The following provisions apply to all satellite dishes, antennas,
antenna support structures, and cellular communications towers.
The purposes of this article are:
A. To accommodate the need for satellite dishes, antennas and cellular
communications towers while regulating their location and number in
the Borough.
B. To minimize adverse visual effects of satellite dishes, antennas
and antenna support structures through proper design, siting and vegetative
screening.
C. To avoid potential damage to persons and adjacent properties from
satellite dish and antenna support structure failure and falling ice
through engineering and proper siting of satellite dishes and antenna
support structures.
D. The encourage the joint use of any new antenna support structures;
to reduce the number of such structures needed in the future.
E. To limit potential exposure to or interference from nonionizing electromagnetic
radiation emitted from satellite dishes or antennas.
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply:
ACCESSORY USE
A use subordinate to the principal use of land or a building
or other structure on a lot and customarily incidental thereto.
ANTENNA HEIGHT
The vertical distance measured from the base of the antenna
support structure at grade to the highest point of the structure.
If the support structure is on a sloped grade, then the average between
the highest and lowest grades shall be used in calculating the antenna
height. If the antenna or satellite dish is mounted on the roof of
a house or other building, the height shall be measured from the peak
of the roof to the top of the antenna or satellite dish.
ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Any pole, telescoping mast, tower, tripod, or any other structure
which supports a device used in the transmitting or receiving of radio
frequency energy.
CELL SITE
A tract or parcel of land that contains the cellular communication
antenna, its support structure, accessory building(s), and parking,
and may include other uses associated with and ancillary to cellular
communication transmission.
SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA
A structure consisting of three main components [the concave
dish, a low-noise amplifier (LNA), and a receiver] that is designed
to receive television broadcasts relayed by microwave signals from
communications satellites orbiting earth. Satellite dish antennas
serve only the needs of the occupants of a single building or a single
development, except when used as a master dish for a cable television
franchise.
TRANSMISSION TOWERS AND/OR ANTENNAS, AND ACCESSORY FACILITIES
A structure principally intended to transmit or receive broadcast
signals [monitoring electromagnetic radiation (NIER)] for either private
communications for the users of the site of the source or for use
by the general population, on or off site. Accessory facilities include
transmitting and other equipment needed to send or receive transmissions,
but does not include offices, long-term vehicle storage, other outdoor
storage or broadcast studios, except for emergency purposes.