Sec. 59-A-6.14. Antenna for a private telecommunication facility mounted on a rooftop or structure located on privately owned land.

      (a)    An antenna and a related unmanned equipment building or cabinet may be installed on a rooftop as a matter of right if the following standards are met.

      (1)   The building must be at least 30 feet in height in any multi-family, commercial or industrial zone.

      (2)   The building must be greater than 50 feet in height in any one-family residential zone. However, a rooftop telecommunication antenna is not permitted on a one-family residence or a building or structure accessory to a one-family residence.

      (3)   An antenna may be mounted on the facade of the building at a height of at least 30 feet in a multi-family, commercial, or industrial zone, and at a height greater than 50 feet in a one-family residential zone. However, a telecommunication antenna must not be mounted on the facade of a one-family residence or a building or structure accessory to a one-family residence.

      (4)   An unmanned equipment building or cabinet must not exceed 560 square feet and 12 feet in height or 14 feet in height for a roof top structure, including the support structure for the equipment building, except a single equipment building in excess of 560 square feet, located at ground level, may be used for more than one telecommunication provider, if:

         (i)   the overall square footage does not exceed 1500 square feet and 12 feet in height,

         (ii)   the building is used for more than one telecommunication provider operating from the same monopole or tower, and

         (iii)   the building is reviewed by the Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinating Group in accordance with Sec. 2-58E of the County Code.

         If the equipment building or cabinet is at ground level in a residential zone, the building or cabinet must be faced with brick or other suitable material on all sides and surrounded by landscaping providing a screen of at least 3 feet in height, and must conform to the setback standards of the applicable zone.

      (5)   If the equipment building is located on the roof of a building, the equipment building or cabinet and other structure, in combination with any other equipment building and structure, must not occupy more than 25% of the roof area.

   (b)    In addition to a rooftop, an antenna may be attached as a matter of right to an existing structure on privately owned land, including but not limited to a radio, television, or telephone transmission tower, a monopole, a light pole, a water tank, or an overhead transmission line support structure. An equipment building located on such a structure is subject to the requirements of subsection (a)(4).  A structure constructed for the support of: (1) an antenna that is part of an amateur radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or (2) an antenna to receive television imaging in the home, may not be used as a support structure for any other antenna.

(Ord. No. 12-75, § 2; Ord. No. 13-27, § 2; Ord. No. 14-12, § 2; Ord. No. 14-34, § 1; Ord. No. 14-47, § 1; Ord. No. 14-65, § 1.)