HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1746 (2)d) Towers shall be no closer than five hundred fi"l font any existing residential dwelling excluding aqv
dwelbngs located on the sane parcel as the tower.
g) T'awerr with a height greater than one Modred-flfry,1150) feet shall be catstructell to permit the capalobty
for the co -location of additional provider antennas a.s follows:
151 feet to 100feet - nvo additional anterma,
201 Jeer to 250 feet - three additional anrennas
151 feet to 300 feet- four additional antennas
301 feet to 350 feet - five additional antennas
h) The applicantshall be required to provide written documentation.showing that no proposed tmverhes a itMu
a one to thirty run to rise ratio from the nearest point of the nwrest runway of a private airstrip or airport registered
with the FAA.
it No business sighs, billboard, or other advertising shall be installed on a tower, nor shall any tower be
painted or have a color considered obnoxious or offensive.
n) Notice shall be provided to the planning department when any telecommunication tower is placed out of
service. Towers not used for a period of six(6) months or more shall be removed by the owner within one hundred and
twenty (120) days of receipt of norifcation to that effect. The applicant shall also provide the County with written
documentation substantiating that the applicant has and will sustain the financial ability to disassemble and remove
the tower once no longer in operation.
s) The applicant shall be required to provide written documentation stating that it is not viable to co -locate
an existing facilities within the coverage area, Facilities include: other towers, elevated tanks, electrical transmission
lines and other structures.
i) The applicant shall provide the County with proof of liability insurance which protects against losses due
to personal injury or property damage resulting from the construction or collapse of the tower, antenna, or accessory
equipment. Such proufshall be supplied to the County by the applicant at the time ofapplicatum,
u) The applicant shall provide to theplanning department an inventory of its existing antennas and towers that
are either within the jurisdiction of the county or within three (3) miles of the border thereof, including specific
information about the location, height. and design type of each tower and antenna. The applicant shallalso provide
an inventory of potential future tower sites within the jurisdiction of the county. The planning department may share
such information with other applicants: however, that by sharing this information, it is not in any way representing or
warranting that such sites are available or suitable.
Also, on pageone ofthe draft thedefinition for Wireless Telecommunication Towers and Facilities be amended
by: Deleting the last sentence that pertained to Ham radio towers.
MOTION by Commissioner Boone to enact the Wireless Telecommunication Towers &
Facilities amendments as suggested by the planning staff and to use the #2 option for item c (one-
half mile radius .... ).
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
The revised ordinance will now read as follows:
Wireless Telecommunication Towers & Facilities:
A structure or structures, including accessory facilities required to house maintenance equipment,
designed to support antenna used for transmitting and receiving telecommunication transmissions.
This includes but is not limited to facilities associated with all fors of digital telecommunications,
analog telecommunications, personal communication systems (PCS), and cellular telecommunication
services. This does not include radio and television broadcast towers.
A locations: Moving information from place to place in the for of continuous
electrical signals. Analog is the form of information that comes out of an ordinary voice telephone,
or from a modem into a telephone line.
Cel lar Cervices: A telecommunications service that permits customers to use wireless, mobile
telephones to connect, via low-power radio transmitter sites called cell sites, either to the public
switched network (regular telephone) or to other mobile cellular phones.