§ 185-205
Application requirements
All applications for permits to construct, install or erect cellular communications towers or equipment shelters, or to install, mount or erect cellular communications antenna arrays on existing buildings or on other alternate antenna support structures, shall be subject to the following:
- A. A building permit is required.
- B. An electrical permit is required.
- C. Payment of all permit and inspection fees.
- D. Proof of ownership of the land upon which a cellular communications tower, antenna array or equipment shelter is proposed to be constructed, installed, erected, mounted or attached or a copy of an appropriate easement, lease, or rental agreement.
- E. A scaled plan and a scaled elevation view and other supporting drawings and calculations, indicating color and other documentation; and showing the location and dimensions of the relevant cellular communications tower, cellular communications antenna array, equipment shelter and any and all other devices and attachments, including electrical wiring, cable, wire or other connective materials to and from the antennas to the equipment shelter, and to and from the equipment shelter to any existing or proposed wires, cables or other connective devices, including conduit and ducts, whether owned, operated or managed by the applicant, or by others, and a statement identifying the owner, operator or manager of any wires, cables or connective devices that enter or exist on or along any public street or right-of-way.
- F. The applicant shall supply a definition of the area of service and indicate the current coverage capacity. The applicant shall supply information showing that the proposed facility would provide the needed coverage and/or capacity. The applicant shall provide a map or maps, covering the entire Town and showing all existing, proposed or planned sites of such carrier, including alternative sites from which the needed coverage could also be provided, and indicating the zoning for all such sites.
- G. Should an existing structure not be utilized, the applicant shall provide evidence as to why such structure has not been utilized.
- H. The applicant shall indicate how the site will be designed to co-locate future carriers, and how many of such carriers can be technically accommodated. The application shall contain a statement that if the site will physically support co-location, any co-location applicant willing to sign a commercially reasonable lease shall be allowed to co-locate.
- I. The application shall provide photo simulations from multiple views or perspectives, showing the proposed appearance, to scale, of the tower or antenna array in the affected area.