A conditional use permit (CUP) as provided for in this title is required for all wireless telecommunications facilities subject to this chapter. Before a permit will be granted, the operator or proposed operator of a wireless telecommunications facility must be specified and such operator must be legally approved by all applicable state and federal authorities to provide wireless telecommunications in the City.

The following wireless telecommunications facilities applications may be processed administratively by the City’s Zoning Administrator: stealth facilities that do not exceed the maximum building height allowed in a particular zone; facilities that are facade-mounted and do not exceed the height of the parapet wall or roof line of the building; or a roof-mounted facility that is screened behind a solid material on all four sides and does not exceed the maximum height of the zone. All other wireless telecommunications facilities applications for conditional use permits, including any facility located on a vacant or residentially used lot in a single-family or two-family residential zone, shall require public hearings with the City of Chula Vista Planning Commission.

A denial of any application for a wireless telecommunication facility shall be based on the grounds of safeguarding the public’s health, safety or welfare, be in writing, and set forth findings specifying the evidence for such denial. (Ord. 2895 § 1, 2003).