It is the general purpose and intent of the Village of Franklin to carry out the will of the United States Congress by authorizing facilities needed to operate wireless telecommunication systems. However, it is the further purpose and intent of the Village of Franklin to provide for such authorization in a manner which will preserve and protect the integrity, character, property values, and aesthetic quality of neighborhoods and the community at large, by locating such facilities to minimize or mitigate their visual and environmental impacts.
This chapter is designed to encourage applicants to co-locate their wireless telecommunication facilities on existing structures, whenever possible. New ground mounted facilities are to be permitted only when co-location on existing structures is determined to be infeasible.
Therefore, it is the intent of the Village of Franklin to exercise its authority granted by law to regulate the placement, construction and modification of wireless telecommunication facilities.
(Ord. 98-41. Passed 3-16-98; Ord. 2004-04. Passed 12-13-04; Ord. 2013-10. Passed 10-14-13.)