(a) Information signage shall be mounted on all new facilities providing the facilities’ operator name, an emergency contact phone number, an informational contact number, and all other information required by law. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, signage shall be discreet in color and shall match the facilities and surrounding area. Font size used on signage shall be no smaller than 9-point font and no larger than 14-point font.
(b) Unless otherwise required by law, all manufacturer stickers and decals shall be removed from all facilities.
(c) Facilities shall be camouflaged using existing land forms, vegetation, and structures to screen the facilities from view and to blend in with the surrounding built and natural environment.
(d) The Village may require the facilities operator to incorporate additional concealment elements before approving an application. Concealment elements may include, but shall not be limited to, fencing, street lamps and/or strategic placement within the existing or replacement street site plan.
(e) Facilities shall not have any flashing lights, sirens or regular noise other than an intermittently running cooling fan.
(f) All hardware, including antenna mounting brackets and hardware, antenna mounting posts, cables, shrouds and other mounted equipment shall be painted a Village designated color matching the designated facilities color. The Village maintains the right to designate a non-matching color, on a case by case basis, should it be determined a non-matching color would better fulfill the purpose of these design guidelines in Chapter 1174.
(g) A facilities operator shall remove or paint over any graffiti on the facilities at the facility operator’s sole expense as soon as practicable, but no later than ten (10) days following the date the existence of graffiti has been reported to the operator.
(h) Antennas and accessory equipment shall not increase the overall height of an existing wireless support structure by more than five (5) feet.
(i) Antennas mounted on a wireless support structure shall be enclosed inside the wireless support structure whenever possible and otherwise within a canister, shroud, or other enclosure. All accessory equipment associated with the antenna shall be concealed and shall not visibly protrude from the shroud or canister.
(j) The width of the canister or other shroud encasing the antenna and accessory equipment shall not exceed the width of the narrowest portion of the wireless support structure.
(k) Antennas shall not impair light or views from adjacent window(s).
(l) Antennas located on the exterior of a wireless support structure shall be top-mounted on a wireless support structure.
(m) All wireless support structure-mounted small cell equipment, other than the antenna(s) and electric meter, must be concealed within an equipment cabinet.
(n) Equipment cabinets shall be mounted flush to the wireless support structure.
(o) Equipment cabinets shall be stacked together on the same side of the wireless support structure and oriented away from any windows and doorways to minimize visual impacts thereupon.
(p) The equipment cabinets must be non-reflective and painted, wrapped or otherwise colored to match the Village designated color of the wireless support structure.
(q) All cables, conduit and wiring shall be located inside conduit and inside the wireless support structure or an equipment cabinet.
(r) Excess cables and wiring shall not be spooled, coiled or otherwise stored on the exterior of the wireless support structure unless within an enclosure. Cables shall not be externally visible.
(s) Service utility lines shall be underground to avoid additional overhead lines. The underground cables and wires must transition directly into the wireless support structure base without any external junction box.
(Ord. 20-03. Passed 3-9-20.)