(a) A condition of every approval of a wireless communication facility shall be the adequate provision for removal of all or part of the facility by users and owners upon the occurrence of one or more of the following events:
(1) When the facility has not been used for 180 days or more. For purposes of this paragraph, the removal of antennas or other equipment from the facility, or the cessation of operations (transmission and/or reception of radio signals) shall be considered as the beginning of a period of nonuse.
(2) When six months has passed following the availability of new technology, at reasonable cost, which new technology permits the operation of the communication system without the requirement of the support structure.
(b) The situations in which removal of a facility is required, as set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) hereof, may be applied and limited to portions of a facility.
(c) Upon the occurrence of one or more of the events requiring removal, as specified in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) hereof, the property owner or person who had used the facility shall immediately apply, or secure the application, for any required demolition or removal permits, and immediately proceed with and complete the demolition/removal, restoring the site to the condition which existed prior to the construction of the facility.
(d) If the required removal of a facility or a portion thereof has not been lawfully completed within sixty days of the applicable deadline, and after at least thirty days written notice, the Village may remove or secure the removal of the facility or required portions thereof, with its actual cost and reasonable administrative charge to be drawn or collected from the security posted at the time application was made for establishing the facility.
(Ord. 97-1-8. Passed 2-4-97.)