(a) The wireless telecommunications tower or other facility as proposed, including any buffer, must be consistent with and not be detrimental to the aesthetic environment of the general area in which it is proposed, including but not limited to all adjacent properties.
(b) The lot in which the telecommunications facility is located shall meet the minimum lot size for the district. A wireless telecommunications tower or other facility shall not be constructed on a nonconforming lot.
(c) The wireless telecommunications tower shall be located a minimum of 200% of the height of the tower, including any antennas protruding above the tower, from any residential district.
(d) The maximum height of the wireless telecommunications tower, including any antennas protruding above the tower, shall be 200 feet unless special circumstances are presented by the applicant.
(e) The wireless telecommunications tower shall be of monopole construction, unless special circumstances are presented by the applicant.
(f) The wireless telecommunications tower shall be constructed to accommodate: at least one additional telecommunications company's wireless telecommunications antennas if not more than 100 feet in total height, at least two additional telecommunications companies' wireless telecommunications antennas if more than 100 feet but not more than 150 feet in total height, and at least three additional telecommunications companies' wireless telecommunications antennas if more than 150 feet in total height.
(g) The maximum size of the wireless telecommunications equipment shelter(s) shall be 300 square feet per shelter and a total of 750 square feet for more than one shelter, unless special circumstances are presented by the applicant.
(h) The wireless telecommunications equipment shelter shall require a building permit and shall meet all setbacks and height requirements in the zoning district in which it is located.
(i) If the wireless telecommunications tower and facility are located on a lot with an existing use, the installation and operation of the wireless telecommunications tower shall not interfere with the existing use.
(j) The applicant shall submit a landscaping plan that indicates how the wireless telecommunications tower and associated facility will be screened from adjoining uses.
(k) The applicant shall demonstrate that the wireless telecommunications tower must be located where it is proposed in order to service the applicant's service area, and why applicant is not collocating its facilities on any existing structures of sufficient height within a two mile radius from the proposed facility location.
(l) Where the wireless telecommunications facility is located on a property with another principal use, the applicant shall present documentation that the owner of the property has granted an easement or entered into a lease for the proposed facility and that vehicular access is provided to the facility.
(m) A minimum setback of 10 feet from any adjacent public right-of-way is required for all wireless telecommunications towers, wireless telecommunications equipment shelters, and other related structures. (Ord. 01-110. Passed 2-26-01.)