(A) Signage. Identification signage, no more than three square feet in total area, shall be required for each WCF/support structure, and/or accessory facility. Identification signage shall include the name(s) of the facility owner(s) or operator(s) and a 24-hour emergency telephone number, and shall be affixed to a perimeter fence where possible. Off-premise and other advertising signage is prohibited. No signs, advertising, logos or graphic designs of any kind shall be permitted on, and no illumination shall be allowed of, any antenna in any zoning district.
(B) Health and safety.
(1) All WCF and/or support structures shall be constructed, operated, maintained and monitored in compliance with all applicable federal (such as FCC and FAA) and state standards and requirements.
(2) WCF and/or support structures that would be classified as a hazard to air navigation, as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration, shall not be permitted.
(C) Planned Unit Developments. Communications facilities shall be considered to be permitted uses in any previously approved planned unit developments (PUD’s), provided that the list of uses approved for the individual PUD consists entirely of commercial and/or industrial uses. Communications facilities shall not be considered to be permitted principal uses in PUD’s that include any residential land uses.
(D) Lawful existing communications facilities that do not conform with these provisions shall be considered lawful nonconforming uses and/or structures, subject to § 152.005 of this zoning ordinance. However, placing additional antennas on a nonconforming tower structure in accordance with the provisions of these regulations shall not be considered expansion of a nonconforming use, nor shall it be considered to increase the degree of nonconformity.
(E) Additional standards. The antenna support structure shall satisfy such other design and construction standards as the Director of Planning Services or designee reasonably determines are necessary to ensure safe construction and maintenance of the antenna and its support structure.
(Ord. 03-05, § 831-35, passed 5-27-2003; Am. Ord. 10-09, passed 6-14-2010)