The following items must be submitted to the Building Department, along with the application, as a pre-requisite for the application to be considered for review for all wireless communications facilities:
(a) Documentation demonstrating that the height of the tower is the minimum necessary for operation.
(b) Documentation that the tower is designed in accordance with the standards established in Section 1288.03.
(c) Documentation demonstrating that the proposed tower complies with all State and Federal laws and regulations concerning aviation safety.
(d) Documentation demonstrating that the proposed tower complies with all State and Federal laws and regulations concerning radio frequency emissions standards.
(e) A current certified survey showing existing lots and property boundaries, streets, rights of way, servitudes, utilities, buildings and building setbacks, surrounding streets, and important physical features on the site, total square footage of the site and lot, permanent parcel number, and name of subdivision, if applicable.
(f) A soil report complying with the standards of Annex I: Geotechnical Investigations, ANSI/EIA 222-F, as amended, shall be submitted to the Municipality to document and verify the design specifications of the foundation for the tower, and anchors for the guy wires, if used.
(g) A plot plan including all building uses within 300 feet, at a scale not less than one inch equals 100 feet.
(h) A landscape plan of the site complying with Sections 1276.11 and 1278.11 and Chapter 1280, as appropriate.
(i) A utility inventory showing the location of all utilities impacting this site.
(j) A report from a licensed professional engineer which describes the tower height and design, including a cross-section of the structure, which demonstrates the tower's compliance with applicable structure standards (ANSI/EIA 222-F) and which describes the tower's capacity.
(k) Where the telecommunications facility is located on a property with another principal use, the applicant shall present documentation that the owner of the property has granted an easement for the proposed facility and that vehicular access is provided to the facility, regardless of other developments which may take place on the site.
(l) In order to prove that a new tower is required, the applicant must demonstrate that co-location is not feasible. Such an analysis shall include, but may not be limited to, the following procedure and submissions:
(1) Provide the Building Department with a list of the location of every tower, building, or structure that could support the antenna so as to allow it to serve its intended function.
(2) Demonstrate that a technically suitable location is not reasonably available on an existing tower, building or structure.
(3) Where another communications tower is technically suitable, the applicant must show that it has requested to co-locate on the existing tower and the co-location request was rejected by the owner of the tower.
(m) An affidavit that the owner or operator will, if asked, lease excess space on the tower to at least two competitors at current (i.e., at the time of the request) market rates within Cuyahoga County. This statement must include dispute resolution as specified in Section 1288.03.
(Ord. 18-98. Passed 3-17-98.)