(A) All providers and/or persons responsible for the upkeep of the property utilizing the tower shall notify the Zoning Inspector in writing of any tower facility located in the municipality whose use will be discontinued and the date upon which such use will cease.
(B) All providers and/or persons responsible for the upkeep of the property shall agree to remove a nonfunctioning wireless telecommunication facility within 90 days of ceasing its use. The owner/operator of the antenna and/or tower or person responsible for the upkeep of the property shall, on no less than an annual basis from the date of issuance of the conditional use zoning permit, file a declaration with the Zoning Inspector as to the continuing operation of the facility which is the subject of this chapter.
(C) The owner/operator of the antenna and/or tower or the person responsible for the upkeep of the property shall be required, as a condition of issuance of the conditional use zoning permit, to post a cash or surety bond acceptable to the Village Solicitor of not less than $100 per vertical foot of the wireless telecommunication tower. The bond shall insure that an abandoned or obsolete or destroyed wireless telecommunication tower or antenna shall be removed within six months of cessation of use and abandonment. In the event of collocation and where one or more providers cease use of the tower or antenna, the remaining provider or providers shall assume responsibility for payment of the bond. In any event, the wireless telecommunication provider or providers shall have primary responsibility for the removal of a tower and/or antenna where such is abandoned, obsolete or destroyed.
(Ord. 30-1974, § 502.6, passed 7-15-1974; Ord. 23-2000, passed 7-17-2000)