Planning and Zoning Commission Review. A wireless communications facility shall not be constructed or erected except upon a permit issued by the City after approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall conduct a public hearing with advance notice of the hearing published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and the applicant shall notify by certified mail all property owners within a distance equal to four times the proposed tower height, rounded to the nearest ten foot increment, from any part of the subject property on which the tower is to be located. A dimension of five feet shall be rounded up to the next ten foot increment. The foregoing requirement of public notice and hearing may be waived by the Planning and Zoning Commission for the construction of a new antenna on an existing structure which application does not require the construction of a new tower or associated facilities.
(a) In granting conditional use approval, the Planning and Zoning Commission may impose conditions to the extent the Planning and Zoning Commission concludes such conditions are necessary to minimize any adverse effect of the proposed tower or antenna on adjoining properties.
(b) Any information of an engineering nature that the applicant submits, whether civil, mechanical, or electrical, shall be certified by an Ohio licensed professional engineer.
(c) An applicant for a conditional use shall submit the information described in this section and a non-refundable fee as established in the fee schedule to reimburse the City for the costs of reviewing and providing legal notice for the application tried.
(Ord. 2014-27. Passed 8-5-14.)