Abandoned or unused towers or portions of towers shall be removed as follows.
(A) The owner of a wireless facility shall annually (in January) file a declaration with the Advisory Plan Commission office as to the continuing operation of every wireless carrier installed on the facility subject to these regulations. Each carrier shall be illustrated by its height on the facility. Failure to do so shall be determined to mean the facility is no longer in use and considered abandoned, thus subject to the following:
(1) All abandoned or unused towers and associated facilities shall be removed within 180 days of the cessation of operations at the site unless the Advisory Plan Commission approves a time extension. A copy of the relevant portions of a signed lease which requires the applicant to remove the tower and associated facilities upon cessation of operations at the site shall be submitted at the time of application. If the applicant does not remove the facility, then it is the responsibility of the property owner;
(2) Unused portions of towers above a manufactured connection shall be removed within 180 days of the time of antenna relocation, according to the terms of this chapter. The replacement of portions of a tower previously removed requires the issuance of a new wireless facility permit.
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