HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1258ORDINANCE N0, 1258
ORDINANCE AMENDING REOUIREMENTS FOR RADIO & TELEVISION
Section 1. Chapter 18.18 regarding radio and television antennas,
is amended to read as follows:
Chapter 18.18
RADIO AND TELEVISION ANTENNAS
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 antenna, except
those defined as exempt in Section 18.18.030, 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. Devices of metal and wire for the
reception of radio or televised signals which are placed or attached to a
building and of a height not in excess of fifteen feet above the roof of a
building are exempt from the requirements of this chapter for a building permit
or engineering report.
18.18.040 Engineering report required. Prior to the issuance of a
permit for the construction of any antenna where the gross weight of all of its
included parts exceeds five hundred pounds or where the gross height above the
ground, when built upon the ground, exceeds thirty-five feet above ground level
or where the gross height above the roof, when built upon a building, exceeds
fifteen 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.
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(�) The permitted height shall be limited to that applicable to a
structure within the zkining classification of the site.
(c) Antenna may exceed the height set forth in Section (b) with
a special permit pursuant to Chapter 25.16 of this code.
(d) Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the
erection,
Council held on
18.18.050
Height limitations.
(a)
The height
the limits
of
any antenna
shall
be measured
of
from the
ground
level of the site
upon
which
the City Council
it is placed or
constructed
state regulatory
to the
topmost
extension
of the device.
On
any
site
which has a
slope
which
results
in a difference
in elevation
between
the
front
property
line
and the
real
property
line of
more than five
percent,
the
assumed ground
level
shall
be the
average
of two
elevations.
(�) The permitted height shall be limited to that applicable to a
structure within the zkining classification of the site.
(c) Antenna may exceed the height set forth in Section (b) with
a special permit pursuant to Chapter 25.16 of this code.
(d) Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the
erection,
Council held on
installation, building or maintenance of any
antenna which exceeds
in height
of
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
the City Council
Agency, or
other Federal or
state regulatory
agency empowered to
make such
order, rule
or regulation.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
�7ice Mayor �
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing
ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the
City
Council held on
the
19th
day
of
September
1983,
and was
BARTON, MANGINI,
MARTIN
adopted
thereafter at a
regular
meeting
of
the City Council
held
on the
3rd
day of
October ,1983,
by the following
vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEN:
AMSTRUP,
BARTON, MANGINI,
MARTIN
NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
'.ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: CROSBY
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C�ty Clerk