These regulations are established to provide for the construction and use of wireless telecommunication towers and facilities. The purpose of these regulations is to balance the competing interests created by the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law 104-104, and the interests of the Village in regulating wireless telecommunication towers and related facilities. Specifically, these regulations are intended to achieve the following purposes:
(a) To protect property values;
(b) To accommodate the need for wireless telecommunication facilities while regulating their location and number in the Village;
(c) To provide for and protect the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the Village;
(d) To minimize any adverse visual effects of wireless telecommunication facilities through careful design and screening;
(e) To promote collocation of wireless telecommunication facilities in order to decrease the number of towers in the Village; and,
(f) To maintain the aesthetic appearance of the Village.
(Ord. 2009-17. Passed 9-15-2009.)
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
(a) “Collocation.” The use of a wireless telecommunications facility by more than one wireless telecommunications provider.
(b) “Lattice tower.” A support structure constructed of vertical metal struts and cross braces forming a triangular or square structure which often tapers from the foundation to the top.
(c) “Monopole.” A support structure constructed of a single, self supporting hollow metal tube securely anchored to a foundation.
(d) “Open space.” Land devoted to conservation or recreational purposes and/or land designated by a municipality to remain undeveloped (may be specified on a zoning map).
(e) “Telecommunication.” The technology which enables information to be exchanged through the transmission of voice, video or data signals by means of electrical or electromagnetic systems.
(f) “Wireless telecommunications antenna.” The physical device through which electromagnetic, wireless telecommunications signals authorized by the Federal Communications Commission are transmitted or received. Antennas used by amateur radio operators are excluded from this definition.
(g) “Wireless telecommunications equipment shelter.” The structure in which the electronic receiving and relay equipment for a wireless telecommunications facility is housed.
(h) “Wireless telecommunications facility.” A facility consisting of the equipment and structures involved in receiving telecommunications or radio signals from a mobile radio communications source and transmitting those signals to a central switching computer which connects the mobile unit with the land based telephone lines.
(i) “Wireless telecommunications tower.” A structure intended to support equipment used to transmit and/or receive telecommunications signals including monopoles and guyed and lattice construction steel structures.
(Ord. 2009-17. Passed 9-15-2009.)
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