landscaping requirements for commercial development which also address landscape screening <br />recommendations for utilities and parking areas. <br />Evidence was provided during the remand proceedings from both parties to identify the existing <br />neighborhood character in regards to applying Policy E.4. Opponents of the tower characterized the area <br />as a quiet residential neighborhood surrounding a golf course, while the applicant points to the <br />commercial uses on the golf course and existing neighborhood features such as utility poles and ball field <br />lights as part of the neighborhood character. <br />The Planning Commission finds that all of these characteristics help to define the neighborhood, but <br />that the open space provided by the golf course is an overarching, character-defining element of the <br />area. Protection of designated open space areas is a defined goal in the WAP. If the golf course (as <br />open space) is given similar consideration as to Entrance Corridors, Neighborhood Gateways and <br />Commercial development, additional landscaping on and around the golf course is a treatment that <br />can be used to help "establish and enhance" the open space as a desirable feature of the <br />neighborhood. The WAP therefore provides context that landscaping can be used to protect and <br />enhance areas important to the neighborhood from a visual perspective. <br />Telecommunications Standards <br />LUBA noted that the provisions initially cited by the City did not appear to fully implement Policy E.4. <br />On remand, the Planning Commission notes that in addition to the PUD and CUP standards cited in the <br />initial decision(s), the City's Telecommunications Standards at EC 9.5750 are key component <br />implementing the Metro Plan and refinement plan (and the Federal Telecommunications Act), while <br />balancing the protection of neighborhood views and livability with the need to provide a key urban <br />service. The stated purpose of the telecommunications standards is to ensure that telecommunication <br />facilities are located, installed, maintained and removed in a manner that: <br />• Minimizes the number of transmission towers throughout the community; <br />• Encourages the collocation of telecommunication facilities; <br />• Encourages the use of existing buildings, light or utility poles or water towers as opposed to <br />construction of new telecommunication towers; <br />• Recognizes the need of telecommunication providers to build out their systems over time; and <br />• Ensures that all telecommunication facilities, including towers, antennas, and ancillary facilities <br />are located and designed to minimize the visual impact on the immediate surroundings and <br />throughout the community, and minimize public inconvenience and disruption. <br />The City's Telecommunications Standards at EC 9.5750 address a broad range of concerns related to <br />provision of telecommunications service such as requiring viewshed protection (including protections <br />of views of buttes), height limitations, setback minimums, buffering requirements and color <br />requirements. These standards were met by the application and help to balance the need to protect <br />views and livability of the neighborhood with the need to provide a key urban service. <br />PUD and CUP Requirements <br />In the initial decision, the Planning Commission relied solely on reference to CUP and PUD criteria as the <br />implementing provisions of Policy E.4. LUBA concluded that the cited provisions did not appear to fully <br />Final Order - On Remand March 4, 2013 Page 5 <br />(PDT 10-2 & CU 11-1) <br />