(a) Wireless telecommunications facilities proposed for the following zoning districts - industrial, commercial and institutional - are subject to the following conditions.
(b) Sole Use on a Lot. A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted as a sole use on a lot subject to the following:
(1) The minimum lot size is three acres, and 200 feet of minimum lot width.
(2) The minimum yard requirement shall provide that all towers be a minimum distance of 350 feet from any single-family, two-family, or other residential use or district line, with the equipment shelter to be a minimum distance of fifty feet from the same.
(3) The maximum height of the tower shall be 200 feet, including the uppermost of any antenna, except that the height from the base of such structure either attached or detached from its foundation, or the uppermost point at which such structure is attached to a building, to the top of such structure shall not be greater than the horizontal distance from the base of the structure to the nearest adjoining property line, with equipment shelters to be a maximum height of fifty feet.
(4) The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet.
(c) Combined With Another Use. A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted on a property with an existing use, subject to the following requirements:
(1) The existing use on the property may be any permitted use in the district or any lawful nonconforming use, and need not be affiliated with the wireless telecommunications provider. The wireless telecommunications facility will not be considered an addition to the structure.
(2) The minimum lot area shall be the area needed to accommodate the tower (and guy wires, if used), the equipment shelter, security fencing and buffer planting.
(3) The minimum yard requirement shall provide that all towers be a minimum distance of 350 feet from any single-family, two-family, or other residential use or district line, with the equipment shelter to be in compliance with minimum setback requirements for the primary lot.
(4) Access for service to the equipment shelter shall whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
(5) The maximum height of the tower shall be 200 feet, including the uppermost of any antenna; except that the height from the base of such structure either attached or detached from its foundation, or the uppermost point at which such structure is attached to a building, to the top of such structure shall not be greater than the horizontal distance from the base of the structure to the nearest adjoining property line, with equipment shelters to be a maximum height of fifty feet.
(6) The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet.
(d) Combined With an Existing Structure. An antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility is permitted if attached to an existing structure or building subject to the following conditions:
(1) The maximum height of the antenna shall be twenty feet or not above the existing building, structure or tower by twenty percent (20%) of the existing building's, structure's or tower's height, whichever is greater.
(2) If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate shelter (not located on, in, or attached to the existing building), the shelter shall comply with the following:
A. The minimum setback requirements for the subject zoning district.
C. Vehicular access to the shelter shall not interfere with the parking or vehicular circulation on the site for the principal use.
D. The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall not exceed 300 square feet, or, if there is more than one facility or antenna, a total of 750 square feet.
(Ord. 50-1998. Passed 6-2-98.)