1190.05 USE REGULATIONS; NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

   A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted in the following zoning districts - industrial, commercial and institutional (as determined by the municipality) subject to the following conditions:

   (a)    Combined with Another Use. A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted on a property with an existing use, or on a vacant parcel subject to the following conditions:

      (1)    The existing use on the property may be any permitted use in the district or any lawful nonconforming use, and need not be affiliated with the wireless telecommunications provider.

      (2)    The cellular telecommunications facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for a periodic maintenance.

      (3)    Minimum lot area. The minimum lot area shall be the area needed to accommodate the tower (and guy wires, if used), the equipment building, security fence and buffer planting. If the title to the land on which the wireless telecommunications facility is located is conveyed to the owner of the telecommunications facility, the land remaining with the principal lot shall continue to comply with the minimum lot area for the district.

      (4)    Minimum yard requirements.

Tower: The minimum distance to school/day care center/public park/residential lot line shall be 300 feet.

Equipment Building: Shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the primary lot.

      (5)    Access. The vehicular access to the equipment building shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.

      (6)    Maximum height.

Tower: 160 feet (includes antenna)

Equipment Building: Shall comply with the maximum building height for the district.

      (7)    Maximum size of equipment building. 750 square feet, or the maximum square footage allowable for an "accessory" structure, whichever is the most stringent.

   (b)    Combined with an Existing Structure. Where possible an antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility shall be attached to an existing structure or building subject to the following conditions:

      (1)    Maximum height. Twenty feet or twenty percent (20%) of the building height above the existing building or structure, whichever is greater.

      (2)    If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate building, the building shall comply with the following:

         A.   The minimum setback requirements for the subject zoning district.

         B.   An eight-foot high security fence with barbed wire on top shall surround the building.

         C.   A buffer yard shall be planted in accordance with Section 1190.04(d).

         D.   Vehicular access to the building shall not interfere with the parking or vehicular circulation on the site for the principal use.

      (3)    Elevations of existing and proposed structures showing width, depth, height of the telecommunications facility and the statistical use data on the antenna and support structure shall be presented.

         (Ord. 97-013. Passed 4-1-97.)