(A) The applicant shall submit documentation justifying the total height of any tower, facility and/or antenna and the basis therefore. Such documentation will be analyzed in the context of the justification of the height needed to provide service primarily and essentially within the town, to the extent practicable, unless good cause is shown.
(B) Unless otherwise granted relief or a waiver, the maximum permitted height of a new tower shall be no taller than the applicant service provider can prove is the minimum height necessary to provide service primarily to provide a balanced link (both up and down link) service in the area of no service. Such proof shall be provided using RF propagation studies showing the height of attachment of the array, the ERP (effective radiated power) stated in watts, the direction or azimuth of each of the maximum lobes, any designed or intended pitch or down-tilt of any of the sector panels. At a minimum an applicant for a tower shall provide one set of RF propagation studies on clear acetate overly showing all existing sites adjacent to the search ring that shows the gap in coverage. Another set of propagation studies shall be provided showing the lowest height at which service can be provided in the search ring and another set shall be provided computed at ten feet below the minimum height necessary to provide service in the search ring. The town retains the right to determine the adequacy of the needed information provided as regards the determination of need for the requested height.
(C) No tower constructed after the effective date of this chapter, including allowing for all attachments, shall exceed that height which shall permit operation without required artificial lighting of any kind as may be required by municipal, county, state and/or any federal statute, law, ordinance, code, rule or regulation.
(Ord. passed 4-5-2010; Ord. passed 5-3-2021)