No less than 30 days prior to the date that a personal wireless service provider plans to abandon or discontinue operation of a facility, the provider must notify the city of Bellingham planning and community development director by certified U.S. mail of the proposed date of abandonment or discontinuation of operation. The owner of the facility shall then remove the antenna within 90 days of discontinuation or abandonment unless an additional period of time is authorized by the city. In any case, if the city finds that any antenna or wireless communication support structure has not operated for a continuous period of six months, the owner or lessee of the property on which the wireless communication support structure or antenna is situated or the owner of the wireless communications antenna or support structure shall remove the facility within 90 days of receipt of notice to remove from the city. If the antenna and/or wireless communication support structure is not removed within said time period, the city may remove the antenna or wireless communication support structure at the owner’s expense. If there are two or more wireless communications providers on a single wireless communication support structure, this provision shall not become effective until all providers cease using the wireless communication support structure. [Ord. 1998-07-057].