A. Principal Or Accessory Use: An antenna or tower may be considered either a principal or an accessory use. On any lot, an existing use or structure shall not preclude the installation of an antenna or tower on such lot.
B. Lot Size: For purposes of determining whether the installation of a tower or antenna complies with applicable regulations, including, but not limited to, setback requirements, lot coverage requirements, and other such requirements in the district in which the tower or antenna may be located, the dimensions of the entire lot shall control, even though the antennas or towers may be located on only a portion of such lot.
C. Inventory Of Existing Sites: Each application for an antenna and/or tower shall include an inventory of the applicant's existing towers, antennas, or sites which have been approved for towers or antennas, or for which applications or petitions for approval for towers or antennas have been filed, that are either within the jurisdiction of the village or within one mile of the border thereof, including specific information about the location, height, and design of each tower. The village may share such information with other applicants applying for approvals or special use permits under this article or other persons or entities seeking to locate towers or antennas within the jurisdiction of the village; provided, however, that the village is not, by sharing such information, in any way representing or warranting that such sites are available or suitable for location of a tower or antenna.
D. Aesthetics: Towers and antennas shall meet the following requirements:
1. Towers either shall be constructed of and maintain a galvanized steel finish or, subject to any applicable standards of the FAA, shall be painted so as to reduce visual obtrusiveness.
2. At a tower site, the design of the accessory buildings and related structures shall, to the extent possible, use materials, colors, textures, screening, and landscaping that will blend them into the natural setting and surrounding buildings.
3. If an antenna is installed on a structure other than a tower, the antenna and supporting electrical and mechanical equipment must be of a neutral color that is identical to, or closely compatible with, the color of the supporting structure so as to make the antenna and related equipment as visually unobtrusive as possible.
E. Lighting: Towers shall not be artificially lighted, unless required by the FAA or other applicable authority. If lighting is required, the lighting alternatives and design chosen must cause the least disturbance to the surrounding views.
F. State Or Federal Requirements: All towers must meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the FAA, the FCC, and any other agency of the state or federal government with the authority to regulate towers and antennas. If such standards and regulations are altered, changed, or modified after the date of approval by the village, or construction by the owner, then the owner of any tower or antenna governed by this article shall bring such tower or antenna into compliance with such revised standards and regulations within six (6) months of the effective date of any such standards and regulations, unless a different compliance schedule is mandated by the controlling state or federal agency. Failure to bring any tower or antenna into compliance with such revised standards and regulations within such time shall constitute grounds for the removal of the tower or antenna at the owner's expense.
G. Building Codes; Safety Standards: To ensure the structural integrity of a tower or antenna, the owner of a tower or antenna shall ensure that it is maintained in compliance with standards contained in applicable state or local building codes and the applicable standards for towers that are published by the Electronic Industries Association, as amended from time to time. If, upon inspection, the village concludes that a tower fails to comply with such codes and standards and constitutes a danger to persons or property, then upon notice being provided to the owner of the tower, the owner shall have thirty (30) days to bring such tower into compliance with such standards. Failure to bring such tower into compliance within said thirty (30) days shall constitute grounds for the removal of the tower or antenna at the owner's expense.
H. Measurement: For purposes of measurement, tower setbacks and separation distances shall be calculated and applied to facilities located in the village irrespective of municipal and county jurisdictional boundaries.
I. Not Essential Services: All towers and antennas shall be regulated and permitted pursuant to this article and shall not be regulated or permitted as essential services, public utilities, or private utilities.
J. Franchises: Any owner and/or operator of a tower or antenna shall certify that any and all franchises required by law for the construction and/or operation of the communication system served thereby within the village have been obtained prior to approval of any application, and shall file a copy of all agreements, licenses and the like related thereto with the village clerk.
K. Public Notice: For purposes of this article, any special use request, variance request, or appeal of a special use, shall require public notice and individual notice by the village at applicant's expense to all abutting property owners and within two hundred fifty feet (250') of the boundaries of the zoning lot in question. Streets, alleys and watercourses shall not be considered in the determination of "abutting", nor counted in calculating the two hundred fifty feet (250'), for purposes of this section.
L. Signs: No signs shall be allowed on any antenna or tower, except for any safety warning or other sign required by applicable regulation.
M. Buildings And Support Equipment: Buildings, support equipment and other facilities associated with any antenna or tower shall comply with the requirements of section 6-19-8 of this article. (Ord. 06-54, 9-21-2006)