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2. Locational Standards Staff looked at many other wireless ordinances prior to embarking on this code change, including ordinances from the neighboring cities of Livermore, Dublin, Walnut Creek and the Town of Danville. Each ordinance was unique in its locational standards and processing requirements, e.g., the type of review that is required generally changed depending on the proposed location of a facility. It is worth noting that every other city ordinance that staff reviewed allowed wireless facilities to be located on residential property (though the review is usually more onerous if a carrier is proposing to place a facility on a residential property). a. Prioritizing Zoning Districts Where Facilities are Allowed The intent of the proposed ordinance amendments is to improve telecommunications coverage throughout the City without sacrificing the aesthetic ideals that are important to the citizens of Pleasanton. With that in mind, the proposed ordinance creates a prioritization system for locating new facilities.' The ranking works as follows. Carriers must locate a new facility in the Commercial, Office, Industrial, or Mixed Use (C, 0, I, or M-U) zoning districts. If a carrier can show that it is not feasible to locate in one of those districts, it must locate in the Agricultural, Public, or Public and Institutional zoning districts (A, P, or P&I). A wireless carrier may demonstrate feasibility by providing evidence demonstrating that there are no other locations in the prioritized zone that: meet the applicant's coverage needs; are structurally or technically feasible; or are available to lease or otherwise economically feasible. The proposed ordinance also includes language allowing the City to hire an expert to review the carrier's evidence, at the carrier's expense, in order to determine whether other locations may be feasible. Finally, new facilities are prohibited in all other zoning designations with one exception. New facilities will be permitted on parcels containing a City water tank (or on an adjacent parcel) so long as certain requirements are met. For the purposes of the wireless ordinance, if a parcel is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD), staff shall look to the zoning districts identified under the particular PUD. In other words, if the zoning designation is PUD-I/C, then this would be considered Industrial or Commercial and would fall under the first ranked category. If the zoning designation is PUD-HDR, then this would be considered High Density Residential and a facility would be prohibited from locating there. 1 The City of Livermore's ordinance prioritizes locations as follows: 1) Education and Institution such as public golf courses, water tank sites, schools and parks; 2) Industrial; 3) Commercial; 4) Office or Neighborhood Mixed Use; 5) Open Space, Airport-Service, Agriculture; and 6) Residential, Transect, Neighborhood Mixed Use Page 6 of 10