Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all towers and telecommunications facilities in the town.
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Stealth design required
All towers and telecommunications facilities except as provided in subsection 86-674(b)(4) in commercial and residential districts shall be of stealth design.
- Tower exterior finish
Towers not requiring FAA painting or marking shall be painted a neutral color. (A galvanized finish is considered a neutral color.)
Lighting
- Tower lighting restriction
Towers shall not be artificially lighted except as required by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Other
- Maximum equipment cabinet heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
small equipment cabinets located in or on the antenna support structure or on the ground immediately adjacent to a telecommunications facility, provided that they do not exceed 72 cubic feet above ground, and six feet in height.
- Maximum equipment cabinet size72 cuft
small equipment cabinets located in or on the antenna support structure or on the ground immediately adjacent to a telecommunications facility, provided that they do not exceed 72 cubic feet above ground, and six feet in height.
- Maximum stealth antenna protrusion24 in
Setback requirements shall not apply to stealth antennas which are mounted to the exterior of antenna support structures below the roof, but which do not protrude more than 24 inches from the side of such an antenna support structure
- Minimum antenna support structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for accessory useAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.30 ft
Any telecommunications facilities which are not attached to a tower may be permitted as an accessory use to any antenna support structure at least 30 feet tall
- Minimum paved parking spaces1 spaces
All parcels upon which towers are located must provide access during normal business hours to at least one paved vehicular parking space on site.
- Minimum landscaping screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
All landscaping on parcels containing towers, antenna support structures, or telecommunications facilities shall be designed to screen the tower, antenna support structure, and telecommunications facilities to a height of at least six feet from grade.
- Tower security required
All towers must be reasonably posted and secured to protect against trespassers.
- Tower separation from residences
Towers shall be separated from all residences irrespective of zoning classification by a minimum distance equal to the height of the proposed tower.
- Tower setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential districts (commercial/industrial)
When a tower is located in a commercial district or industrial district, the tower shall be located a distance at least equal to twice the height of the tower from any residential district.
- Tower setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. in residential districts
all towers in residential zoning districts shall be set back from all adjacent property lines a distance equal to the tower height.
From the ordinance
New towers shall not exceed a maximum height of 100 feet in any district unless the town council approves a special use permit authorizing a maximum height in excess of such limits.
Parking requirements
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