(A) The regulations in this chapter shall provide specific areas throughout the town for the installation, construction, attachment and alteration of facilities to accommodate wireless communication facilities; provide the criteria for evaluating the proposed activities; and provide a procedure for their approval.
(B) The town recognizes that the Town of Liberty desires to encourage the orderly development of wireless communication technologies for the benefit of the town and its citizens.
(C) As a matter of public policy the town aims to encourage the delivery of new wireless technologies throughout the town while controlling the proliferation of communication towers. Development activities will promote and protect the health, safety, prosperity and general welfare of persons living in the Town of Liberty.
(D) Specifically, the wireless communication facility development standards are designated to achieve the following:
(1) Provide a range of locations for wireless communication facilities throughout the jurisdiction of the town;
(2) Encourage the location of wireless communication facilities onto existing structures to reduce the number of new communication towers needed within the jurisdiction of the Town of Liberty;
(3) Encourage collocation and site sharing of new and existing wireless communication facilities;
(4) Control the type of tower facility constructed when towers are permitted;
(5) Establish adequate development and design criteria to enhance the ability of providers of telecommunication services to provide service to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently;
(6) Protect residential, historic preservation areas and scenic corridors from the uncontrolled development of wireless communications facilities by requiring reasonable siting conditions;
(7) Promote the use of suitable lands for the location of wireless antennae, towers and/or wireless communication facilities;
(8) Ensure the harmonious, orderly and efficient growth and development of wireless communication facilities within the jurisdiction of the town;
(9) Provide development standards for the development of wireless communication facilities which are consistent with the requirements of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and in the best interest of the Town of Liberty;
(10) Provide clear performance standards addressing the siting of wireless communication facilities; and
(11) Streamline and expedite the permitting procedures to effect compliance with the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.
(1981 Code, § 501A) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)