Applicability

No communications antenna array or communications tower shall be erected, constructed, altered or maintained on any lot within the Town without complying with the terms of this article. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit or regulate any communications antenna and/or tower if used solely in the exercise of a governmental function.

• A. A communications antenna array shall be allowed as of right on any structure existing on December 10, 1997 (the date of passage of this amendment), within zones specified in the Zoning Use Matrix, provided that the height of such communications antenna array shall not exceed the height of such existing structure by more than 12 feet.

  Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

• B. A communications antenna array located on any structure, including a tower, constructed after December 10, 1997 (the date of passage of this amendment), shall be permitted as a special use permit use within the zones specified in the Zoning Use Matrix, provided that such new tower or structure shall not exceed 200 feet in height.

  Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

• C. A communications tower shall be permitted as a special use or permitted use within the zones so specified in the Zoning Use Matrix, provided that such new tower shall not exceed 200 feet in height.

  Editor's Note: The Use Matrix is included as an attachment to this chapter.

• D. This section shall not apply to any tower or antenna installation which is owned and operated by a federally licensed amateur radio station operator, which tower or antenna does not exceed 70 feet in height.