(a) A wireless communication facility with an antenna or antennas is permitted by special exception in any zoning district, if the facility and any equipment accessory to the facility is completely enclosed inside a steeple, dome, bell tower or other existing building feature, provided that the wireless communication facility is not the primary use on the property. A wireless communication facility with an antenna or antennas is permitted by special exception as a primary use in the IN-A Institutional District and the PA Parks District. A wireless communication facility with an antenna or antennas is permitted by special exception as an accessory use in the AR Apartment Residential District, provided that such wireless communication facility with an antenna or antennas is placed upon an existing structure. Any special exception authorized hereunder shall only be granted if the applicant shall otherwise comply with this chapter and the area and bulk regulations of the zoning district wherein the wireless communications facility is to be located, to the extent that such regulations are not inconsistent with this chapter and the applicant shall also comply with all applicable requirements of Chapter 1264 of this Zoning Code. Except to the extent permitted by special exception where completely enclosed inside a steeple, dome, bell tower or other existing building feature, a wireless communication facility with an antenna or antennas is not permitted in the RA Residential District, the RB Residential District, the RC Residential District, the TC Town Center District, the AL Alternate Residential District, the IN-B Institutional or the IN-C Commercial District.
(b) All other uses ancillary to the antenna or antennas and the wireless communications facility, including, but not limited to, a business office, mobile telephone switching office, maintenance depot, and vehicle storage area, are prohibited from the land site, unless otherwise permitted in the zoning district in which the land site is located.
(c) Satellite dishes and amateur radio antennas attached to existing buildings are a permitted use in all zoning districts.
(Ord. 919. Passed 7-14-97; Ord. 998. Passed 12-12-05; Ord. 1002. Passed 6-12-06; Ord. 1056. Passed 11-12-13; Ord. 1072. Passed 12-21-15.)