The following use regulations shall apply to cellular or wireless communication antennas and towers:
(a) A cellular or wireless communications tower and supporting structure that is proposed shall be the least aesthetically intrusive facility to the neighborhood and function. Monopole installations are recommended. It is further required that all cellular or wireless communications support structures be architecturally compatible with the architecture of the adjacent buildings and structures.
(b) A cellular or wireless communications antenna that is mounted to an existing communications tower (whether said tower is for cellular or wireless purposes or not), smoke stack, water tower or other tall structure, shall be permitted in the CO-1 zoning districts. Cellular or wireless communications antenna may also be located on the top of buildings which are no less than fifty (50) in height in the CO-1 zoning districts. Any cellular or wireless communications antenna that is mounted to an existing structure as indicated above shall be painted a color which matches, or is compatible with, the structure on which it is located as approved by the Planning Commission.
(c) A cellular or wireless communications antenna that is not mounted on an existing structure or is more than fifteen (15) feet higher than the structure on which it is mounted is permitted in the CO-1 zoning districts. An antenna proposed in a CO-1 zoning district shall be subject to the Planning Commission required approval process.
(d) All other uses accessory to the cellular or wireless communications antenna and towers including, but not limited to business offices, maintenance depots, and materials and vehicle storage, are prohibited from the site unless otherwise permitted in the zoning district in which the cellular or wireless communications antenna and/or tower is located.
(e) A cellular or wireless communications site or antenna shall be conditionally permitted in the R-1, R-2, or R-3 zoning districts.
(Ord. 6-1997. Passed 4-7-97.)
The following standards shall apply to all conditionally permitted cellular or wireless communications antennas and towers:
(a) The cellular or wireless communications company shall be required to demonstrate, using the latest technological evidence, that the antenna or tower must be placed where it is proposed in order to satisfy its necessary function in the company's grid system.
(b) If the communications company proposes to build a cellular or wireless communications tower (as opposed to mounting the antenna on an existing structure), it is required to demonstrate that it has contacted the owners of nearby tall structures within a one (1) mile radius of the site proposed, asked for permission to install the cellular communications antenna on those structures, and was denied for reasons other than economic issues. The City may deny the application to construct a new cellular or wireless communications tower if the applicant has not made a good faith effort to mount the antenna on existing structures.
(c) A cellular or wireless communications site conditionally permitted in the R-1, R-2, or R-3 zoning district shall meet all conditional use requirements set forth in the Zoning Code, and shall also meet the following minimum area requirements:
(1) R-l zoning district. A cellular or wireless communications site shall only be constructed on a recorded parcel of five (5) acres or greater.
(2) R-2 and R-3 zoning districts. A cellular or wireless communications site shall only be constructed on a recorded parcel of four (4) acres or greater.
(3) As used in subparagraphs (1) and (2) hereof "recorded parcel" shall mean a plat parcel recorded with the Hamilton County Recorder's Office and reflected on the Hamilton County Auditor's Plat Book Records, effective as of the adoption date of this chapter.
(Ord. 6-1997. Passed 4-7-97.)