Wireless telecommunications facilities proposed for Office Building A, B, and C Districts and Community Business Districts are subject to the following conditions:
(a) A wireless telecommunications facility is not permitted as a sole use on a lot without obtaining a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals after recommendation from the Planning Commission.
(b) A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted on a property with an existing use subject to the following conditions:
(1) The facility shall be located at least 200 feet from any right-of-way;
(2) The existing use on the property may be any permitted use in a district or any lawful non-conforming use, 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 non-conforming use.
(3) 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 in an emergency.)
(4) The minimum area shall be the area needed to accommodate the tower, the equipment shelter, the security fence and buffer planting.
(5) The minimum distance to any single-family or two-family residential use or district lot line shall be 300 feet in all directions, with a setback of at least 200 feet from any right-of-way.
(6) The service access to the equipment shelter shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
(7) The tower, including antenna, shall not exceed 200 feet in height. The equipment shelter shall not exceed ten feet above grade in height.
(8) The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet for a single shelter.
(c) Where possible, an antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility shall be attached to an existing structure or building subject to the following conditions:
(1) The maximum height shall be twenty feet or twenty percent of the building height above the existing building or structure, whichever is greater.
(2) 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:
A. The minimum setback requirement shall be that imposed for the subject zoning district, but in any event not less than 200 feet from any right of way, whichever is greater.
B. A buffer yard may be planted in accordance with the landscape provisions contained herein.
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.
(Ord. 97-48. Passed 6-2-97.)