As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below:
ACCESSORY FACILITY
A building or structure that serves the principal use, which
is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the principal use, and
is located on the same lot as the principal use. Examples of such
facilities include transmission equipment and storage sheds.
ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE
Manmade trees, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles and
similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or
conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
ANTENNA
Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on
a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate
or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals,
radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications
signals or other communication signals.
FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration.
FCC
The Federal Communication Commission.
HEIGHT
When referring to a tower or other structure, the distance
measured from the finished mean grade of the parcel to the highest
point on the tower or other structure, including the base pad and
any antenna.
PREEXISTING TOWERS AND PREEXISTING ANTENNAS
Any tower or antenna for which a building permit or special
use permit has been properly issued prior to the effective date of
this article, including permitted towers or antennas that have not
yet been completed or constructed so long as such approved permit(s)
is current and unexpired, or any tower which is existing and has a
certificate of compliance.
TOWER
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily
for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone,
radio and similar communication purposes, including self-supporting
lattice towers, guyed towers or monopole towers. The term includes
radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier
towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures and
similar structures. The term includes the structure and any support
thereto.
An applicant must submit a site plan application to the Planning Board pursuant to the requirements of Article
X of this chapter. Such site plan application shall be submitted prior to any application for a special permit to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Any antenna or tower that is not operated for
a continuous period of 12 months shall be deemed abandoned. The owner
of such antenna or tower shall remove the same within 90 days of receipt
of notice from the village notifying the owner of such abandonment.
Failure to remove an abandoned antenna or tower within said 90 days
shall be grounds to remove the tower or antenna at the owner's expense.
In the event that two or more entities are using a single tower, this
provision shall not apply unless all uses cease with respect to such
tower.
Preexisting towers shall be permitted as they
presently exist. Routine maintenance (including replacement with a
new tower of like construction and height) shall be permitted on such
preexisting towers. New construction other than routine maintenance
of a preexisting tower shall comply with the requirements of this
article.