(A) A conditional use permit shall contain:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
(2) Street address, parcel number and/or legal description for the premises or property upon which the tower is to be located; and
(3) Written statement from the property owner(s) of the proposed tower site or small wireless facility or structure authorizing the placement of the tower, facility or structure on the property.
(B) A site development plan prepared by a state-registered land surveyor and containing the following information:
(1) Title block containing the tower owner’s name, the property owner’s name and their addresses; scale; north arrow; vicinity map; tax parcel identification number(s); and the tower’s, structure’s or facility’s latitude and longitude coordinates;
(2) The name, address, signature and seal of the surveyor preparing the site development plan;
(3) The surveyed boundary lines of the parcel(s) that will contain the proposed tower, facility or structure and its fall area with land contours;
(4) The name, address and tax parcel identification numbers of all owners of property abutting the subject property; and existing land uses surrounding the site;
(5) Identification of all structures located on the parcel, all existing and proposed roads and parking areas; and overhead utilities and utility connections within and to the proposed site;
(6) All existing towers, facilities or structures on the property or any towers, facilities or structures whose fall area encroaches onto the property;
(7) The proposed tower’s, facility or structure’s location, the proposed fall area and the location of all support structures and guy line anchors;
(8) The location of existing and/or proposed fences;
(9) The ground elevation of the proposed telecommunication structure’s base shall be based on mean sea level as provided through FEMA control points or another similar source; and
(10) The height of the vegetative canopy at the site.
(C) Where a tower is proposed adjacent to a residential area, the setback space is to be used as a buffer zone. The buffer shall consist of a semi-opaque planting/landscaping screen. Trees shall be at least six to seven feet tall for evergreens and six to eight feet tall with a one-half inch caliper for deciduous trees at the time of planting and shall reach a height of no less than 20 feet at maturity. The tower’s fenced in area shall be set back 200 feet from the adjoining property line.
(D) The applicant must be willing to allow the town, the town’s Fire Department or other public entities use of the wireless structure; provided that, wireless structure load and frequency compatibility issues are satisfied.
(E) The town’s Board of Adjustment shall give preference to proposed tower or wireless support structure sites that are not located on a major mountain ridge. Alternative tower structures shall be given preference over monopole towers.
(F) The tower or wireless support structure owner must provide the Zoning Administrator with proof of general liability insurance in the minimum amount of $1,000,000.
(G) If the tower or wireless support structure, or the equipment on the site, is of a type that will emit a continuous or frequent noise, the applicant must prove that sufficient action will be taken to prevent such noise from being audible to surrounding residents and businesses. Tower facilities or wireless support structures and/or facilities and equipment must be operated so that noise levels are less than 45dB as measured from the property line nearest to the tower or wireless support structure facilities.
(H) The applicant shall comply with federal standards for radio frequency emissions. The applicant shall ensure that the tower or wireless support structure/antennas will not cause localized interference with the reception of area television or radio broadcasts. If, on review, the town finds that the tower’s or wireless support structure’s antenna interferes with such reception, and if the interference is not corrected within 60 days, the town may revoke or modify the conditional use permit.
(I) A sign identifying the owner(s) and operators) of the tower or wireless support structure and an emergency telephone number shall be placed in a clearly visible location on the premises of the tower or wireless support structure. This sign shall contain no additional advertisements or lettering, other than that required by this chapter, or federal and state regulations. The maximum size of this sign shall be 15 square feet or two square feet for a small cell wireless facility.
(J) The tower or wireless support structure must meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and any other agency of the federal government with the authority to regulate towers, or wireless support structure and antennas and a signed statement that they meet these standards shall be kept on file at all times.
(K) Mobile or immobile equipment not used in direct support of a tower or wireless support structure facility shall not be stored or parked on the site of a telecommunication tower or wireless support structure, unless repairs to the tower or wireless support structure are being made.
(Ord. passed 8-12-2019)