(a) Any person or company intending to apply for the placement or operation of a wireless communications antenna or site within the Village shall first schedule a pre-application conference with the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager or his or her assignee. At this conference, the prospective applicant must present to the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager or his or her assignee any proposed locations for the equipment or site, also demonstrating the need for a tower and that all alternatives to the construction of a new tower, such as co-location, have been exhausted. This information should identify the area within which the tower may be located, the maximum height of the proposed tower, and identify any possible users that may co-locate at the site. The purpose of the pre-application conference will be to evaluate the impact on adjacent areas and neighborhoods, and to discuss possibilities of co-location, and other suitable sites.
(b) Upon completion of the pre-application conference, an application may be filed with the office of the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager. The application shall be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Zoning Code except those in conflict with this chapter, and in such form as approved by the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager. If the application does not conform with said provisions, the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager shall notify the applicant and no further consideration of the application shall occur until it is in compliance with the terms of this chapter.
(c) Application Fee.
(1) Proposed location. The application fee for a wireless communication system, tower, antenna, or site shall be a base application fee of $2,500 for each proposed location. Additionally, the Village shall be reimbursed by applicant for any additional costs above and beyond $2,500 that the Village incurs through the use of professional services outside of Village employees that are necessitated in order to effectively process the application. The building permit for a proposed wireless communications system, tower, antenna or site shall be withheld by the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager until such time that the applicant reimburses the Village for such additional costs.
(2) Proposed co-locator. The application fee for a wireless communication system co-locator shall be $500 for each new user proposing to co-locate.
(3) Upon compliance with the above application requirements:
A. For any wireless communication tower or any new wireless communication support structure to be built specifically for the installation of wireless communication antenna, the Planning Commission shall conduct a public hearing, giving 14 days' notice by first class U.S. mail to all property owners of parcels adjacent to or across the street from the parcel on which the tower or structure is proposed to be located, and following the public hearing, the Planning Commission shall determine if the terms of this chapter have been complied with and direct the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager to grant or deny the application based upon that compliance.
B. For any wireless communications antenna or micro-antennas proposed to be located on existing structures, the Building, Planning & Zoning Manager shall grant or deny the application based on its compliance with the terms of this chapter.
(Ord. 12-64. Passed 3-12-13; Ord. 18-16. Passed 2-13-18; Ord. 20-24. Passed 3-10-20.)