Alexandria County CodeView whole ordinance
TITLE 5 Transportation and Environmental Services
CHAPTER 3 Underground Utilities
Sec. 5-3-4 Variance or waiver of provisions of article.
(a) The director of transportation and environmental services may waive one or more of the requirements of this article pertaining to new or expanded overhead customer utility services, provided that the director makes the following findings with respect to the customer utility service to which the waiver pertains:
(i) that the person seeking the waiver has submitted a written application on a form provided by the director;
(ii) that the person seeking the waiver has paid an application fee of $100;
(iii) that one or more of the following criteria are met:
a. the city arborist has determined that the new or expanded customer utility service, if placed underground, would endanger an existing mature tree by damaging its root system;
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(Code 1963, Sec. 39A-4; Ord. No. 3575, 5/16/92, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 3587, 6/13/92, Sec. 1)
Arlington County CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 41.2 CABLE TELEVISION COMMUNICATIONS
Sec. 41.2-7. Design and Construction.
A. System construction schedule. Every Certificate shall specify the construction schedule that will apply to any required construction, upgrade, or rebuild of the Cable System. The schedule shall provide for prompt completion of the construction, upgrade or rebuild, considering the amount and type of work required, and shall show areas of the County that will be affected.
B. Construction procedures.
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9. No tree trimming shall be performed without the permission of the County and other affected authorities. Any tree trimming shall be performed in strict accordance with this Code and all County rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
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Public Rights-of-Way, as required by any applicable provision of the County Code. A Franchisee shall also be required to obtain any other applicable permits that may be required by the County or any other entity having jurisdiction.
(Ord. No. 98-21, 6-20-98)
Ashland Town CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 16 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS*
ARTICLE III. Maintenance of Trees
Sec. 16-23. Trimming by utility companies.
The electric light, telephone and telegraph companies shall have permission to trim trees or shrubs only to prevent any wire to come in contact with any such tree.
(3-9-82)
Charlottesville City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 29 SUBDISITION OF LAND
DIVISION 4. WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES
Sec. 29-204. Utilities.
All utilities, including but not limited to wires, cables, pipes, conduits and appurtenant equipment for electricity, gas, water, sewer, telephone or similar service, shall be located within a subdivision as follows:
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(4) Installation of utilities in or adjacent to the right-of-way shall be performed in a manner that will not preclude the installation of street trees or required landscaping.
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(4-21-08(1))
Charlottesville City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 34 ZONING
ARTICLE IX. GENERALLY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
DIVISION 5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Sec. 34-1077. Screening and landscaping.
(a) Landscaping shall be used to screen the view of freestanding communications facilities from adjacent public streets and public property, adjacent residentially-zoned property and adjacent residences. The minimum landscaping requirements shall be as follows:
(1) For facilities one hundred fifty (150) feet in height or less, at least one (1) row of evergreen shrubs capable of forming a continuous hedge at least five (5) feet in height within two (2) years of planting shall be spaced not more than five (5) feet apart within ten (10) feet of the perimeter of the required setback area.
(2) For towers more than one hundred fifty (150) feet in height, in addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (a)(1), above, at least one (1) row of deciduous trees, with a minimum caliper of two and one-half (2?) inches at the time of planting, and spaced not more than forty (40) feet apart, shall be provided within twenty (20) feet of the perimeter of the required setback area.
(3) All security fencing shall be screened from view.
(b) Landscaping materials shall consist of drought-resistant native species.
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(d) Existing vegetation on the site shall be preserved to the greatest practical extent. Existing vegetation, topography, walls and fences, etc., combined with shrubs or other features may be substituted for the required shrubs or trees, if the director of neighborhood development services or his designee finds that they achieve the same degree of screening as the required shrubs or trees.
(9-15-03(3); 7-16-12)
Sec. 34-1083. Permit processes.
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(2) A landscape plan to scale, indicating the size, spacing and type of plantings, and indicating existing significant vegetation to be removed, and vegetation proposed for planting to replace any lost vegetation; and a natural resources screening, based upon direct observation and/or generally available data sources, of the proposed support structure site; and information as to how the applicant will implement practical measures to avoid, minimize and/or mitigate (in that order of preference) potential adverse impacts.
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(9-15-03(3))
Danville City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 38.5 VEGETATION
ARTICLE III. LANDSCAPING
Sec. 38.5-24. - Authorization required.
(a) No person shall plant vegetation or maintain, remove, or otherwise disturb, any tree or shrub on any public area without first receiving approval from the Director of Public Works or his designate.
(b) Public utility companies and municipal utilities and their subcontractors employing tree experts, when engaged in the maintenance of easements, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(c) In case of emergencies, such as windstorms, ice storms, or other disasters, permits may be waived by the Director of Public Works during the emergency period so as not to hamper work to restore order to the City.
(d) Maintenance of public areas by the City or its subcontractors shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(e) All plantings installed on land owned by the City shall become the property of the City of Danville and under the control of the City and subject to all regulations of the City thereafter.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no authorization shall be required for any planting in a City street, sidewalk, or alley right-of-way immediately contiguous to privately owned residential or commercial property, provided that:
(1) If it is contiguous with residential property, the person making the planting maintains the property as he does his property;
(2) If it is contiguous with commercial property, the person making the planting maintains the property as his place of business; and
(3) The planting does not violate any other provision of this Code including, but not limited to, section 35-14.1 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 92-11.15, 11-5-92)
Danville City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 9.5 CABLE TELEVISION
Sec. 9.5-13. Use of streets.
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(d) Tree trimming. The Grantee shall notify the City regarding the need to trim trees upon and overhanging streets of the City so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires and cables of the Grantee; at the option of the City, such trimming may be done by the City at the expense of the Grantee, or by the Grantee under the City's supervision and direction at the expense of the Grantee. When authorized, trimming shall be limited to the area required for clear cable passage and shall not include major structural branches which materially alter the appearance and natural growth habits of the tree.
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(Ord. No. 87-3.6, 3-3-87; Ord. No. 92-8.7, 8-4-92)
Fairfax City City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 110 ZONING
Article III. ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS
3.5 Specific Use Standards
3.5.2 Public, civic and institutional use standards
J. Telecommunication facilities
9. Co-location
(b) The following order of preference in siting wireless communications antennas and towers shall apply:
(3) Using stealth designs involving mounting antennas within existing buildings or structures in the form of bell towers, clock towers, or other architectural modification of buildings, or by mounting antennas on artificial trees; and
(10-1-16)
Fairfax City City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 94 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ARTICLE III. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
DIVISION 7. SYSTEM OPERATIONS.
Sec. 94-93 Street occupancy; construction standards and procedures.
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(i) A grantee shall have the authority to trim trees and shrubs on public property at its own expense as may be necessary to protect its wires and facilities, subject to the regulation, supervision and/or direction of the city or other local government authority.
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Falls Church City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 10 CABLE TELEVISION
ARTICLE III. REGULATION
Sec. 10-64. System operations.
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(f) Street occupancy
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(7) A grantee shall have the authority to trim trees on public property at its own expense as may be necessary to protect the wires and facilities of the grantee, subject to the regulation, supervision and/or direction of the city or other local governmental authority, including prior notification of the city arborist.
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(Code 1982, ? 7-26; Ord. No. 984, 10-13-1981; Ord. No. 999, 2-22-1982)
Falls Church City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 44 VEGETATION
ARTICLE II. TREES AND SHRUBS
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 44-23. Activities of public utilities.
(a) The authority of the arborist shall extend to the control of the activities of utility companies in the matter of treating, trimming, planting or removing trees or shrubs on the public grounds and streets of the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any such company to in any manner treat, trim, plant or remove trees or shrubs on any property, grounds or streets of the city without the written permission of the arborist, who is hereby expressly given the right to withdraw any permission where inspection by the arborist indicates that the work has not been or is not being done in compliance with good horticultural standards.
(Code 1982, ? 35-5; Ord. No. 811)
Cross reference? Utilities, ch. 29; underground utilities, ? 42-231 et seq.
Farmville Town CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 7 CABLE TELEVISION
Sec. 7-17. Conditions on street occupancy.
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(f) Tree trimming. The grantee shall have the authority to trim trees upon and overhanging streets, alleys, sidewalks and public places of the town so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming in contact with the wires and cables of the grantee and at the expense of the grantee.
(Code 1973, ? 32-17)
Cross reference? Streets and sidewalks, Ch. 23; trees and shrubs, Ch. 27.
Leesburg City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 9 CABLE TELEVISION
ARTICLE VI. FRANCHISE TERRITORY; CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE; INTERCONNECTION; CONSTRUCTION; MAINTENANCE
Sec. 9-26. Construction.
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(i) Maintenance and workmanship.
(1) Grantee's cable television system shall be constructed and maintained in such manner as not to interfere with sewers, water pipes, trees, or any other property of the town, or with any other pipes, wires, conduits, structures or other facilities that may have been laid in the public rights-of-way by or under the town's authority.
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(u) Underground installation. All installations shall be underground in those areas of the town where public utilities providing telephone and electric service are underground at the time of installation. In areas where either telephone or electric utility facilities are above-ground at the time of installation, grantee may install its service above-ground, provided that at such time as those facilities are required to be placed underground by the town or are placed underground, the grantee shall likewise place its services underground without cost to the town. All cable passing under the roadway shall be installed in conduit. Where not otherwise required to be placed underground by this chapter or the franchise, the grantee's cable television system shall be located underground at the request of the adjacent property owner, provided that the excess cost over the aerial location shall be borne by the property owner making the request. Open trenching in the root zone of a public tree is prohibited except in cases where the trenching falls outside the dripline of the tree involved. Exceptions will be allowed if, in the opinion of the town arborist, the impact of trenching upon the tree will be negligible. All public trees in excess of five inches DBH, where there is insufficient space to bypass the dripline by trenching, must be tunneled. The beginning/ending distance of the tunnel from the face of the tree in any direction is determined by the diameter of the tree as specified by the accompanying table:
When the tree diameter at 4? feet is: Trenching will be replaced by tunneling at this minimum distance from the face of the tree in any direction
- 6 ? 9 inches: 5 feet
- 10 ? 14 inches: 10 feet
- 15 ? 19 inches: 12 feet
- Over 19 inches: 15 feet
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(hh) Tree trimming. No trimming on any part of trees in the public rights-of-way or on town property shall be done without securing a permit from the town arborist.
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(Code 1976, ? 5.1-26; Ord. No. 2000-0-33, ? II, 10-31-2000)
Lexington City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 142. Cable Television
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lexington by Ord. No. 02-11 (Ch. 29 of the 1970 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article III. Authority and Responsibility Under Franchise
Sec. 142-23. Use of street and roads.
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C. All aerial and underground construction shall be performed in such a manner as to abide by the tree protection requirements in Chapter 380, ? 380-8 of the City Code.
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Lexington City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 420. Zoning
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lexington 12-16-1976 (Ch. 28 of the 1970 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article II. Regulations of General Applicability
Sec. 420-28. Telecommunication towers.
The intent of this section is to establish general guidelines for the siting of towers and antennas.
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G. Factors considered in granting conditional use permits for new towers or poles. The governing authority shall consider the following factors in determining whether to issue a conditional use permit, although the City may waive or reduce the burden on the applicant of one or more of these criteria if it concludes that the goals of this section are better served thereby:
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(5) Surrounding tree coverage and foliage
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K. Landscaping. The following requirements shall govern the landscaping surrounding towers for which a conditional use permit is required; provided, however, that the governing authority may waive such requirements if the goals of this section would be better served thereby:
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(3) Existing mature tree growth and natural land forms on the site shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible. In some cases, such as towers sited on large, wooded lots, natural growth around the property perimeter may be sufficient buffer.
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[Added by Ord. No. 00-4; amended 9-3-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09]
Martinsville City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 21.5 TREES
Sec. 21.5-11. Tree planting, maintenance, and removal.
Tree species: The city tree board develops and maintains a list of desirable trees for planting along streets in three sizes: small, medium and large.
Spacing: The spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the three species size classes listed in this chapter, and no trees may be planted closer together than the following: small trees, thirty (30) feet; medium trees, forty (40) feet; and large trees, fifty (50) feet; except in special plantings designed or approved by a landscape architect.
Utilities: No street trees other than those species listed herein as small trees may be planted under or within ten (10) lateral feet of any overhead utility wire, or over or within five (5) lateral feet of any underground water line, sewer line, gas line, transmission line or other utility.
Distance from curb and sidewalk: The distance trees may be planted from curbs or curb lines and sidewalks will be in accordance with the three (3) species size classes listed in this chapter, and no trees may be planted closer to any curb or sidewalk than the following: small trees two (2) feet, medium trees three (3) feet, and large trees four (4) feet.
Topping: It shall be discouraged as a normal practice for any person, firm, or city department to top any street tree, park tree, or other tree on public property. Topping is defined as the severe cutting back of limbs within the tree's crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree. Trees severely damaged by storms or other causes, or certain trees under utility wires or other obstructions where pruning practices are impractical shall be exempted from this chapter as determined by the chief of electrical operations, manager of business and technical services or the director of financial and general services.
(Ord. No. 2004-20, ? XI, 1-25-2005)
Middleburg Town CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 105 TREE PRESERVATION
105-11 Pruning Street Trees by Utility Companies
Except in an emergency situation as determined by the Town Administrator, public utility companies shall notify the Town Administrator or designee in writing prior to any pruning of any tree located on Town owned property or within a Town easement for the purpose of maintaining safe line clearance. Such work shall be performed in accordance with accepted arboricultural standards set forth by the International Society of Arboriculture.
(Amended 2/10/2011)
Newport News City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 40.3 VEGETATION
Sec. 40.3-4. Trimming by utility companies.
No electric light company, telephone company, telegraph company, cable television company or other entity authorized to occupy city property shall trim any tree, shrub, landscape planting or other vegetation located on city property without a permit from the director.
(Ord. No. 5679-01, ? 1)
Newport News City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 45 ZONING ORDINANCE
ARTICLE V. GENERAL REGULATIONS
Sec. 45-523. Communication tower/antenna.
The purpose of this section is to describe minimum standards for tower/antenna construction and siting in order to minimize adverse visual effects and traffic distraction, by careful design, siting and vegetative screening and to maximize the use of any new or existing transmission tower to avoid proliferation of towers throughout the community.
(1) Communication tower/antenna are permitted in accordance with Article IV, section 45-402. Any applicable information or siting requirements detailed below may be required for administrative review.
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d. Screening requirements are as follows:
1. For towers/antennas, one (1) row of evergreen trees at least eight (8) feet in height shall be planted and maintained on ten (10) foot centers completely surrounding the tower/antenna and equipment building compound, excluding entrances. Where existing trees abut the compound but are located within the lease area, such trees shall be maintained and the evergreen trees shall be used as infill to achieve minimum spacing.
2. In lieu of the above requirements, in special cases, including stealth applications, the applicant may prepare an alternate landscape plan and specifications for landscape and screening, including plantings, fences, walls, buildings, topography, etc. to screen the tower/antenna. The plan may deviate from the requirements set out in [subsection] c.1. above, provided that the director of planning determines that the alternative arrangement provides the same degree of screening. Stealth applications may include flag poles, light poles, simulated trees, and other similar applications where the tower/antenna is disguised to blend into its surroundings.
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(Ord. No. 5028-97, ? 1; Ord. No. 5175-98; Ord. No. 5701-01; Ord. No. 6453-08; Ord. No. 6672-10; Ord. No. 7220-15)
Norfolk ZONING ORDINANCESView whole ordinance
APPENDIX A ZONING ORDINANCE
ARTICLE V. AMENDMENTS AND SPECIAL APPROVALS
CHAPTER 25: SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS
25-10 Special standards and regulations pertaining to certain types of special exception uses.
In addition to the general standards and considerations contained in section 25-9 which apply to all special exception uses, the following standards and regulations shall apply to the particular uses listed below:
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25-10.5?Communication tower:
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(f) Screening requirements:
(1) At least one row of shrubs capable of forming a continuous hedge at least five (5) feet in height shall be provided at the base of the tower, with individual plantings spaced not more than five (5) feet apart, and at least one row of trees spaced not more than twenty-five (25) feet apart shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17, Landscaping and Buffers.
(2) For accessory buildings and structures, landscaping shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 17, Landscaping and Buffers.
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25-10.8?Commercial drive-through facility:
(a) Site plan required. A site plan shall be submitted and approved for all proposed commercial drive-through facilities in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Article V, Chapter 26 of the Zoning Ordinance. In addition to the landscape requirements of Article III, Chapter 17, the site plan shall illustrate compliance with the following requirements if the proposed commercial drive-through facility is located within fifty (50) feet of a street and is situated between a building and such street:
(1) A landscape planting area at least three (3) feet in width is provided along the perimeter of those property lines that face the commercial drive-through facility;
(2) Canopy trees (or understory trees if overhead power lines would interfere with canopy trees) are provided at a rate of one (1) two and one-half-inch (2?) caliper tree for every forty (40) linear feet of street frontage; and
(3) Shrubs are planted at a rate of one (1) fifteen-inch-high shrub for every three (3) linear feet of roadway frontage, excluding driveways. Except within sight distance triangles, such shrubs shall be of a species expected to reach a minimum height of thirty (30) inches and a minimum spread of thirty (30) inches within three (3) to five (5) years of planting and a minimum of sixty (60) percent of all shrubs used shall be evergreens.
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(Ord. No. 37,411, ? 2, 10-12-93; Ord. No. 38,217A, ? 4, 12-12-95; Ord. No. 38,766, ? 1, 5-27-97; Ord. No. 38,880, ? 2, 8-26-97; Ord. No. 39,028, ? 7, 1-27-98; Ord. No. 39,085, ? 1, 3-24-98; Ord. No. 40,238, ? 1, 3-6-01; Ord. No. 40,664, ? 2(Exh. A), 4-9-02; Ord. No. 42,404, ? 2(Exh. B), 9-19-06; Ord. No. 42,785, ? 1(Exh. A), 8-21-07; Ord. No. 43,511, ? 4(Exh. D), 7-14-09; Ord. No. 43,655, ? 3(Exh. D), 11-17-09; Ord. No. 43,928, ? 1(Exh. A), 7-22-10; Ord. No. 43,939, ? 1(Exh. A), 8-17-10; Ord. No. 44,200, ? 7(Exh. G), 4-12-11; Ord. No. 44,367, ? 7(Exh. G), 9-13-11; Ord. No. 44,705, ? 1(Exh. A), 6-12-12; Ord. No. 44,851, ? 1(Exh. A), 10-9-12; Ord. No. 45,052, ? 3(Exh. C), 4-9-13; Ord. No. 45,184, ? 13(Exh. M), 7-23-13; Ord. No. 45,260, ? 2(Exh. B), 10-8-13; Ord. No. 45,424, ? 3, 2-11-14; Ord. No. 45,457, ? 13(Exh. M), 2-25-14, eff. 4-1-14; Ord. No. 45,496, ?? 5(Exh. D), 6(Exh. E), 7, 8(Exh. F), 3-25-14; Ord. No. 45,523, ? 5(Exh. D), 4-22-14; Ord. No. 45,747, ? 5(Exh. E), 10-28-14; Ord. No. 45,768, ? 1(Exh. A), 2, 11-25-14)
Portsmouth City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 36 VEGETATION
ARTICLE II. TREES AND SHRUBS ON CITY PROPERTY
Sec. 36-29. Trimming by utility companies.
No electric light, telephone or telegraph company shall trim any tree or shrub located on city property without a permit from the director.
(Code 1973, ? 36-3; Code 1988, ? 36-29)
Richmond City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 30 ZONING
ARTICLE VI. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS
DIVISION 11. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, MICROWAVE RELAY STATIONS, AND RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCAST ANTENNAS
Sec. 30-692.2. Standards applicable to all facilities and antennas.
(a) In addition to meeting minimum submission requirements for plan of development and building permit applications, requests for approval for wireless communications facilities shall include the following:
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(3) Plans required for applications shall also clearly depict the following:
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g. Landscape plans-minimum evergreen hedge for the base of the support structure and ground-mounted equipment, with additional trees for support structure screening.
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(Code 1993, ? 32-692.2; Code 2004, ? 114-692.2)
Staunton City CodeView whole ordinance
Division III. Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Chapter 13.50 SEWER STOPPAGE AND REPAIR
13.50.010 Responsibility for repair and maintenance.
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, however, if the maintenance or repair needed to a main line is caused by an agency owned, under control of or constructed upon the property of the owner, such as, but not limited to, roots of trees situated upon private property which invade the main, such cost of repair or maintenance shall be reimbursed to the city by the property owner concerned.
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(Code 1985, ? 22-42; Ord. 5-13-87)
Staunton City CodeView whole ordinance
Title 18 ZONING
Chapter 18.185 TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
18.185.080 Landscaping requirements.
The following requirements shall govern the planting and maintenance of landscaping surrounding telecommunications facilities:
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(2) Existing mature tree growth and natural land forms on the site shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible. In some cases, such as telecommunications facilities sited on large, wooded lots, natural growth around the property perimeter may be a sufficient buffer.
(Zoning ordinance Art. 5, ? 17)
18.185.090 Information required and factors considered in granting special use permits.
Each applicant requesting a special use permit under this chapter shall submit to the planning and inspection department the following for consideration by the planning commission, historic preservation committee (if applicable) and city council:
(1) The following shall be required for a telecommunications facility, telecommunications tower, or for siting an antenna on an alternative telecommunications structure:
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(r) Surrounding tree coverage and foliage (at least a 400-foot radius).
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The planning and inspection department may share such information with other applicants applying for approvals or special use permits under this chapter or other organizations seeking to locate telecommunications towers within the city; provided, however, that the planning and inspection department is not, by sharing such information, in any way representing or warranting that such sites are available or suitable.
(Zoning ordinance Art. 5, ? 17)
Suffolk City CodeView whole ordinance
Chapter 84 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ARTICLE II. CABLE TELEVISION REGULATORY ORDINANCE
Sec. 84-32. Design and construction provisions.
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(c) Use of streets
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(15) Tree trimming. The grantee may trim trees or other vegetation owned by the city to prevent branches, leaves or roots from touching or otherwise interfering with its wires, cables, or other structures as approved by the city.
a. All tree/root trimming or pruning provided for herewith shall be done under the supervision and direction of the appropriate city agency and only with its prior written approval.
b. All trimming or pruning shall be at the expense of the grantee.
c. The grantee may contract for such trimming or pruning services with any person approved by the city prior to rendering of such services.
d. Any and all persons engaged by the grantee to provide tree trimming or pruning services shall be deemed, for purposes of the franchise, an employee or agent of the grantee when engaged in such activity; and in no event shall such person be deemed to be an employee of the city.
e. The grantee shall use its best efforts to obtain the prior permission of the owner of any privately-owned trees or other vegetation before it prunes or trims same.
f. The grantee shall give appropriate notice to the city and residents within a reasonable time of proposed tree/root trimming and pruning, but in no event shall such notice be given less than seven days before such commencement.
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(21) Acquisition of right-of-way. In acquiring or widening public rights-of-way, the city shall determine the minimum right-of-way necessary to accommodate paved streets, pedestrian walkways, landscaping, traffic signals, drainage, water and sewer lines and other governmental facilities.
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(Ord. No. 62-00, 6-21-00)
Virginia Beach City CodeView whole ordinance
APPENDIX A ZONING ORDINANCE
ARTICLE 2. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS
C. CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES
Sec. 232. Communication towers; building-mounted antennas; small wireless facilities.
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(c) Application requirements. In addition to the information required by section 221, applications for a conditional use permit shall include the following items:
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(2) A landscaping plan showing the type, size, number and location of plant materials, including existing trees or other plant materials to be used;
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(f) Landscaping and screening requirements. Landscaping and screening shall conform to the following standards:
(1) Existing trees on the lot or within the leased area or other area within the control of the applicant shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable;
(2) To the extent permitted by applicable setback requirements, towers shall be located on a site so as to maximize the effectiveness of trees as screening;
(3) For towers one hundred (100) feet or less in height, at least one (1) row of evergreen shrubs forming a continuous hedge at least five (5) feet in height, with individual plantings spaced not more than five (5) feet apart, shall be provided. In addition, at least one (1) row of evergreen trees with a minimum caliper of one and three-fourths (1?) inches at the time of planting and spaced not more than twenty-five (25) feet apart shall be provided within fifteen (15) feet of the perimeter of the required setback line;
(4) For towers more than one hundred (100) feet in height, in addition to the requirements of subdivision (3) above, one (1) row of deciduous trees, with a minimum caliper of two and one-half (2?) inches at time of planting and spaced not more than forty (40) feet apart shall be provided within twenty-five (25) feet of the perimeter of the required setback;
(5) All required landscaping shall: (i) be installed in accordance with established procedures using plant materials of good quality, (ii) be installed by the first planting season following the granting of a conditional use permit, unless appropriate surety in form acceptable to the city attorney is first provided, and (iii) at all times be maintained in healthy and growing condition.
Existing landscaping meeting the requirements of this section or other screening may be used to satisfy the foregoing standards, which may be modified by the city council as it deems appropriate.
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(Ord. No. 3046, 8-26-08; Ord. No. 3403, 4-21-15)
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