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Docket No. 17-03: KCC Title 17, Zoning September 2017 | Page 53 of 53 17.61.040 Communication facilities - Administrative review - General requirements 1. Communication facilities may be authorized by the Community Development Services director as an administrative conditional use in all zoning districts, pursuant to the criteria and procedures of this chapter and KCC Title 15A and KCC 17.60. An administrative conditional use permit is not required for the operation of amateur or noncommercial communication equipment as defined by FCC regulations under Part 95D and Part 97 CFR (i.e., citizen band, ham radio). 2. Construction of all improvements shall be completed within one year of the date of permit issuance except as provided for in subsections E and F of this section. 3. The property line setback shall be 1.2 times the height of the structure. The lot line setback requirements of this title may be waived reduced by the Community Development Services director, in order to improve the facilities' reception and/or transmission capabilities or to achieve greater levels of audible or visual screening than that which would be available by using the applicable zone's yard requirements provided the applicant can provide evidence that it it would not be possible for the tower to fall on neighboring properties. Communication facilities shall be designed to blend with existing surroundings; provided, no conflicts exist with existing Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration regulations relating to aircraft safety. This should be achieved through the use of compatible colors and materials, and alternative site placement to allow the use of topography, existing vegetation or other structures to screen the proposed transmission support structure from adjacent lands. 4. The co-location of antennas on both existing and proposed transmission structures is encouraged. Communication antennas shall be permitted outright in all zoning districts provided the following: a. An antenna shall not extend more than six feet horizontally from any structure to which it is attached. b. An antenna shall not extend vertically more than 15 feet above the uppermost portion of the structure to which it is mounted or attached. 5. Modifications to, including the expansion of, existing approved communication facilities shall be outright permitted; provided, there is no increase in the height of the transmission tower. For purposes of this subsection, "transmission tower" means a pole or lattice-work structure specifically designed and intended to support antenna and related communication equipment. (Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2001-12 (part), 2001: Ord. 2000-06 (part), 2000)