The Village of Liverpool recognizes the increased demand for
wireless communications transmitting facilities and the need for the
services they provide. Often these facilities require the construction
of a communications tower. The intent of this chapter is to protect
the Village's interest in siting towers in a manner consistent
with sound land use planning by minimizing visual effects of towers
through careful design, siting and vegetative screening, avoiding
potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure or falling
debris through engineering and careful siting of tower structures
and maximizing use of any new or existing tower and encouraging the
use of existing buildings and/or structures to reduce the number of
towers needed, while also allowing wireless service providers to meet
their technological and service objectives for the benefit of the
public.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
An accessory facility or structure serving or being used
in conjunction with a telecommunications facility or tower and located
on the same lot as the telecommunications facility or tower. Examples
of such structures include utility or transmission equipment, storage
sheds or cabinets.
ANTENNA
A system of electrical conductors that transmit or receive
radio frequency signals. Such signals shall include but not be limited
to radio, televisions, cellular, paging, PCS and microwave communications.
COLLOCATED ANTENNAS
Telecommunications facilities which utilize existing towers,
buildings or other structures for placement of antenna(s) and which
do not require construction of a new tower.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Towers and/or antennas and accessory structures used in connection
with the provision of cellular telephone service, personal communications
services (PCS), paging services, radio and television broadcast services
and similar broadcast services.
TOWER
A structure designed to support antennas. It includes, without
limit, freestanding towers, guyed towers, monopoles and similar structures
which employ camouflage technology.