Section 17.136.010 Purpose.
To accommodate the increasing communication needs of the city of Hamilton "city"
residents, businesses, and visitors, while protecting the public health, safety and general welfare
and visual environment of the city, this chapter is established to:
A. Enhance the ability to provide communication services
to city residents, businesses and
visitors;
B. Simplify the process for obtaining permits for communication
facilities, while at the
same time protecting the legitimate interests of city residents;
C. Protect the city’ s natural resources and visual
environment from the potential adverse
effects of communication facilities, through careful design and siting standards;
D. Limit the number of towers needed to serve the city,
by requiring facilities to be placed
on existing buildings and structures where possible, and requiring co-location of wireless
communication providers on existing and new towers.
These towers shall be construed to be consistent with any federal or state standards
regulating communication facilities which pre-empt or take precedence over the standards in this
chapter. In the event that either federal or state government adopts mandatory standards more
stringent than those described in this chapter, these standards shall be revised accordingly. (Ord.
225 (part), 2003)
