A. Establish development regulations consistent with the city’s Comprehensive Plan;

B. Protect property values and promote tourism through protection of scenic vistas of the mountains, tree-covered hillsides, the waterfront, and tourist-related zones and areas;

C. Facilitate the use of public property and structures for wireless service facilities to reduce the impact of such facilities upon residential and other property;

D. Maintain the quality of life associated with the aesthetic character of the city’s surroundings;

E. Provide adequate sites for locating wireless service facilities in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal;

F. Provide facilities and infrastructure to provide wireless communications service to city residents, businesses, and others when in Anacortes;

G. Encourage optimal colocation and sharing of new and existing facilities, and minimize the total number of towers throughout the community;

H. Encourage use of most appropriate technology and prompt removal of outdated or abandoned wireless service facilities;

I. Encourage the location of wireless service facilities upon alternative support structures;

J. Require that the design of wireless service facilities incorporate camouflage, disguise, screening and concealment technology so that such facilities blend into their surroundings;

K. Avoid the potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure by engineering and careful siting of tower structure;

L. Enhance the ability of the providers of wireless services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively, and efficiently; and

M. Provide a level, nondiscriminatory, competitive environment, thereby encouraging increased competition among providers of functionally equivalent wireless services. (Ord. 3038 § 3, 2019)