(a) Class II Wireless Telecommunications Facilities and/or Class II Wireless Telecommunications Facilities using a new shed/accessory structure for the sheltering of equipment require a review to ensure they meet the criteria for a permit. The application
requirements for permit application review are as follows:
(1) The applicant shall meet with the Code Official no less than thirty (30) days prior to filing for a Permit to begin construction. At this meeting, the Code Official shall explain the regulations and the process for applying for a permit. The applicant and the Code Official shall also start discussions as to the search radius, attempts at co-location, alternate structures to consider for co-location, preliminary height of the proposed tower, identification of important view sheds, and mitigation plans. All applications shall bear the name of the owner of the property upon which the telecommunication device is to be erected and the owner of the tower. Both shall have all obligation and responsibility under this article.
(2) A site development plan or survey, signed and sealed by a professional engineer licensed in West Virginia, which shows the proposed location of the tower and associated equipment and all easements and existing structures within 200 feet of the proposed tower;
(3) A landscaping plan showing the proposed placement of the facility on the site, the location of existing and proposed trees, fencing for security and all significant site features;
(4) A vertical profile sketch of the tower, drawn to scale, indicating the height of the tower and the placement of all antennae;
(5) Excluding Class II facilities, a map of the City of St. Albans limits including a one-half mile area outside the city showing the location of all existing cellular antenna towers and the general position of any proposed construction sites for new cellular antenna towers; and
(6) Excluding Class II facilities, a map showing the search radius that was used in identifying suitable tower locations;
(7) Excluding Class II facilities, photographic simulations of the proposed facility from different perspectives, as may be appropriate, including but not limited to state highways and other roads; state or local parks; other public lands; historic districts or structures; preserves and historic sites normally open to the public. Guidance will be provided, concerning the appropriate key sites at a pre-application meeting.
(8) Excluding Class II facilities, evidence showing the need for the request through before and after propagation maps of how the proposed facility fits in the applicant's telecommunications network; and
(9) Excluding Class II facilities, any other evidence demonstrating the applicant's need to construct the new tower.
(10) Each applicant shall present at least $1 million of general liability insurance. In addition, applicants may be required to present an insurance certificate annually.
(11) The Code Official shall present his or her findings to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(Ord. 2018-11. Passed 8-6-18.)