Wireless Telecommunications Facilities, towers and antennas are subject to the following additional conditions:
(a) Sole Use on a Lot. A wireless telecommunications facility may be permitted as a sole use on a lot in a General Industrial, Multi-family or Public Facilities District subject to the following:
(1) Yard requirements.
Tower - The minimum distance to any single-family or two-family residential use or district lot line shall be 500 feet.
An equipment shelter, tower, and ancillary facilities shall meet all minimum setbacks/yard requirements for the district.
(2) Maximum height.
Tower- 200 feet (includes antenna).
An equipment shelter shall not exceed twelve feet in height.
(3) Maximum size.
The maximum size of an equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet for a single shelter or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet for all shelters.
(b) Combined with Another Use. A wireless telecommunications facility may be permitted in a General Industrial, Multi-family or Public Facilities District on a property with an existing use provided that the zoning lot has been approved for multiple use where required by this Zoning Code and subject to the following conditions:
(1) The existing use on the property may be any permitted use in the applicable General Industrial, Multi-Family or Public Facilities District or any lawful non-conforming use, and need not be affiliated with the wireless telecommunications provider.
(2) The wireless telecommunications facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis, and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance (except during construction or an emergency).
(3) The minimum lot area shall be the area needed to accommodate the tower (and wires, if used), the equipment shelter, security fencing and buffer planting, driveway, and ancillary facilities approved by the Planning Commission.
(4) Minimum yard requirements.
Tower - The minimum distance to any single family or two-family residential use or district lot line shall be 500 feet.
An equipment shelter shall comply with the minimum set back requirements for the primary lot.
(5) Access.
The service access to the equipment shelter shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
6) Maximum height.
Tower- 200 feet (including antenna).
An equipment shelter shall not exceed twelve feet in height.
(7) Maximum size.
The maximum size of an equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet for a single shelter, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet for all shelters.
(c) Combined with an Existing Structure. An antenna for a wireless telecommunications facility which is attached to an existing structure in a General Industrial, Multi-family or Public Facilities District shall not exceed a height of twenty feet or twenty percent (20%) of the building height above the existing structure, whichever is greater.
(d) Residential Districts. A wireless telecommunications antenna may be permitted in a residential district, with the exception of a Multi-family-1 District provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The proposed antenna is located within the right-of-way or within fifty feet (50') of the right-of-way of Interstate 80 or Interstate 71;
(2) The wireless telecommunications facility or antenna is a secondary use on the parcel;
(3) The wireless telecommunications facility or antenna is to be attached to a pole, at least 75 feet in height, which pole is already in use, such as a utility pole;
(4) The wireless telecommunications facility or antenna is no higher than 200 feet from the ground level;
(5) The wireless telecommunications facility or antenna is set back at least 500 feet from any residential dwelling structure; and
(6) The maximum size of an equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet for a single shelter, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet for all shelters. The maximum height of an equipment shelter shall be 12 feet.
(e) Public Open Space Areas. A wireless telecommunications facility may be permitted on land that has been established as permanent open space, other than in a Residential District, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The open space shall be owned by a municipal, county, state or federal governmental entity, a charitable organization, or a private, non-profit conservation organization.
(2) The maximum height of any tower shall be 200 feet including antenna and fifteen feet for any equipment shelter.
(3) The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall not exceed 300 square feet, or, if there is more than one, 750 total square feet for all shelters.
(4) The tower shall be set back from any single-family or two-family property line not less than 500 feet.
(Ord. 2002-29. Passed 1-6-03.)