[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lewisboro 2-17-1998 by L.L. No.
1-1998. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 8-17-2020 by L.L. No. 8-2020]
An Antenna Advisory Board is hereby created consisting of five members appointed by the Town Board to serve staggered five-year terms to review ongoing advancements in antenna, fiber-optic and other similar technology used for voice communication, data services and streaming, zoning ordinance compliance with Federal Communications Commission rulings, and offer recommendations on applications to construct antennas and subsequent amendments to and enforcement of this chapter. The creation of such Board shall be consistent with the following §§ 3-2 through 3-6.
The Town Board shall appoint an Antenna Advisory Board consisting
of five members and shall designate the Chairperson thereof. When
selecting candidates for the Antenna Advisory Board, the Town Board
shall weigh and consider geographical representation and endeavor
to ensure that membership is representative of the larger population
to the extent possible. In the absence of a Chairperson, the Antenna
Advisory Board may designate a member to serve as acting Chairperson.
In making such appointments, the Town Board may require Antenna Advisory
Board members to complete training and continuing education courses
to assure competency in the subject area. No person who is a member
of the Town Board shall be eligible for membership on such Antenna
Advisory Board.
The appointment of members to the Antenna Advisory Board shall
be for terms so fixed that one member's term shall expire at the end
of the calendar year in which such members were initially appointed.
The remaining members' terms shall be so fixed that one member's term
shall expire at the end of each year thereafter. At the expiration
of each original member's appointment, the reappointed or replacement
member shall be appointed for a five-year term.
If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term,
the Town Board shall appoint a new member for the unexpired term.
All meetings of the Antenna Advisory Board shall be held at
the call of the Chairperson and at such other times as such Board
may determine.
In addition to offering, upon request, suggestions regarding
implementation and enforcement of this chapter, the Antenna Advisory
Board shall publish at least once each year, in February, a summary
of the previous year's rulings and notices of proposed rule-making
by the Federal Communications Commission affecting the provisions
of this chapter or an indication of where such a summary may be obtained,
particularly those affecting municipalities within Westchester County,
including a list of previously proposed sites and all transmitting
antennas installed in the Town of Lewisboro during the prior year,
keyed to a map of the Town and illustrating the distribution of said
antennas, a list of all pending antenna applications and recommendations
to the Town Board regarding any necessary amendments to the Town's
Zoning Ordinance[1] as they may relate to this chapter.
