requiring in-fill of existing service areas; and
A technical report discussing why alternatives would not be feasible for use as a telecommunications site. This may include construction, interconnect, utility or other factors precluding development of the property or facility as a suitable site.
I.
Evidence of a valid, current operating license or construction permit from the FCC or, if the applicant is not a wireless telecommunications service provider, a user operating agreement for each and every such provider to which the applicant intends to rent space on the proposed facility.