929.04 FACILITY LOCATION
(a) New wireless communication towers may be located only in non-residential districts, and shall be subject to the regulations set forth in this Chapter and the regulations of the particular use district in which the antenna and/or tower is proposed to be located but only to the extent such regulations do not conflict with the regulations set forth in this Chapter. Wireless communication antenna may be located in residential use districts so long as they are part of an existing structure and shall be subject to the regulations set forth in this Chapter and the regulations of the particular zoning district in which the antenna is proposed to be located but only to the extent such regulations do not conflict with the regulations set forth in this Chapter. Exception: The provisions herein shall not be applicable to any property owned by the Municipality. (Ord. 34-2005. Passed 10-11-05.)
(b) Wireless telecommunications facilities proposed for the following zoning districts - Business and Manufacturing - are subject to the following conditions:
(1) Sole use on a lot: A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted as a sole use on a lot subject to the following:
A. Minimum lot size - one (1) acre.
B. Minimum yard requirements -
Tower: the minimum distance to any single family or two-family residential use or district lot line shall be 1000 feet
Equipment Shelter: 30 feet
C. Maximum height - Tower: 200 feet (includes antenna)
Equipment shelter: 35 feet
D. Maximum size of equipment shelter - 300 square feet for a single shelter, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet
E. The minimum distance to any non-residential lot line shall be 300 feet from the tower.
(2) Combined with another use: A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted on a property with an existing use subject to the following conditions:
A. The existing use on the property may be any permitted use in the district and need not be affiliated with the wireless telecommunications provider. The wireless telecommunications facility will not be considered an addition to the structure or value of a nonconforming use.
B. The wireless telecommunications facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance (except during construction or an emergency).
C. Minimum lot area - 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.
D. Minimum yard requirements
Tower: minimum distance to any single-family or two-family residential use or district lot line shall be 1000 feet
Equipment shelter: shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the primary lot.
E. Access - The service access to the equipment shelter shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
F. Maximum height
Tower: 200 feet (includes antenna)
Equipment shelter: 35 feet
G. Maximum size of equipment shelter - 300 square feet for a single shelter, or, if there is more than one, 750 square feet
(3) Combined with an existing structure: Where possible an antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility shall be attached to an existing structure or building subject to the following conditions:
A. Maximum height - 20 feet or 20% of the building height above the existing building or structure, whichever is greater.
B. If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate shelter (not located on, or attached to, the building), the shelter shall comply with the following:
1. The minimum setback requirements for the subject zoning district.
2. A buffer yard may be planted in accordance with section 929.03(f).
3. Vehicular access to the shelter shall not interfere with the parking or vehicular circulation on the site for the principle use.
4. The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall not exceed 300 square feet, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet. (Ord. 28-1997. Passed 12-9-97.)