Section
General Provisions
116.01 Title
116.02 Purposes
116.03 Authority
116.04 Jurisdiction
116.05 Enactment
116.06 Interpretation and conflicts
116.07 Amendments
116.08 Public purpose
116.09 Definitions
116.10 Enforcement
Application Procedure and Approval Process
116.25 General procedure
116.26 Additional procedures
116.27 Site plan requirements
116.28 General approval standards
General Wireless Communications
Facility Performance Standards
116.40 Co-location requirements
116.41 Tower and antenna design requirements
116.42 Tower height
116.43 Accessory utility buildings
116.44 Tower lighting
116.45 Antennas mounted on structures, roofs, walls and existing towers
116.46 Temporary wireless communications facilities
116.47 Interference with public safety telecommunications
116.48 Signs and advertising
Zoning Standards
116.60 Zoning district description
116.61 Wireless facility siting standards
116.62 Noncommercial wireless facility standards
116.98 Violations
GENERAL PROVISIONS
In order to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the community, while accommodating the communication needs of residents and businesses, these regulations are necessary in order to:
(A) Facilitate the provision of wireless telecommunication services to the residents and businesses of the City of Marion;
(B) Minimize adverse visual effects of towers through careful design and siting standards;
(C) Encourage the location of towers in nonresidential areas through performance standards and incentives;
(D) Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through structural standards and setback requirements; and
(E) Provide mechanisms for the mitigation of tower proliferation through tower sharing requirements for all new tower applicants and those existing towers that are physically capable of sharing.
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(A) These regulations apply to all wireless communication facilities, as defined in § 116.09, located within the jurisdiction of the City of Marion Advisory Plan Commission as provided by law.
(B) No wireless communications facility may be constructed within the jurisdiction without an approved and signed permit from the Advisory Plan Commission.
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In order that wireless communications facilities may be constructed in accordance with these purposes and policies, these regulations shall be in full force and in effect in the manner provided by law. All applications for wireless communication facility sitings pending on the effective date of these regulations shall be reviewed under these regulations.
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