The purpose of this chapter and the standards established herein is to govern the use, construction and siting of towers, cellular and wireless towers, facilities and equipment, so as to:
(a) Accommodate the need for wireless communications, cellular communications and personal communications services towers, cellular and wireless towers, facilities and equipment while regulating their location and number in the township;
(b) Minimize adverse visual effects of towers, cellular and wireless towers, facilities and equipment through careful design, siting and vegetative screening;
(c) Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from antenna support structure failure and falling ice and debris through engineering and careful siting of antenna support structures; and
(d) Maximize the use of any new or existing antenna support structures or other tall structure(s) so as to reduce the number of antenna support structures needed in the future.
(Ord. 771, passed 6-17-1998)