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.
(Ord. passed - -)