Wireless telecommunication facilities that include towers are not permitted in any districts other than the Industrial District and that portion of the C-2 District that fronts on Brecksville Road north of Interstate 77 as it exists on the effective date of this Chapter, with the exception that they may be conditionally permitted on any property in any zoning district along with the following institutional uses: publicly-owned/operated parks, municipal and government uses, and public schools. However, wireless telecommunication antennas attached to any existing nonresidential building or structures may be conditionally permitted only as set forth in this section. In applying for a permit under this section, the applicant must present substantial evidence as to why it is not technically suitable to locate in the Industrial District, or incorporated into a high tension power line tower structure, or co-located on an existing tower within the geographic area to be served, or that portion of the C-2 District that fronts on Brecksville Road north of Interstate 77 as it exists on the effective date of this chapter. Once those efforts have been exhausted, a wireless telecommunications facility may be located on a property provided for in this section, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Combined with a Nonresidential Structure. An antenna may be conditionally permitted, in residential districts, to be attached to the following nonresidential buildings or structures in residential districts: municipal or government building(s) or structure(s), school buildings, agricultural buildings, or buildings or existing structures owned by a public utility. An antenna may be attached to a nonresidential building or a structure that is a conditionally permitted use in districts other than residential districts. In each of these cases, the following conditions shall be met:
(1) Maximum height: 20 feet above the existing building or structure, so long as the total height of the antenna is below 200 feet.
(2) If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate shelter, the shelter shall comply with the following:
A. The shelter shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the zoning district, but shall not be located in front of the principal building on the lot.
B. Total building space shall not exceed 750 square feet. If there are multiple users, then the equipment must be sheltered in a single building unless the applicant can show a technical necessity for a separate building, in which case multiple buildings must be designed to have the appearance of a single building.
C. A buffer yard shall be planted as required by the Commission.
D. 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.
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.
(b) Combined with a Nonresidential Use. A tower to support an antenna may be conditionally permitted on a property with the following nonresidential uses: publicly-owned/operated parks, municipal/government uses, or schools, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Minimum set back requirements for tower:
A. Tower:
Side and rear yard: The tower shall be set back from any side or rear residential lot line by 200 feet or the height of the tower, 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 residential district, but shall not be located in front of the principal building on the lot.
(2) Maximum height:
A. Tower: less than 200 feet (includes antennas).
B. Equipment Shelter: 15 feet.
(3) Maximum size of equipment shelter: Total building space shall not exceed 750 square feet. If there are multiple users, then the equipment must be sheltered in single building unless the applicant can show a technical necessity for a separate building, in which case multiple buildings must be designed to have the appearance of a single building.
(4) A buffer yard shall be planted as required by the Commission.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(c) Located within an Electric High Tension Power Line Easement. A wireless telecommunications tower facility may be located within an electric high tension power line easement, provided the tower is incorporated into a high tension power line tower structure. A wireless telecommunication tower facility may be located in the electric high tension power line easement where the tower is not incorporated into a high tension power line 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. If there are multiple users, then the equipment must be sheltered in a single building unless the applicant can show a technical necessity for a separate building, in which case multiple buildings must be designed to have the appearance of a single building.
(Ord. 25-2011. Passed 9-20-11.)