(A) Upon receipt of a completed application for a small wireless facility permit and all required fees, the Borough Manager and/ or the borough's Engineer or his or her respective designee shall review the application to determine whether the proposed small wireless facilities and support structure or pole comply with the following design criteria:
(1) The structure on which antenna facilities are mounted:
(a) An existing utility pole, provided the installation does not extend more than five feet above the pole; or
(b) A new or replacement pole are not taller than 50 feet. Any height in excess of these limits shall require application to the Zoning Hearing Board for a variance.
(2) Each antenna associated with the deployment (excluding the associated equipment) may be no more than three cubic feet in volume; and
(3) All other equipment associated with the facility (excluding antennas) are cumulatively no more than 28 cubic feet in volume.
(B) The borough may adopt by resolution Small Wireless Facility Design Guidelines with objective, technically feasible criteria applied in a nondiscriminatory manner that reasonably match the aesthetics and character of the immediate area.
(1) The Small Wireless Facility Design Guidelines may include examples of small wireless facilities preferences including visual depictions (if readily available and identified by the borough).
(2) The provisions in this subchapter shall not limit or prohibit the borough's discretion to promulgate and make publicly available other information, materials or requirements in addition to, and separate from, Small Wireless Facility Design Guidelines, so long as the information, materials, or requirements do not conflict with state or federal law.
(C) All small wireless facilities and associated equipment within the public right-of-way shall be located such that it meets ADA requirements and does not hinder, obstruct or impede usual pedestrian and vehicular travel.
(D) The borough shall have authority to update or supplement the Small Wireless Facility Design Guidelines to address relevant changes in law, technology, or administrative processes.
(E) Wireless Support Structure Design Standards - General Guidance:
(1) Small wireless facilities equipment must be indistinguishable from the support pole or structure to the greatest degree possible using matching colors, textures, and materials. The antennas and related equipment shall be in a color that will provide the most camouflage.
(2) All wires, antennas, and other small wireless facility equipment shall be enclosed and not visible.
(3) Screening and equipment enclosures shall blend with or enhance the surrounding context in terms of scale, form, texture, materials, and color. Equipment shall be concealed as much as possible by blending into the natural and / or physical environment.
(4) Casing to enclose all wires, antennas, and other small wireless facility equipment may be mounted on top of existing and new poles in a cylindrical shape to look like an extension of the pole.
(5) Brand logos and other signage are prohibited on all small wireless facilities except contact information to be used by workers on or near the small wireless facilities and as otherwise required by federal or state law. Signage will be no larger than required to be legible from street level.
(6) As a condition for approval of new small wireless facilities or new wireless support structure in a historic district, the applicant shall comply, to the greatest extent possible, with the design and aesthetic standards of the historic district, or historic preservation standards in place, to minimize the negative impact to the aesthetics in these districts or areas.
(Ord. 03-2022, passed 4-11-2022)