Wireless telecommunications facilities that include towers are not permitted in single-family or two-family residential districts, with the exception of the placement on any property with an institutional use (e.g. a church, park, library, municipal/governmental building, facility or structure, hospital, school or utility) located in either of these two districts. However, antennas attached to existing buildings or structures are permitted. In applying for a permit in any residential district, the applicant must present substantial evidence as to why it is not technically feasible to locate such facilities in a more appropriate nonresidential zone. Once those efforts have been exhausted, a wireless telecommunications facility may be located in a residential district subject to the following conditions:
(a) Fully Automated Facility Required. The wireless telecommunications facility shall be fully automated and unattended on a daily basis and shall be visited only for periodic and necessary maintenance. This provision shall also apply to subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) hereof.
(b) Combined With a Nonresidential Use. An antenna may be attached to a nonresidential building, or to a structure that is a permitted use in the district, including, but not limited to, a church, a municipal or governmental building or facility, an agricultural building and a building or structure owned by a utility. The following conditions shall be met:
(1) The maximum height of an antenna shall be twenty-feet above the existing building or structure.
(2) If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate shelter, the shelter shall comply with the following:
A. The shelter shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the subject zoning district.
B. The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet or, if there is more than one, 750 square feet.
C. A buffer yard shall be planted in accordance with Section 1181.03(d).
D. Vehicular access to the shelter shall not interfere with parking or vehicular circulation on the site for the principal use.
(c) Located on a Nonresidential Property. A tower to support an antenna may be constructed on a property with a nonresidential use that is a permitted use within the district, including, but not limited to, a church, hospital, school, municipal or governmental building, facility or structure, an agricultural use and a utility use, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The tower shall be set back from any property line abutting a single- family or two-family residential lot by 300 feet.
(2) The maximum height of a tower or equipment shelter shall be as follows:
A. Tower: 200 feet (includes antenna).
B. Equipment shelter: Fifteen feet.
(3) The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet or, if there is more than one, 750 square feet.
(4) Vehicular access to the tower and equipment shall, whenever feasible, be provided along the circulation driveways of the existing use.
(5) In order to locate a telecommunications facility on a property that is vacant or with an agricultural use, the tract shall be at least 2.5 acres in size.
(d) Located on a Residential Building. An antenna for a wireless telecommunication facility may be attached to a mid-rise or high-rise apartment building subject to the following conditions:
(1) The maximum height shall be twenty feet above the existing building.
(2) If the applicant proposes to locate the telecommunications equipment in a separate shelter (not located in, or attached to, the building), the shelter shall comply with the following:
A. The shelter shall comply with the maximum setback requirements for the subject zoning district.
B. The maximum size of the equipment shelter shall be 300 square feet or, if there is more than one, 750 square feet.
C. A buffer yard shall be planted in accordance with Section 1181.03(d).
D. Vehicular access to the shelter shall, if at all possible, use the existing circulation system.
(e) Located in an Open Space or Park. A wireless telecommunications facility shall not be permitted on land that has been established as permanent open space or a park.
(Ord. 97-4. Passed 4-1-97.)