HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 22-01 - 5/8/2001 - AMEND RES NO 57-96RESOLUTION NO. 22-01
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 57-96 BY ESTABLISHING
AN AMENDED ANTENNA SITING POLICY FOR THE VILLAGE OF
ELK GROVE VILLAGE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook
and DuPage, State of Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Resolution No. 57-96 is hereby amended in
its entirety by establishing a new antenna siting policy which
policy is entitled:
VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
ANTENNA SITING POLICY
MAY 2001
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: 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 1
PASSED this 8th day of May 2001.
APPROVED this 8th day of May 2001.
Craig B. Johnson
Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann I. Walsh
Village Clerk
ResAntennaSitingPolicy.doc
VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE
ANTENNA SITING POLICY
MAY 2001
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS
The guidelines of this policy pertain to wireless telecommunications facilities for public
use including Cellular, PCS, Radio Transmission, Wireless Internet, Wireless E -Mail, Micro
Cell, and/or any other wireless telecommunications 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.
Except where strictly identified, wireless telecommunications antenna requests will
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 fee; 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
which will 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 of
Trustees.
In a select few locations, wireless telecommunications antenna requests will be treated as
a conditional use. The conditional uses only require staff review of the permit applications, the
submission of appropriate filing fees, and the issuance of a permit. No public hearings are
required under these circumstances. These select conditional use locations are identified under
the Favored Sites section of this policy.
After submitting an application for a wireless telecommunications 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
The Village recognizes that telecommunications carriers are interested in addressing the
following business concerns when proposing an antenna site:
a. The proposed site's ability to address market demand;
b. The proposed site's ability to provide adequate RF penetration based upon the capacity of
surrounding sites;
c. The proposed sites ability to accommodate future service growth;
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As a matter of public policy, the Village of Elk Grove is interested in the proposed
antenna's impact as follows:
a. impact upon aesthetics;
b. impact upon property values;
c, impact upon surrounding land uses;
d. impact upon public safety issues (such as fall zones should an antenna tower fall, support
weight of a roof should an antenna be installed on the roof, and similar
building/engineering/structural safety concerns); and,
e. The proposed site's impact upon existing public safety telecommunications or other
telecommunications of the municipality.
To balance the needs of telecommunications providers and the Village, the Village
requires the following General Guidelines to be met when siting an antenna:
1. The proposed antenna (transmitting and/or receiving station) shall be designed at the minimal
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.
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 favored as
an antenna location over any new service structure. As a condition of issuing a construction
permit, all new towers or poles shall be oversized to accommodate up to 3 additional carriers
in addition to the petitioner, for a total of 4 carriers.
3. The development of any tower or pole must 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;
b) Co -locating on existing wireless telecommunications 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 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
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f) Locating in a multifamily -zoned district where the applicant has minimized the intrusion
of the antenna into usable open space and existing clutter or obstructions cannot be
removed.
g) It is the policy of the Village to not approve or permit any telecommunications antenna in
a single-family residential zoned district, except for those utilizing microcell technology
with whip antennas not exceeding 18 inches in height or 3 inches in circumference, or
those located on publicly owned property. A Special Use Permit will be required to
locate any telecommunications antenna in or adjacent to a single-family residential zoned
district.
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 architectural designs or
landscapes, installing "stealth" towers that look like trees, and/or including plantings to
screen the antenna, tower, and associated equipment as much as practicable.
5. Prior to the issuance of any building permit, the Village shall determine that the new antenna
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.
7. If requested by the Village, the petitioner shall fund the services of a qualified Radio
Frequency (RF) Engineer or other qualified consultant(s) to be engaged by the Village for the
purpose of reviewing any plans or submissions of the petitioner for compliance with the
aforementioned general provisions or other related matters, and said petitioner shall agree to
fully cooperate with the qualified RF Engineer or other consultant with respect to providing
information and documents to effectuate said review to the satisfaction of the consultant.
8. Asa matter of policy, the Village will not permit wireless communication carriers to
construct lattice style towers.
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ATTACHED/ROOF MOUNTED CELLULAR AND PCS ANTENNA GUIDELINES
Antennas installed upon existing structures (excluding a tower specifically designed to
carry antennas such as a monopole or lattice tower) must also meet the following guidelines, in
addition to the aforementioned guidelines:
Fapade mounted antennas, wires, brackets, and other exposed areas attached to the building
or other structures shall be painted or otherwise treated to match the exterior of the building
or structure. Antennas mounted on the roof more than 3 feet from any exterior wall can be a
neutral color which will blend in with the skyline; and,
2. The placement of antennas shall not 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.
FAVORED SITES/LOCATIONS
Certain locations in the community lend themselves to the installation of antennas and
antenna structures. The Village has determined the areas listed below to be Favored Locations.
Favored locations do not require a Special Use Permit. Antenna installations are considered
conditional uses in these favored locations.
Favored Locations are designated as follows. Please consult with Section 3-4 of the
Zoning Ordinance for specific requirements:
1) Co -Location on any legally existing antenna tower including the installation of whip,
stick, or can shaped antennas on existing monopoles and/or lattice towers;
2) Installation on the roof -top or fagade of any building in the O -P Zoned District
(Northwest Point) as long as the antenna tower and associated structure does not
exceed 10 feet in height;
3) Installation on top of Alexian Brothers Medical Center (ABMC) Building at the
northeast intersection of Biesterfield Road and Beisner Road as long as the antenna
tower and associated structure does not exceed 10 feet in height;
4) Installation on Village owned property in the Village's I-2 Zoning District subject to
entering into a lease arrangment with the Village;
5) Installation on the Village's Hawthorne Lane or Pratt Boulevard Water Tower,
subject to Village Board approval of a lease agreement; and
6) Replacement and/or modification of an existing tower located in an I -I or I-2 Zoned
District but not to exceed 120 feet in height.
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DISFAVORED SITES
A telecommunications antenna and associated 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. In
addition, the Village shall engage a qualified RF Engineer to review the submission of the
petitioner, and the petitioner shall fund the services of the qualified RF Engineer.
The information to be submitted by the petitioner for the location of an antenna in a disfavored
location shall include all of the following (items a -f below):
a) Identify all publicly -utilized buildings, co -location sites, favored locations, or other
types of acceptable location sites (General Guidelines 3a to3g) within the carrier's
search ring area which would be served by the proposed antenna, including a Zoning
map at a scale of 1:600 showing the location of such buildings within the service
area;
b) Provide a study demonstrating that preferred sites are unavailable. This is required
before the Village will consider approving the siting of an antenna in a disfavored
location;
c) Provide a written statement demonstrating what good faith efforts were made to site
an antenna in preferred locations; explain how those efforts were unsuccessful; and
include information why each site was not technically, legally, or economically
feasible;
d) Provide a written statement indicating how and why the proposed site is essential to
meet demands in the geographic service area;
e) Provide evidence of lack of space on suitable existing towers to locate the proposed
antenna and of the lack of space on existing tower sites to construct a tower for the
proposed antenna. If co -location would ameliorate the visual impact than the addition
of a second tower, the petitioner must provide evidence as to why such co -location is
not being proposed; and,
I) Provide drawings to scale indicating how the antenna will be hidden, disguised, or
otherwise designed as a stealth structure in order to minimize visual impact.
A petition for installation of an antenna service structure, tower, or pole facility on a
municipally utilized 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
during the Special Use hearing. Co -location on existing monopoles is considered a Favored
Location for purposes of administering this policy.
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REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION
Each petitioner for a telecommunications 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.
A written facilities plan including a list of all petitioner's existing and future known cellular,
PCS, or other telecommunications transmission antennas within the corporate limits in the
next 5 years. The location of each antenna site must be presented on a map including the
type of antenna installation (stand alone, roof top, tower, 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, provide responses to the information
required under this policy for disfavored locations; and,
5. A completed petition for a Special Use Permit including the necessary filing fees. The
petition need not be submitted if the proposed antenna is located in a Favored Site. In that
event, the petitioner need only complete the necessary building/engineering permit to satisfy
this requirement.
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