1292.08 ROOF-MOUNTED WHIP ANTENNA.
   (a)   “Whip” type or collinear antennas for land-based mobile broadcasting and receiving business communications, shall be allowed provided that the antennas are accessory to the principal use of tenants or occupants of the same building who lease or use not less than four hundred (400) square feet of space in the building, and subject to the following conditions:
      (1)   An antenna and its support structure are permitted only on a roof and shall not be attached to the exterior facing of the building or the coping wall.
      (2)   An antenna shall not be closer than fifty (50) feet from another antenna, and there shall be not more than one (1) antenna for each two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of roof area of the building.
      (3)   An antenna shall not be higher than twenty-eight (28) feet above the roof of a building in a B-4 District and not higher than twenty (20) feet above the roof in other business districts, including the supporting structure, but an antenna shall not be located on an accessory building.
      (4)   An antenna and the antenna structure shall be not closer than ten (10) feet from the coping wall or exterior wall facing and shall be designed to withstand winds of one hundred twenty-five (125) miles per hour.
      (5)   The support of an antenna shall not be higher than four (4) feet above the roof and the diameter of the antenna shall not exceed two (2) inches, excluding any ground plane radials (supports). No person shall install or maintain an antenna for receiving and broadcasting without first having obtained approval from the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)