721.04 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   Wireless Telecommunications Facilities are either permitted uses or conditional uses in a variety of zoning districts contingent upon a number of requirements being met. These criteria are in place in an attempt to minimize adverse health, safety, public welfare or visual impacts through buffering, siting, design, and construction, and reduction of the need for new Towers.
   (b)   The following requirements apply to all Wireless Telecommunications Facilities regardless of the zoning district in which they are to be located. These general standards are to be supplemented with the specific regulations for nonresidential and residential districts as set forth in Sections 721.05 and 721.06 herein.
      (1)   When the proposed Wireless Telecommunications Facility or Antenna Support Structure is to include a new Tower, a plot plan at a scale of not less than one inch equals 100 feet shall be submitted. This plot plan shall indicate all building uses within 200 feet of the proposed facility. Aerial photos and/or renderings may augment the plot plan.
      (2)   A diagram or map showing the viewshed of proposed Wireless Telecommunications Facilities or Antenna Support Structure shall be provided.
      (3)   Photosimulations of the proposed facility from effected residential properties and public right-of-way at varying distances shall be provided.
      (4)   The location of the Tower and Equipment Shelter and Antenna Support Structure shall comply with all natural resource protection standards established in the Zoning Code, including those for floodplain, wetlands and steep slopes.
      (5)   Security fencing eight feet in height shall surround the Tower, Equipment Shelter and any guy wires, either completely or individually as determined by the Planning Commission. No barbed or razor wire shall be permitted in residential neighborhoods. The Village and co-locators shall have reasonable access. No fence shall be required on top of a building or other structure if access to the roof or top of the structure or building is secure.
      (6)   Buffer plantings may be located around the perimeter of the security fence as deemed appropriate by the Planning Commission. Options are an evergreen screen to be planted that consists of either a hedge, planted three feet on center maximum, or a row of evergreen trees planted five feet on center maximum or other screens determined to be appropriate by the Planning Commission.
      (7)   Existing vegetation (trees and shrubs) shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible.
      (8)   Compliance with co-location requirements.
      (9)   Any application to locate a Wireless Telecommunications Facility on a building or structure that is listed on an historic register, or is in a historic district, shall be subject to review by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
      (10)   The Tower shall be painted a non-contrasting gray or similar color minimizing its visibility, unless otherwise required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Except for Tower or Monopole structures, all appurtenances shall be aesthetically and architecturally compatible with the surrounding environment.
      (11)   No advertising is permitted anywhere on the Wireless Telecommunications Facility, with the exception of identification signage.
      (12)   No Tower under 150 feet shall be artificially lighted except to assure safety or as required by the FAA.
      (13)   "No Trespassing" signs shall be posted around the Wireless Telecommunications Facility with a telephone number of who to contact in the event of an emergency.
      (14)   Underground Equipment Shelters are encouraged, in residential districts, and may be requested by the Planning Commission.
      (15)   Towers must be designed and certified by an Engineer to be structurally sound and, at a minimum, in conformance with the Ohio Basic Building Code.
   (c)   Any Wireless Telecommunications Facilities which are not attached to a Tower shall be a permitted ancillary use to any commercial, industrial, professional, institutional, or multifamily structure, regardless of the zoning restrictions applicable to the zoning district where the structure is located and without having to obtain any prior authorization from the Village; provided that the Person making such ancillary use files a written certification with the Village
establishing the following:
      (1)   That the total height of the Antenna Support Structure and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities do not exceed the structural height limitations in the applicable zoning district set forth in the code by more than twenty (20) feet;
      (2)   That the Antenna Support Structure and Wireless Telecommunications Facilities comply with the Ohio Basic Building Code;
      (3)   That any Wireless Telecommunications Facilities and their appurtenances, located on the roof of a building, are set back one (1) foot from the edge of the roof, not including the penthouse, for each one (1) foot in height of the Wireless Telecommunications Facilities. However, this setback requirement shall not apply to antennas less than two (2) inches in thickness, which are mounted to the sides of Antenna Support Structures, but which do not protrude more than six (6) inches from the side of such an Antenna Support Structure. This requirement is subject to change by the Planning Commission upon review of the photosimulation provided in compliance with Section 721.04(b)(3).
      (4)   That the Wireless Telecommunications Facilities will utilize camouflaging techniques or will be side-mounted to an antenna Support Structure in order that the Wireless Telecommunications Facilities harmonize with the character and environment of the area in which they are located.
         (Ord. 98-013. Passed 5-6-98.)