Wireless telecommunications facilities proposed for General Industrial Districts are permissible as a conditional use in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 1262.07(c)(2) and the following conditions:
(a) Lattice Tower or Monopole. The wireless telecommunications facility may be a lattice tower or monopole.
(b) Sole Use on a Lot. A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted as a sole use on a lot, subject to the following:
(1) Minimum lot size shall be one acre.
(2) Minimum yard requirements:
A. Tower: The minimum distance to the District lot line shall be 300 feet.
B. Use area: The use area must comply with main use setback requirements for General Industrial Districts. The use area must be a minimum distance from the property line to comply with main use setback requirements for General Industrial Districts.
(3) Maximum height:
A. Tower: Lattice tower: 350 feet (includes antenna)
Monopole: 200 feet (includes antenna)
B. Equipment shelter: Fifteen feet
(4) Maximum size of equipment shelter: 300 square feet for a single shelter, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet.
(c) Combined With Other Uses. A wireless telecommunications facility is permitted on a property with an existing use, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The existing use on the property may be any permitted use in the District and need not be affiliated with the wireless telecommunications provider.
(2) The wireless telecommunications facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance (except during construction or an emergency).
(3) Minimum yard requirements:
A. Tower: The minimum distance to the District lot line shall be 300 feet.
B. Use area: The use area shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the zoning district.
(4) The service access to the equipment shelter shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
(5) Maximum height:
A. Tower: Lattice tower: 350 feet (includes antenna)
Monopole: 200 feet (includes antenna)
B. Equipment shelter: Fifteen feet
(6) Maximum size of the equipment shelter: 300 square feet for a single shelter, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet.
(d) Combined With an Existing Structure. An antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility may be attached to an existing structure or building, subject to the following:
(1) Maximum height: Twenty feet or twenty percent of the building height above the existing building or structure, whichever is greater.
(2) If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate shelter (not located on, or attached to, the building), the shelter shall comply with the following:
A. The shelter shall be in accordance with the minimum setback requirements for the subject zoning district.
B. A buffer yard may be planted in accordance with Section 1290.02(f).
C. Vehicular access to the shelter shall not interfere with the parking or vehicular circulation on the site for the principal use.
D. The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall not exceed 300 square feet, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet.
(3) Receipt of approval of the Building Department.
(Ord. 97-57. Passed 4-15-97; Ord. 06-151. Passed 5-15-07.)