(a) Permitted Use. Wireless telecommunications facilities are permitted in Limited Manufacturing (M-1) Districts and General Manufacturing (M-2) Districts as a commercial use on property with an existing use or on a vacant parcel of land.
(b) Definitions. As used in this section the following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
(1) Collocation: The use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
(2) Equipment building: The structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless telecommunications facility is housed.
(3) Lattice tower: A support structure constructed of vertical metal struts and cross braces forming a triangular or square structure which often tapers from the foundation to the top.
(4) Monopole: A support structure constructed of a single, self-supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation.
(5) Open space: Land devoted to conservation or recreational purposes and/or land designated by a municipality to remain undeveloped (may be specified on a zoning map).
(6) Telecommunications: The technology which enables information to be exchanged through the transmission of voice, video or data signals by means of electrical or electromagnetic systems.
(7) Wireless telecommunications antenna: The physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are transmitted or received. Antennas used by amateur radio operators are excluded from this definition. (8) Wireless telecommunications facility: A facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land-based telephone lines.
(9) Wireless telecommunications tower: A structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals, including monopoles.
(c) General Requirements; Minimum Lot Size.
(1) Where a wireless telecommunications facility is located on lots of record independent of other uses, the minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet and the minimum street frontage shall be seventy- five feet.
(2) Where a wireless telecommunications facility is located on parcels with another use, the minimum lot area shall be the area needed to accommodate the tower, equipment buildings, security fence and required screening, and shall comply with all other conditions of this section. If the title to the land on which the wireless telecommunications facility is located is conveyed to the owner of the telecommunications facility, the land remaining with the principal lot shall continue to comply with the minimum lot area required for the zoning district.
(d) Minimum Yard Requirements.
(1) No tower shall be located closer to an existing structure than the height of the tower, nor closer than 300 feet to any Residential Zoning District.
(2) No wireless telecommunications facility shall be located closer than 1,000 feet to an existing or proposed wireless telecommunications facility.
(3) The minimum dimensions of yards for accessory and equipment buildings for facilities located on vacant lots of record independent of other uses shall be:
A. Front yard - 50 ft.
B. Rear yard - 20 ft.
C. Side yard - 10 ft.
There shall be no required yard restrictions for facilities located on lots with another permitted use. However, no facility shall be permitted in any yard required for the principal use in the zoning district.
(Ord. 10-97. Passed 4-28-97.)
(e) Maximum Height. The maximum height of wireless telecommunications facilities shall be as follows:
(1) Tower - 190 ft. maximum height from ground level at base of tower.
(2) Equipment buildings - 30 ft. maximum height from ground level.
Equipment buildings shall not exceed 1,000 square feet in area.
(3) All towers above 100 feet in height shall be artificially lighted. In addition, all FAA Regulations addressing safety markings and obstruction lighting shall be followed when necessary. Security lighting around the equipment area is permitted.
(Ord. 65-98. Passed 10-26-98.)
(f) Towers.
(1) Only monopole-type towers are permitted. Guyed and lattice construction steel structures are prohibited.
(2) The tower shall be painted a non-contrasting gray or similar color minimizing its visibility, unless otherwise required by the FCC and/or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
(3) The tower shall not be artificially lighted except to assure safety or as required by the FAA.
(g) Fencing and Screening; Tower and Equipment Buildings.
(1) A security fence eight feet in height with barbed wire around the top shall completely surround the site.
(2) Where the boundary of a zoning lot is coincident with the boundary of a Residential District, screening shall be provided and maintained in good condition by either of the following means:
A. A solid wall erected to a height of no less than five feet nor more than eight feet; or
B. A strip of land at least six feet in width which is planted with shrubs to obstruct sight and noise.
(h) Parking.
(1) The storage of automobiles, trucks, construction equipment or other motorized equipment is prohibited on the grounds of the facility, except that a paved area not to exceed 575 square feet shall be provided to temporarily allow for the parking of vehicles required for the maintenance of the facility.
(2) Paved vehicular access to the facility shall be provided. Required access shall not interfere with parking and/or vehicular circulation required for the principal use on parcels with another permitted use.
(j) Conditions. The owner of any telecommunications facility is subject to all of the following conditions:
(1) No telecommunications facility shall be permitted unless the owner of the proposed facility provides written evidence that the facility cannot be located on any existing tower located in the City. Written evidence shall be submitted in a form approved by the City Law Director.
(2) The owner of any proposed telecommunications facility shall agree to allow other telecommunications facilities to be located at and on his or her facility unless the owner can show cause why such facilities cannot be co-located at and on his or her facility and subject to the approval of the City Law Director.
(3) The owner shall submit any and all necessary documentation to the City, which shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer of the proposed facility, including, but not limited to, site plans, topographic plans, soil reports, tower drawings, including foundations, building plans and structural design calculations, and any other technical material and data the City deems necessary to make a proper evaluation of the proposed facility.
(4) Advertising is not permitted anywhere on the facility.
(5) Warning signs shall be posted around the facility, including an emergency telephone number of the person to contact in the event of an emergency.
(6) The facility owner/operator shall provide a maintenance plan in which such owner/operator will be responsible for the upkeep of the site.
(7) A permanent easement from a public right-of-way to the tower shall be provided, thereby maintaining access regardless of other developments that may take place on the site.
(8) If at any time the use of the facility is discontinued for 180 days, the City may declare the facility abandoned. The facility's owner/operator shall, upon notice from the City, reactivate the facility's use within 180 days or dismantle and remove the facility. The owner shall maintain the vacant site per paragraph (i)(6) hereof. Failure to comply with said notice shall be cause for the City to declare the facility a public nuisance.
(Ord.10-97. Passed 4-28-97.)