Additional standards for special use permits

In addition to the standards set forth in § 400-9 of this chapter, the Zoning Board of Review shall consider the following factors in determining whether to issue a special use permit, and shall make positive findings of fact thereupon:

• A. Have all available co-location operations on existing towers been exhausted?
• B. The height of any proposed tower and its proximity to residential structures.
• C. The nature of the uses of the neighboring properties.
• D. The surrounding topography, tree coverage and other natural elements of the landscape of the proposed site and adjacent properties.
• E. Those design characteristics that reduce or eliminate adverse impacts on the community, including type (guyed tower, lattice tower or monopole) or tower or antenna array, color of tower or antenna array, and overall visual obtrusiveness.