Any personal wireless facility or repeater which ceases to operate
for a period of one year shall be removed. "Cease to operate" is defined
as not performing the normal functions associated with the personal
wireless service facility or repeater and its equipment on a continuous
and ongoing basis for a period of one year. At the time of removal,
the facility or repeater site shall be remediated such that all personal
wireless service facility or repeater improvements which have ceased
to operate are removed. If all facilities on a tower have ceased to
operate, the tower shall also be removed, and the facility or repeater
site, including any access road(s) which lead to that facility or
repeater site from the main access road, shall be revegetated. If
all facility or repeater sites have ceased to operate, the owner(s)
of the last personal wireless service facility or repeater to leave
the site shall revegetate the access road(s) in its/their entirety.
Existing trees shall only be removed with the written permission of
the Code Enforcement Officer, and only is the Code Enforcement Officer
determines such removal of trees to be necessary to complete the required
removal of personal wireless service facility(ies) or repeater(s).
Any special permit granted under this chapter shall lapse if
the applicant fails to begin construction on the facility, tower and/or
repeater within a one-year period of said grant.