Wireless Telecommunications Facilities - General Requirements
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- No artificial lighting unless required by FAA
Antenna support structures shall not be artificially lighted, unless required by the FAA or other regulatory authority.
Other
- Abandonment after 6 months of non-operation6 months
Any component of a telecommunications facility that is not operated for a continuous period of six (6) months shall be considered abandoned
- No advertising on facility
No advertising of any type may be placed on the antenna support structure or other components comprising the wireless telecommunications facility.
- Balloon test required for towers over 100 ft100 ft
A balloon test shall be conducted prior to the public hearing before the board of supervisors for any telecommunications tower that exceeds one hundred (100) feet in height.
- Landscaping buffer screen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Plant material shall be designed to screen the facility to a height of at least six (6) feet above ground level.
- Security fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Wireless telecommunications facilities shall be enclosed by security fencing not less than six (6) feet in height
- Notification to nearby resources within 1 mile1 mile
If the proposed wireless telecommunications facility is located within one (1) mile of a national or state forest, national or state park, wildlife management area, or known historic or cultural resource site, then the zoning administrator shall notify that entity in writing.
- Removal within 90 days of notice90 days
shall be removed by the owner or operator of such component within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from off-site habitable structures150 pct of structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
a distance equal to one hundred fifty (150) percent of the height of the structure from any off-site structures used for human habitation.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent property lines110 pct of structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Antenna support structures shall be set back a distance equal to one hundred ten (110) percent of the height of the structure from all adjacent property lines
Signage
- Maximum sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet in size
From the ordinance
In all zoning districts, wireless telecommunications systems shall meet the following: