Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 4%
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Advertising prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on antenna
No advertising or signs shall be allowed on an antenna.
- Application requirements
Each applicant for a monopole or tower shall submit six copies of a scaled concept plan and a scaled elevation view and other supporting drawings, calculations, and other documentation, signed and sealed by appropriate licensed professionals, showing the location and dimensions of all improvements, including information concerning topography, radio frequency coverage, height and antenna location requirements, setbacks, ingress/egress, parking, fencing, landscaping, easements, adjacent uses, and other information deemed necessary to assess compliance with the regulations of this ordinance. Additionally, the applicant shall provide actual photographs of the site from designated relevant views that include a simulated photographic image of the proposed monopole or tower. The photograph with the simulated image shall include the foreground, the midground, and the background of the site. An engineering report, certifying that the proposed monopole or tower is compatible for collocation with a minimum of three compatible users including the primary user, must accompany the application.
- Maximum base station gross floor area750 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A base station shall not contain more than 750 square feet of gross floor area or be more than 12 feet in height.
- Maximum base station heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
A base station shall not contain more than 750 square feet of gross floor area or be more than 12 feet in height.
- Collocation demonstration required
No new legislative process facility shall be permitted unless the applicant demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the council that no existing monopole, tower, or other structure can accommodate the proposed antenna.
- Color finish
Monopoles or towers either shall maintain a galvanized steel finish or, subject to any applicable standards of the FCC or FAA, be painted a neutral color, unless an alternative camouflage is approved by the town council as part of the special use permit process.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of wireless support structures199 ft
The height of wireless support structures shall not exceed 199 feet, including antennas.
- Landscaping buffer width4 ft
The standard buffer shall consist of a landscaping strip of at least four feet wide outside the perimeter of the enclosure.
- Lighting prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. unless required
No signals, lights, or illumination shall be permitted on an antenna unless required by the FCC, FAA, or the Town of Vinton.
- Security fencing heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Monopoles or towers shall be enclosed by security fencing not less than six feet in height and shall be equipped with appropriate anticlimbing device.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from pavement/sidewalk in ROW40 ft
For wireless support structures in the public rights-of-way that are subject to the legislative process, the setback shall be 40 feet from the edge of the existing pavement or sidewalk, whichever is closer, and one-half the height of the support structure, including antennas if they extend beyond the top of the structure, from the nearest existing structure.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. half heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. from nearest structure
one-half the height of the support structure, including antennas if they extend beyond the top of the structure, from the nearest existing structure.
shall be permitted only upon approval of a special use permit by the town council
From the ordinance
A wireless support structure for a wireless facility that is not a small wireless facility, a small wireless facility support structure, a small wireless facility collocation, or an eligible facilities request, shall be permitted only upon approval of a special use permit by the town council...