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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 57-96 - 12/10/1996 - ANTENNA SITING POLICY ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 57-96 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE ANTENNA SITING POLICY NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees of the village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DUPage, State of Illinois as follows: Section 1: That the Village President and Board of Trustees do hereby adopt the document entitled: VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE ANTENNA SITING POLICY CELLULAR AND PERSONAL COMll=ICATIONS SERVICES (PCS) ANTENNAS a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof as if fully set forth. Section 2: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law. VOTE: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 PASSED this 10th _ day of December 1996. APPROVED this 10th day of December 1996. Dennis J. Gallitano Village President ATTEST: Patricia S. Smith Village Clerk VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE ANTENNA SITING POLICY CELLULAR AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (PCS) ANTENNAS The guidelines of this policy pertain to wireless telecommunications facilities for public use including Cellular, PCS, and any other wireless technology. The guidelines contained herein are to provide general direction on the siting of wireless telecommunications facilities. Village Zoning, Building, and Telecommunications Ordinances will dictate the actual construction and siting laws of the Village of Elk Grove. All cellular and PCS antennas require a Special Use Permit in all zoning districts. The process for acquiring a Special Use Permit includes the following: Submission of the appropriate application and filing fees; staff review and comment; Village Board authorization for the Plan Commission to hold a public hearing; a public hearing and any additional meetings necessary before the Plan Commission to make a recommendation to the Village Board; and Village Board consideration of the Plan Commission's findings on the Special Use Permit petition. If approved, Special Use Permits and associated conditions are granted by an Ordinance adopted by the Village Board. After submitting an application for a cellular or PCS antenna, Village Staff will review it for compliance with Village codes and policies. In addition, the Plan Commission will consider the following guidelines during their deliberations on the petition for a Special Use Permit: GENERAL GUIDELINES 1. The proposed antenna (transmitting and/or receiving station) shall be designed at the minimum functional height. Such height shall not exceed the height in the applicable zoning district unless so located as to be unintrusive to residential districts. Antennas exceeding the height limitation in any zoning district will require a variation considered through the public hearing process before the Plan Commission for the issuance of the Special Use Permit. 2. The development of additional antennas, towers, or structures needs to be accomplished with an objective of co-locating multiple service providers on the new structure. Any existing site on which a legal wireless telecommunications facility is currently located shall be preferred as an antenna location over any new service structure. 3. The development of any tower or pole should ensure the minimization of visual obstructions by utilizing the following siting; standards in order of preference: a) Locating on existing public buildings, structures, towers, utilities, or property including water towers, police or fire structures, or other public property; . Z b) Co-locating on existing cellular or PCS antennas, towers, or structures; c) Locating in industrial, commercial, or office zoned districts where existing visual obstructions or clutter will be removed as part of the installation of the cellular or PCS antenna structure; d) Locating in industrial, commercial, or office zoned districts where existing visual obstructions or clutter cannot be removed; e) Locating in multifamily zoned districts where existing visual obstructions or clutter can be removed and where the applicant has minimized the intrusion of the antenna into usable open space; and/or f) Locating in multifamily zoned districts where the applicant has minimized the intrusion of the antenna into usable open space and existing clutter or obstructions cannot be removed. 4. The petitioner must take steps to minimize the impact of the antenna structure, in addition to the aforementioned, by blending, or buffering the structure into the surrounding area. Such blending or buffering may include painting the tower or antenna, reducing antenna size, collaring antennas, creatively implementing the tower into existing designs or landscapes, and/or including plantings to screen the tower and associated equipment as much as practicable. 5. Prior to the issuance of any building permit, the Village shall determine that the new cellular or PCS station will not interfere with any Village Communication system. In addition, the petitioner must demonstrate that the proposed tower will not interfere with existing residential or commercial applications. If any interference is reported, the petitioner will investigate the cause and take actions to remedy the interference if their equipment is at fault. 6. All special use permits will be issued subject to the requirement that all equipment and structures must be removed upon the termination of the permanent use of the facilities at that location. ATTACHED/ROOF MOUNTED CELLULAR AND PCS ANTENNA GUIDELINES The location of the antenna requires a Special Use Permit as presented previously. However, in addition to the aforementioned General Guidelines, the following conditions must be met: 1. Roof mounted antennas attached to the building or other structures should be painted or otherwise treated to match the exterior of the building; and, 2 2. The placement of antennas shall riot extend more than the lessor of 10 feet above the top of the building or the allowable height of structures in the applicable zoning district. Equipment shelters, structures and antennas are otherwise subject to the placement of accessory structures as regulated by the Village's Zoning Ordinance. DISFAVORED SITES Cellular and PCS service structures located in or adjacent to single family attached or detached zoned districts are disfavored sites. The petitioner for these sites must provide additional information for consideration by the Plan Commission in these areas including: a) what publicly used buildings, co-location sites, or other preferred locations are within the geographic service area; b) show that good faith efforts and measures were taken to secure these preferred locations; c) explain why such efforts were unsuccessful; d) demonstrate that the location for the site is essential to meet the demands in the geographic service area. A petition for installation of a cellular or PCS service facility on a municipally used structure or property shall not be considered a disfavored site and need not satisfy the aforementioned justification conditions unless so requested by the Plan Commission. REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION Each petitioner for a cellular or PCS service facility shall provide a letter addressed to the Village Manager with the following information. Applications are to be submitted to the Village Clerk for distribution to the Village Manager's Office. 1. A written facilities plan including a list of all existing and future known cellular facilities within the Village corporate limits in the next five years. The location of each cell site should be presented on a map including the type of antennae installation (stand alone, roof top, tower height, etc.), the radio frequency range, and Megahertz of each existing and planned structure; 2. How the proposed facility falls within the policy guidelines established herein; 3. The location of any accessory structures for the facility; 4. If the facility is located within a disfavored location, the information required under this policy for disfavored locations; and, 5. A completed petition for a Special Use Permit including the necessary filing fees. 3