It is the purpose and intent of the Village to:
(a) Establish predetermined districts or zones of the number and shape and in the location considered best for the establishment of wireless communication facilities as special land uses, subject to conformance with applicable standards.
(b) Recognize that reasonable operation of a wireless communication system may require the establishment of a facility in a location which is not within one of the predetermined districts or zones. In such case, it has been determined that there will be greater adverse impact upon the neighborhood and/or area, and, consequently, more stringent standards and conditions should apply to the review, approval and use of such a facility.
(c) Ensure that wireless communication facilities are situated in appropriate locations and relationships to other land uses, structures and buildings, and to limit inappropriate physical and aesthetic overcrowding of land use activities and adverse impact upon existing population, transportation systems and other public services and facility needs by regulating and limiting the establishment, placement and manner of wireless communication facilities.
(d) Facilitate adequate and efficient provision of sites for wireless communication facilities.
(e) Promote the public health, safety and welfare.
(f) Provide for adequate public information about private plans for wireless communication facilities, and allow the Village to efficiently plan for the location of such facilities.
(g) Minimize the adverse impact of technological obsolescence of such facilities, including the timely removal of facilities.
(h) Minimize the adverse impact from the presence of relatively tall towers having low architectural and other aesthetic appeal to most persons, recognizing that the absence of regulation would result in a material impediment to the maintenance and promotion of property values, and further recognizing that this economic component is an important part of the public health, safety and welfare.
(i) Minimize the negative visual impact of wireless communication facilities on neighborhoods, community landmarks, historic sites and buildings, natural beauty areas and public rights-of-way. This contemplates the use of as few structures as is reasonably feasible, and the use of structures which are designed for compatibility, including the avoidance of lattice structures that are unnecessary, taking into consideration the purposes and intent of this section.
(Ord. 97-1-8. Passed 2-4-97.)