21.90.050 Location of wireless communications facilities.
A. It is the policy of the city of Lynnwood to locate WCFs in the city according to the following order of preference (highest to lowest preference):
1. Attached on existing structures such as buildings, new or existing communication towers, and utility facilities. Preference is to the fascia of buildings or mechanical penthouses.
2. Co-located (on one support structure) with other WCFs.
B. WCFs shall be located where the existing topography, vegetation, buildings, or other structures provide the greatest amount of screening from nearby public spaces, residential and commercial uses. The support structure shall be located in close proximity to trees of comparable heights and in areas where they are otherwise visually compatible or designed to be compatible.
C. WCFs shall not be located within 1,320 linear feet of any other WCF except when located on an existing building, structure or wireless facility (that is, without a new support structure) or when permitted through the conditional use permit process as described in the appropriate zoning district in which proposed. For the purpose of this section, all distances shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures, from the nearest point of the proposed wireless communications support structure to the nearest point of another wireless communications support structure. This subsection does not apply to small cell facilities or WCFs owned or operated by electric utilities that are exempt under LMC 21.90.030(A).
D. WCFs located in a right-of-way shall meet the requirements of the abutting or closest zone (as measured from the base of the support structure or the attached facility) and this chapter. (Ord. 3290 § 2, 2018; Ord. 2441 § 21, 2003; Ord. 2270 § 1, 1999)