Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-26.1

Purpose.

[Ord. No. O-01-34 § 1; Ord. No. O-03-37 § 1]

The purpose of this section is to provide opportunities for the community to be served by personal wireless service facilities and establish general guidelines for the siting of the wireless communications towers and antennas while at the same time providing for an orderly development of the City and protecting the health, safety and general welfare of the residents and property owners. The goals of this section are to:

Preserve the character of the City of Bayonne and to serve the general purposes of the City of Bayonne Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and

Preserve the existing visual and aesthetic character of the City and its neighborhoods, as well as to minimize noise impacts generated by personal wireless service facilities; and

Provide locations for locating personal wireless service facilities; and

Protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impacts of towers and antennas; and

Encourage the location of appropriate wireless facilities upon existing structures in identified nonresidential areas such as Commercial, Light Industrial and Highway Commercial Zones; and

Minimize the total number of towers throughout the community; and

Encourage the use of appropriate and new technology so as to minimize adverse environmental, noise and visual impacts; and

Strongly encourage the joint use of new and existing tower sites as a primary option rather than construction of additional single-use towers; and

Encourage use of existing buildings, light and utility poles and/or towers, to the extent possible, where appropriate, as opposed to the construction of new towers in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal; and

Encourage users of towers and antennas to locate them, to the best extent possible, in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal; and

Encourage users of towers and antennas to configure them in a way that minimizes the adverse visual impact of the towers and antennas through careful design, siting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging techniques; and

Enhance the ability of the providers of telecommunications services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently; and

Require prompt removal of abandoned facilities; and

Preserve the aesthetic character of the City by encouraging creative and cooperative approaches to locating wireless communication facilities so that such facilities will be compatible with their surroundings; and

Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through engineering and careful siting of tower structures.

In furtherance of these goals, the City shall give due consideration to the Master Plan, Zoning Map, existing land uses and environmentally sensitive areas in approving sites of towers and antennas.

Bayonne City Zoning Code

§ 35-26.1

Purpose.

[Ord. No. O-01-34 § 1; Ord. No. O-03-37 § 1]

The purpose of this section is to provide opportunities for the community to be served by personal wireless service facilities and establish general guidelines for the siting of the wireless communications towers and antennas while at the same time providing for an orderly development of the City and protecting the health, safety and general welfare of the residents and property owners. The goals of this section are to:

Preserve the character of the City of Bayonne and to serve the general purposes of the City of Bayonne Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance; and

Preserve the existing visual and aesthetic character of the City and its neighborhoods, as well as to minimize noise impacts generated by personal wireless service facilities; and

Provide locations for locating personal wireless service facilities; and

Protect residential areas and land uses from potential adverse impacts of towers and antennas; and

Encourage the location of appropriate wireless facilities upon existing structures in identified nonresidential areas such as Commercial, Light Industrial and Highway Commercial Zones; and

Minimize the total number of towers throughout the community; and

Encourage the use of appropriate and new technology so as to minimize adverse environmental, noise and visual impacts; and

Strongly encourage the joint use of new and existing tower sites as a primary option rather than construction of additional single-use towers; and

Encourage use of existing buildings, light and utility poles and/or towers, to the extent possible, where appropriate, as opposed to the construction of new towers in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal; and

Encourage users of towers and antennas to locate them, to the best extent possible, in areas where the adverse impact on the community is minimal; and

Encourage users of towers and antennas to configure them in a way that minimizes the adverse visual impact of the towers and antennas through careful design, siting, landscape screening and innovative camouflaging techniques; and

Enhance the ability of the providers of telecommunications services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently; and

Require prompt removal of abandoned facilities; and

Preserve the aesthetic character of the City by encouraging creative and cooperative approaches to locating wireless communication facilities so that such facilities will be compatible with their surroundings; and

Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through engineering and careful siting of tower structures.

In furtherance of these goals, the City shall give due consideration to the Master Plan, Zoning Map, existing land uses and environmentally sensitive areas in approving sites of towers and antennas.