These regulations establish a hierarchy of acceptable land areas for the location of wireless telecommunication facilities. The City has reviewed possible alternative locations and has determined it is in the public interest to encourage such facilities in the following order of priority.
(a) Permitted Use. A wireless telecommunication facility shall be permitted by right in the following areas, provided such facility complies with these regulations and is approved by the Planning Commission according to the procedures in Chapter 1228 for development plan review. Efforts should be made to locate wireless telecommunication facilities in the order of priority listed below. If a location other than the most preferred location is proposed, the applicant shall demonstrate to the Planning Commission that a technically necessary higher priority location is not available, and that the proposed location is needed to meet the reasonable service requirements of the applicant.
(1) New wireless antennae may co-locate on existing telecommunication towers or on existing structures which have been constructed for other purposes, such as but not limited to water towers, church towers, electric transmission towers, chimneys and cooling towers, provided that the proposed antenna is located on and does not extend more than ten feet above the highest point of the existing structure, except as otherwise regulated in Section 1284.06(e).
(2) In the M-1, M-2 or O-2 districts, provided the wireless tele- communication facility is located a minimum of 300 feet from any residential district.
(3) A wireless telecommunication tower may be located within a recorded electric high tension power line easement, provided that the tower shall not exceed the height of the existing high tension power line towers by more than ten feet, and the wireless telecommunication tower shall be located within 40 feet of such existing electric high tension power line towers.
(b) Locations Requiring Special Use Approval. A wireless telecommunication facility may be permitted as a special use in the following locations with the recommendation of the Planning Commission and the approval of Council according to the procedures set forth in Chapter 1230 and when determined to be in compliance with the standards for approval set forth in Sections 1284.05 and 1284.06. The City has determined it is in the public interest to encourage these facilities in the following order of priority.
(1) In the O-1 and C-4 districts provided that the wireless telecom- munication facility is located a minimum of 300 feet from any residential district.
(2) On City-owned land within Schwartz Road Park, Veteran's Memorial Park, or French Creek Conservation Area, provided that the location is set back a minimum of 300 feet from any abutting property line or street right-of-way.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 29-07. Passed 6-25-07.)