The following requirements and regulations shall apply to all wireless telecommunications facilities located in the Municipality:
(a) Wireless telecommunications facilities are prohibited in residential districts.
(b) Wireless telecommunications facilities are permitted in any business, commercial, or industrial district subject to the following conditions:
(1) All wireless telecommunications towers must be of a monopole or lattice construction and must be painted a non-contrasting gray or similar color unless otherwise specifically required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA);
(2) All wireless telecommunications towers are prohibited from depicting any advertisements, signs, banners or other insignias;
(3) The wireless telecommunications tower shall not require any guy or guide wires;
(4) No wireless telecommunications tower shall exceed 200 feet in height from finished grade to the uppermost point of the tower or of any antennae or lightning rod attached thereto;
(5) All wireless telecommunications facilities shall be located at least 1,000 feet from the nearest residential district;
(6) The minimum setback for a telecommunications tower from any road, highway, street, alley or building and any adjacent property shall be the height of the tower plus an additional one hundred feet;
(7) The minimum setback for a telecommunications facility from any road, highway, street, alley or building and any adjacent property shall be 300 feet;
(8) Underground utilities to the site and from the facility to any service or ancillary structures shall be required;
(9) Equipment, mobile or immobile, not used in direct support of the wireless telecommunications facility shall not be parked or stored on the site or property except in connection with the repair or maintenance of the facility;
(10) All applicable FAA and FCC requirements, regulations, codes, etc., shall be met and complied with prior to construction of the wireless telecommunications facility and written evidence of the same shall be submitted to the Village, additionally, said compliance shall be maintained throughout the operation of the facility;
(11) The owner and operator, if different than the owner of the facility, shall provide a name and phone number to the Mayor, the Code Enforcement Officer and the Chief of Police of the individual and/or individuals who are to be contacted in the event of an emergency;
(12) No wireless telecommunications tower shall be lighted except as otherwise provided by the FAA or FCC. Security lighting around the telecommunications facility is permitted provided it is in accordance with all other Village Ordinances and laws of the State of Ohio;
(13) All wireless telecommunications facilities shall be surrounded by a fence at least eight feet in height;
(14) A comprehensive landscape plan of evergreen hedges or evergreen shrubs shall be planted around the security fencing to minimize the visual impact of the telecommunications facility and the existing trees and shrubs located at the facility shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible;
(15) All wireless telecommunications facilities shall be at least one mile from each and every other wireless telecommunications facility located within the Village.
(Ord. 2000-10. Passed 5-16-00; Ord. 2023-09. Passed 4-20-23.)