1147.14 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (R-1), LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (R-2), MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (R-3), HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (R-4), OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING RESIDENTIAL (R-5).
Wireless Communication Facilities that include towers are not permitted in any R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-5 Residential Districts as shown on the Official Zoning Map of the City with the exception of placement on any property having an institutional use (such as a: church, park, library, municipal/government, school or utility. Any facilities to be located within the Health Care Services District (H-1) are subject to Section 1147.15 of this Chapter). However, antennas that are attached to existing buildings or structures that are permitted uses in the zoning district may be allowed as a permitted use. In applying for a permit for a Wireless Communication Facility in any residential district, the applicant must present substantial evidence demonstrating why is not technically feasible to locate said facility in a more appropriate non-residential zone. Once these efforts have been exhausted, the Wireless Communication Facility may be located in a residential district subject to the following conditions:
(b) Automation: The Wireless Communication Facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance except in emergency situations.
(c) Access: Vehicular access to the site and equipment shelter shall not interfere with the existing parking or the traffic pattern of the principal use of the site.
(d) Antenna- Combined with a Nonresidential Use: An antenna may be attached to a nonresidential building or structure that is a permitted use in the zoning district in which the facility is to be located. Such buildings or structures include, but are not limited to, churches, a municipal or governmental building or facility, agricultural building and a building or structure owned by a utility. The following conditions shall be met:
(1) Maximum height: The antenna shall not extend more than twenty-five (25) feet above the existing building or structure.
(2) Equipment shelter: If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate equipment shelter, the equipment shelter shall comply with all of the zoning requirements of the zoning district in which it is to be located and meet the following requirements:
A. The separate equipment shelter shall comply with the minimum setback requirements of the zoning district.
B. The maximum size of the separate equipment shelter shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet, or, if there is more than one separate equipment shelter, eight hundred (800) total square feet.
C. An appropriate buffer yard or planting may be required as set forth in Section 1147.05 of this Chapter.
(e) Tower located on a Nonresidential-Use Property: A Wireless Communication Facility tower to support an antenna may be located on a property with a nonresidential use when such property is a permitted use within the zoning district under consideration. Such property shall include, but not be limited to; churches, schools, municipal or governmental buildings, facility or structures, agricultural use and utility use. The following conditions shall apply:
(1) Maximum height: The tower shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) feet in height including the antenna.
(2) Setback: The tower shall be set back from any residential property line that abuts a R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 or R-5 residential lot by the height of the tower plus one hundred (100) feet.
(4) Automation: The Wireless Communication Facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance except in emergency situations.
(5) Access: Vehicular access to the site and equipment shelter shall not interfere with the existing parking or the traffic pattern of the principal use of the site.
(6) Equipment shelter: If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate equipment shelter, the equipment shelter shall comply with all of the zoning requirements of the zoning district in which it is to be located and meet the following requirements:
A. The separate equipment shelter shall comply with the minimum setback requirements of the zoning district.
B. The maximum size of the separate equipment shelter shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet, or, if there is more than one separate equipment shelter, eight hundred (800) total square feet.
C. An appropriate buffer yard or planting may be required as set forth in Section 1147.05 of this Chapter.
(f) Antenna Located on a Residential Building: An antenna for a Wireless Communication Facility may be attached to a mid or high-rise apartment building that is permitted in the zoning district subject to the following conditions:
(1) The maximum height of the antenna will not extend more than twenty- five (25) feet above the existing building.
(2) Access: Vehicular access to the site and equipment shelter shall not interfere with the existing parking or the traffic pattern of the principal use of the site.
(3) Equipment shelter: If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate equipment shelter, the equipment shelter shall comply with all of the zoning requirements of the zoning district in which it is to be located and meet the following requirements:
A. The separate equipment shelter shall comply with the minimum setback requirements of the zoning district.
B. The maximum size of the separate equipment shelter shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet, or, if there is more than one separate equipment shelter, eight hundred (800) total square feet.
C. An appropriate buffer yard or planting may be required as set forth in Section 1147.05 of this Chapter.
(g) Tower located in an Open Space, Athletic Field or Park: A Wireless Communication Facility tower is permitted on land designated as Open Space, Athletic Field or Park within a residential district in accordance with the provisions in Section 1147.11.
(h) Fencing and Landscaping: Fencing and landscaping will be in accordance with this Chapter and any zoning requirements of the district in which the facilities are to be located.
(Ord. 73-00. Passed 1-2-01.)
(Ord. 73-00. Passed 1-2-01.)