(A) (1) The applicant shall submit documentation justifying the total height of any tower, facility, and/or antenna, and the basis therefor.
(2) Such documentation will be analyzed in the context of the justification of the minimum height needed to provide service to an area that is without service, and is primarily and essentially within the county, to the extent practicable, unless good cause is shown.
(B) If the need for a new tower can be proven, the maximum permitted height of a new tower shall be the minimum needed to accommodate six carriers, taking into account the neighboring tree height or the height of any nearby obstruction that would effectively block the signal in that direction.
(1) No tower shall exceed 199 feet in total height, including antennas and supporting antenna structures.
(2) All towers shall be designed to the maximum height of 199 feet, but shall be constructed only to the minimum height needed to accommodate six carriers.
(3) Noncommercial telecommunications towers that are for the exclusive use of the state or county’s emergency management or law enforcement may exceed the maximum commercial height limitation with increased setbacks that meet the requirements in § 156.023.
(C) No wireless facility constructed after the effective date of this chapter, including allowing for all attachments, shall exceed that height which shall permit operation without required artificial lighting of any kind in accordance with municipal, county, state, and/or any federal statute, law, local law, county ordinance, code, rule, or regulation.
(1996 Code, § 156.14) (Ord. passed 10-7-2002; Ord. passed 12-4-2006; Ord. passed 12-3-2007) Penalty, see § 156.999