Sec. 58-599
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 10%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Telecommunications towers and antennas shall be located in the agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them., limited (A-1), rural residential RR, business (B-1) and industrial (M-1) districts of the county only and by special exception permit only.
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.199 ft
Towers shall not exceed 199 feet.
Lighting
- Tower lighting
Towers shall not be artificially lighted, unless required by the FAA or other applicable governing authority.
Other
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase for antenna on existing structure15 ft
The placement of an antenna on an existing structure such as a building, sign, light pole, water tank, or other free-standing nonresidential structure or existing municipal, utility or commercially owned tower or pole shall be permitted so long as the height of the tower or structure is not increased and the addition of said antenna shall not add more than 15 feet in height to said structure or tower.
- Tower color
Towers shall either maintain a galvanized steel finish or, subject to any applicable standards of FAA, be painted a neutral color.
- Landscaping buffer width for tower facilities10 ft
The standard buffer shall consist of a landscaped strip of at least ten feet wide outside the perimeter of the compound.
- Security fencing heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for towers6 ft
Towers shall be enclosed by security fencing not less than six feet in height and shall also be equipped with an appropriate anti-climbing device.
Setback
- Tower setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property boundaries100 pct of tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Towers must be set back 100 percent of the height of the tower from the boundaries of the property on which the tower is located.
- Tower setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from off-site residential structures200 pct of tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Towers must be set back a distance equal to 200 percent of the height of the tower from any off-site residential structure.
Signage
- Advertising on towers
No advertising of any type may be placed on the tower or accompanying facility unless as part of retrofitting a pre-existing sign structure.
From the ordinance
Telecommunications towers and antennas shall be located in the agricultural, limited (A-1), rural residential RR, business (B-1) and industrial (M-1) districts of the county only and by special exception permit only.