The purposes of this bylaw are as follows:
A.
To minimize adverse impacts of wireless communication facilities
on residential neighborhoods and the community;
B.
To encourage the shared use of facilities to reduce the need for
new facilities; and
C.
To limit the overall number and height of facilities to what is necessary
to serve the public.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A telecommunications facility that is disguised, hidden,
part of an existing or proposed structure, or placed within an existing
or proposed structure that is considered "camouflaged."
The use of a single mount on the ground by more than one
carrier (vertical collocation), and/or several mounts on an existing
structure by more than one carrier.
A monopole or lattice tower that is tied to the ground or
other surfaces by diagonal cables.
A type of mount that is self-supporting with multiple legs
and cross bracing of steel structure.
A single self-supporting vertical pole with below grade foundations.
An entity, licensed by the FCC, to provide telecommunications
services to individuals or institutions.
A monopole or lattice tower that is designed to support personal
wireless communication services transmission, receiving and relaying
antennas and equipment.
A telecommunications facility consisting of the structures,
including towers and antennas mounted on towers and buildings, equipment
and equipment shelters, accessory buildings or structures, and site
improvements, involved in sending and receiving telecommunications
or radio signals to a central switching computer which connects the
mobile unit with land-based or other telephone lines.
This article shall apply to reception and transmission facilities
for the purpose of personal wireless communication services. This
bylaw shall not apply to towers or antennas installed for use by a
federally licensed amateur radio operator.
Wireless communication facilities shall only be allowed after
the issuance of a special permit in accordance with the provisions
of M.G.L. ch. 40A, § 9, this bylaw and any rules and regulations
adopted hereunder. The Board of Appeals shall be the special permit
granting authority for wireless communication facilities.
A.
Lattice-style towers and similar facilities requiring more than one
leg or guy wires for support are prohibited.
B.
All structures associated with wireless communication facilities
shall be removed within one year of cessation of use.
C.
The tower height shall not exceed 100 feet measured from the base
of the tower to the highest point of the tower including anything
on it.
D.
All towers shall be set back from lot lines a minimum of the height
of the tower except where the tower abuts the right-of-way of Route
I-495 where the setbacks shall be the minimum permitted by the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
E.
No tower shall be located within two miles of another such tower.
F.
Any utilities servicing a tower shall be located underground.
G.
Lighting of wireless communication facilities shall be limited to
low level security lighting installed at or near ground level, except
for lighting required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
H.
Fencing shall be provided to control unauthorized access to the tower.
I.
The facility shall contain one sign no greater than one square foot
that provides the telephone number where the operator in charge can
be reached on a twenty-four-hour basis.
A special permit for a wireless communication facility shall
not be issued unless the special permit granting authority finds the
following:
A.
Existing or approved facilities cannot accommodate the applicant's
proposal.
B.
The facility has been designed to accommodate the maximum number
of providers but in no case less than three.
C.
The applicant has agreed to allow other service providers to co-locate
on the tower, now, or at any time in the future.
D.
The tower has been designed, using the best available technology,
to blend into the surrounding environment through the use of color,
camouflaging techniques, or other architectural treatments.
E.
The facility has been designed to minimize adverse visual impacts
on the abutters and the community as demonstrated by illustrations
and by a balloon test performed in accordance with any requirements
adopted by the Board of Appeals.
F.
The facility is sited in such a manner that it is screened, to the
maximum extent possible, from public view.
Before approving any special permit under this article, the
special permit granting authority may impose conditions, safeguards
and limitations to assure that the proposal is in harmony with the
general purpose and intent of this bylaw.
Prior to the issuance of a building permit the special permit
granting authority may require a performance guarantee to ensure compliance
with the plan and conditions set forth in their decision.
