1147.15 REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES DISTRICT (H-1).

   Wireless Communication Facilities that are proposed to be located within the Health Care Services District are a permitted use provided that the following conditions are complied with:

   (a)   The applicant shall provide the City with a signed and notarized statement from a Registered Professional Engineer that the Wireless Communication Facility that is proposed to be located on any property within the Health Care Service District within the City of Dover will not cause undue interference with any life saving medical care devices that are to be used now or in the future within any medical care facility. Any such Wireless Communication Facilities that are shown to cause such interference will be forthwith removed from the Health Services District location at the operator’s expense.

   (b)   Facility located on a Health Services District H-1 Property: A Wireless Communication Facility tower to support an antenna may be located on a H-1 property with a nonresidential use when such property is a permitted use within the zoning district under consideration. 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.

      (3)   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.

      (4)   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.

      (5)   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.

   (c)   Antenna located on a Health Services District Building: An antenna for a Wireless Communication Facility may be attached to a building that is permitted in the zoning district subject to the following conditions:

      (1)   Maximum height: 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.

      (4)   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.)