The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the placement, construction and modification of Towers and Wireless Telecommunication Facilities in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public without unreasonable interference with the development of the competitive wireless communication marketplace in the Village. Specifically, the purpose of the chapter are:
(a) To direct the location of Towers and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities in the Village.
(b) To protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impacts of Towers and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities.
(c) To minimize adverse visual impacts of Towers and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities through careful design, siting, landscaping, and innovative camouflaging techniques.
(d) To promote and encourage shared use of Towers and Antenna Support Structures as a primary option rather than construction of additional single-use Towers.
(e) To avoid potential damage to adjacent properties caused by Towers and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities by ensuring such structures are soundly and carefully designed, constructed, modified, maintained and removed.
(f) To the greatest extent feasible, ensure that Towers and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities are compatible with surrounding land uses.
(g) To the greatest extent feasible, ensure that proposed Towers and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities are designed in harmony with natural settings and in a manner consistent with current development patterns.
(Ord. 17-97. Passed 9-22-97.)