Additional special use permit application requirements

Application requirements for telecommunications towers.

A.  An application for a special use permit or an application for development plan approval for a telecommunications tower shall include the following information:

1.   The equipment load carrying capacity for the telecommunication tower and the method by which the calculation was made.

2.   Evidence that the tower is designed to be as visually unobtrusive as possible given technical, engineering and other pertinent considerations;

3.   Evidence that the height proposed is the minimum height necessary to accommodate the proposed equipment and to service the area.

4.   Evidence that co-locations were considered and why those co-locations are inadequate. 

B.  For three continuous weeks before the public hearing, an applicant for a special use permit for a telecommunications tower shall fly a helium balloon at the proposed tower location and at the proposed tower height. The balloon shall be of sufficient size and color to be visible at a distance of one mile.   

(Ord. dated 10-7-97 (part); Ord. dated 8-23-22)