(A) The following standards shall apply to all cellular or wireless communications antennas and towers:
(1) The cellular or wireless communications company shall demonstrate, using the latest technological evidence, why the antenna or tower must be placed in a proposed location in order to serve its necessary function in the company's grid system. Part of this demonstration shall include a drawing showing the boundaries of the area around the proposed location which would probably also permit the antenna to function properly in the company's grid system. This area shall be considered the allowable zone.
(2) If the communications company proposes to build a cellular or wireless communications tower (as opposed to mounting the antenna on an existing structure), it is required to demonstrate that it has contacted the owners of any nearby tall structures within the allowable district or area, asked for permission to install the cellular communications antenna on those structures, and was denied for either non-economic reasons or that a clearly unreasonable economic demand was made by the owner, based on prevailing market values.
(B) The village may deny the application to construct a new cellular or wireless communications tower if the applicant has not made a good faith effort to mount the antenna on existing structures.
(Ord. 1997-22, passed 12-8-97)