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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAP4E
BY ADBIPIG CHAPTER 18.18 (RADIO AND TELEVISION ANTENNAS) to TITLE
18 - (BUILDING .CONSTRUCTION,
The City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby
amends the Municipal Code of the City of Burlingame by adding
Chapter 18°18 to Title 18 which shall read as followsa '
'°Chapter 18.18
RADIO AND TELEVISION ANTENNAS
SECTIONSs
18.18.010
Definition
18.18.020
Permit required for installation
18.18.030
Exempt devices
18.18.040
Engineering report required
18.18.050
Height limitations,
§18.18,010 Definition. An antenna is any composition
of wood, metal or wire, which, together with its necessary supports,
is constructed for the purpose of receiving or transmitting
electronic signals.
§18.18.020 Permit required for installation. No an-
tenna, except those defined as exempt in .the following section,
shall be built, installed, placed or maintained upon any location
within the city without obtaining a building permit. For the
purposes of this code, such antennas are considered structures.
§18.18.030 Exempt devices (a) Devices of metal and'
wire for the reception of radio or televised signals which are planed
or attached upon the roof of any building and of a height not in
excess of 15 feet above such roof are exempt from tYie requirements)
of this chapter for a building permit or engineering report.
(b} .Broadcasting or repeater devices operated by or
for governmental agencies or regulated public utilities are
exempt from the requirements of this chapter except the requiremen
for an engineering report.
§18.18.040 Engineering report required.. Prior to th
issuance of a permit for the construction of any antenna where the
gross weight of all of its included parts exceeds 500 pounds or
where the gross height above the ground, when built upon the
ground, exceeds 35 feet above ground level, ar where the gross
height above the. roof, when built above a roof, exceeds 15 feet
above a roof, the building official shall require that a plan
and engineering calculations for wind load, bracing and foundation
be prepared by a licensed civil or structural engineer. Such
plans and specifications shall. be prepared to meet or exceed the
applicable requirements for such construction as set forth in the
Chapter 18.08 of this Code as adopted or as it may subsequently
be amended.
§18.18.050 Height limitations. (a) The height of ',
any antenna shall be measured from the ground level of the site upon
which it is placed or constructed_to the topmost extension of the
devicee On any site which has a slope which results in a dif-
ference in elevation between the front property line and the
rear property line of more than 5%, the assumed ground level shall
be the average of the two elevations.
(b) The permitted height shall be limited in ac-
cordance with the zone classification of the site as such zones
are established in Title 25, Zoning, of this Code and shall be as
follows:
R-1, single-family, R-2, duplex and R3A,
low density multiple zones 35 feet
R-3, multi -family zone 55 feet
R-4, Multi -family zone 75 feet
C-1, commercial, and C-2, service trades, zones 100 feet
C-3, professional zone 35 feet
P4-1, Industrial and C-4, waterfront commercial zones 150 feet
(c) Nothing in this title shall be construed to per-
mit the erection, installation, building or maintenance of any
antenna which exceeds in height the limits prescribed by any
Federal statute or by any law of the State of California, or by
any order, rule or regulation of the Federal Aviation Agency, or
other .Federal or State regulatory agency empowered to make any
such order, rule or regulation.'°
SECTION 2, Severability. If any section, subsec-
tion, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be un-
constitutional, such decision .shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance or any part thereof.
The City Council hereby declares that it .would have passed each
section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph sentence, clause or
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
.SECTION 3. Publication< his ordinance shall be
published as required by law.
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I, HERBERT Ko WHITE, City. Clerk of the City of Bur-
lingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was in-
troduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th
day of Eecember , 1971, and adopted thereafter at a regul
meeting of the _City Council held on the 2C1tia day of �ecemlaer
1971, by .the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup, Crosby, Jokanson, t�langini, Marta.n,
NOES : COUNCILMEN c ,`gene
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: Nonea
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Herbert Km F7hite, City Clerk