(a) No telecommunications towers shall be placed in any zone designated residential under Part 12 of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Whitehouse.
(b) The Planning Commission of the Village of Whitehouse may grant exception for placement of telecommunications towers in designated residential areas, if technological necessity shall so require.
(c) Within areas that are technically feasible for telecommunications facilities, telecommunications facilities shall be situated in accordance with the following prioritization of location (with (1) being the most favored location):
Permitted Use
(1) Co-location
Conditional Use
(2) Governmental district
(3) Industrial district
(4) Commercial, business, or office district
(5) Agricultural district
(6) Residential district (if placed or constructed on institutional-use property, such as that of a church, library, government, hospital, utility, or school)
Prohibited Use
(7) Residential district (other than as described above)
(8) Historical district
(9) Recreation district
(10) Conservation district
In addition to all other applicable requirements of this legislation, applications to place, construct, or modify telecommunications facilities in a particular location must be accompanied by evidence demonstrating that locating such telecommunications facilities in more preferable locations (as depicted in the above priority list) is not technically feasible or practicable under the circumstances. If telecommunications facilities are to be constructed or placed on or in historic buildings or districts, the approval of the Village of Whitehouse Planning Commission is required.
(d) Siting of underground facilities shall require prior contact and notification to the Ohio Utility Protective Services (OUPS).
(Ord. 15-99. Passed 9-7-99.)