Wireless telecommunication facilities are conditionally permitted in only the Industrial District and that portion of the C-2 District that fronts on Brecksville Road north of Interstate 77 as of the effective date of this chapter, under the following conditions:
(a) Sole Use on a Lot. A wireless telecommunications facility is conditionally permitted as a sole use on a lot subject to the following:
(1) Minimum lot size: 4 acres.
(2) Minimum yard restrictions:
A. Tower: Side, rear yard setback: the minimum distance 200 feet or the height of the tower to any residential use or residential district lot line, whichever is greater.
Front yard setback: the height of the tower plus 100 feet
B. Equipment Shelter:
Front yard setback: 100 feet
Side yard setback: 25 feet
Rear yard setback: 50 feet
(3) Maximum height:
A. Tower: less than 200 feet (includes antenna).
B. Equipment Shelter: 15 feet
(4) Maximum size of equipment shelter: Total building space shall not exceed 750 square feet.
(b) Combined with Another Use. A wireless telecommunication facility is conditionally permitted on a property with an existing use subject to the following conditions:
(1) Minimum setback requirements:
A. Tower: Side, rear yard setback: a minimum distance of 200 feet or the height of the tower to any residential use or residential district lot line, whichever is greater.
Front yard setback: the height of the tower plus 100 feet
B. Equipment Shelter: Shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the primary lot, but shall not be located in front of the principal building on the lot.
(2) Maximum height:
A. Tower: less than 200 feet (includes antenna)
B. Equipment Shelter: 15 feet
(3) Maximum size of equipment shelter: total building space shall not exceed 750 square feet.
(4) Access: the service access to the equipment shelter shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
(c) Combined with an Existing Structure. Where technically suitable, an antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility shall be attached to an existing structure or building subject to the following conditions:
(1) Maximum height: 20 feet above the existing building or structure, so long as the total height of antenna is below 200 feet.
(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 minimum setback requirements for the zoning district.
B. A buffer yard shall be planted as required by the Commission.
C. Vehicular access to the shelter shall be integrated with the parking and vehicular circulation on the site for the principal use to the greatest extent possible.
D. Total building space shall not exceed 750 square feet.
E. Where an access road is developed exclusively for the telecommunications facility, a locking gate shall be installed to prevent unauthorized use of the access road.
(d) Located within an Electric High Tension Power Line Easement. A wireless telecommunication tower facility is conditionally permitted within an electric high tension power line easement, provided the tower is incorporated into an existing high tension power line structure. A wireless telecommunication tower facility is conditionally permitted in the electric high tension power line easement where the tower is not incorporated into a high tension line tower structure, provided that no tower shall be located closer than one quarter mile from any other such tower and no closer than 200 feet from the boundary line of a residential use or residential district, and subject to the following conditions:
(1) Maximum height:
A. Tower: Less than 200 feet (includes antenna).
B. Equipment Shelter: 15 feet.
(2) Maximum size of equipment shelter: Total building space shall not exceed 750 square feet.
(Ord. 25-2011. Passed 9-20-11.)