The applicant shall provide written documentation of any facilities sites in Dalton and in abutting towns in which it has a legal or equitable interest, whether by ownership, leasehold or otherwise. From each such facility site, it shall demonstrate with written documentation that these facility sites are not already providing, or do not have the potential by adjusting the site, to provide adequate coverage and/or adequate capacity to the Town of Dalton. The documentation shall include, for each facility site listed, the exact location (in longitude and latitude, to degrees, minutes and seconds), ground elevation, height of tower or structure, type of antennas, antenna gain, height of antennas on tower or structure, output frequency, number of channels, power input and maximum output per channel. Potential adjustments to these existing facility sites, including changes in antenna type, orientation, gain, height or power output shall be specified. Radial plots from each of these facility sites, as they exist, and with adjustments as above, shall be provided as part of the application.

The applicant shall demonstrate with written documentation that they have examined all facility sites located in the Town of Dalton and in abutting towns in which applicant has no legal or equitable interest, whether by ownership, leasehold or otherwise to determine whether those existing facility sites can be used to provide adequate coverage and/or adequate capacity to the Town of Dalton. The documentation shall include, for each facility site examined, the exact location (in longitude and latitude, to degrees, minutes and seconds), ground elevation, height of tower or structure, type of antennas proposed, proposed antenna gain, height of proposed antennas on tower or structure, proposed output frequency, proposed number of channels, proposed power input and proposed maximum power output per channel. Radial plots from each of these facility sites, as proposed, shall be provided as part of the application.

The applicant shall demonstrate with written documentation that they have analyzed the feasibility of repeaters in conjunction with all facility sites to provide adequate coverage and/or adequate capacity to the Town of Dalton. Radial plots of all repeaters considered for use in conjunction with these facility sites shall be provided as part of the application.

Copies of all submittals and showings pertaining to: FCC licensing; environmental impact statements; FAA notice of construction or alteration; aeronautical studies; and all data, assumptions and calculations relating to service coverage and power levels regardless of whether categorical exemption from routine environmental evaluation under the FCC rules is claimed.

Copies of all information submitted in compliance with requirements of Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 105 CMR 122, Fixed Facilities Which Generate Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range of 300 KHz to 100 GHz and Microwave Ovens, or any revisions thereof as the Department of Public Health may, by written notice, create.

The exact legal name, address or principal place of business and phone number of the applicant. If any applicant is not a natural person, it shall also give the state under which it was created or organized.

The name, title, address and phone number of the person to whom correspondence or communications in regard to the application are to be sent. Notices, orders and other papers may be served upon the person so named, and such service shall be deemed to be service upon the applicant.

The name, address, phone number and written consent to apply for this permit, of the owner of the property on which the proposed tower shall be located, or of the owner(s) of the tower or structure on which the proposed facility shall be located.

Details of proposed method of finance surety as required by the SPGA.

Required plans and engineering plans, prepared, stamped and signed by a professional engineer licensed to practice in Massachusetts. (Note: Survey plans should also be stamped and signed by a professional land surveyor registered in Massachusetts.) Plans shall be on sheets 24 inches by 36 inches, on as many sheets as necessary, and at scales which are no smaller (i.e., no less precise) than specified below, with each plan sheet containing a title block indicating the project title, sheet title, sheet number, date, revision dates, scale(s), and original seal and signature of the P.E. and other professionals who prepared the plan.

Location map: copy of a portion of the most recent USGS quadrangle map, at a scale of 1:25,000, and showing the area within at least two miles from the proposed tower site, indicating the tower location and the exact latitude and longitude (degrees, minutes and seconds).

Vicinity map: at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet (1:2,400) with contour intervals no greater than 10 feet (three meters) showing the entire vicinity within a two-thousand-foot radius of the tower site, including the topography, public and private roads and driveways, buildings and structures, bodies of water, wetlands, landscape features, historic sites, habitats for endangered species, and indicating the property lines of the proposed tower site parcel as well as the names of all abutters and abutters to all abutters within 300 feet of the tower site parcel (from Assessors maps or available surveys). Also, indicate any access easement(s) or right(s) of way needed for access from a public way to the tower, and the names of all abutters or property owners along the access easement or who have deeded rights to the easement.

Existing conditions plan: a recent survey of the tower site at a scale no smaller than one inch equals 40 feet (1:480 or metric equivalent 1:500) with topography drawn with minimum contour intervals of two feet (0.6 meter), showing existing utilities, property lines, existing buildings or structures, stone walls or fence lines, wooded areas, individual trees with diameters greater than 18 inches within a two-hundred-foot radius from the base of the proposed tower (labeled with their current heights). Show the boundary of any wetlands or floodplains or watercourses within 200 feet from the tower or any related facilities or access ways or appurtenances. The survey plan must have been completed by a Massachusetts licensed professional land surveyor within two years prior to the application date.

Proposed site plans: proposed facility site layout, grading and utilities at the same scales or larger than the existing conditions plan.

Proposed tower and appurtenances plan:

Proposed communications equipment shelter plan:

Site lines plan:

Balloon test: Within 35 days of submitting an application, applicant shall arrange to fly, or raise upon a temporary mast, a three-foot diameter brightly colored balloon at the maximum height and at the location of the proposed tower. The dates, (including a second date, in case of poor visibility on the initial date) times and location of this balloon test shall be advertised by the applicant at seven and 14 days in advance of the first test date, in a newspaper with a general circulation in the Town of Dalton. The applicant shall inform the SPGA and the Select Board, in writing, of the dates and times of the test, at least 14 days in advance. The balloon shall be flown for at least four consecutive hours sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of the dates chosen.

Location map: copy of a portion of the most recent USGS quadrangle map, at a scale of 1:25,000, and showing the area within at least two miles from the proposed facility site. Indicate the location of the proposed personal wireless service facility, or the facility undergoing major modification, and the exact latitude and longitude (degrees, minutes and seconds).

Proposed facility plan: a recent survey of the facility site at a scale no smaller than one inch equals 40 feet (1:480 or metric equivalent 1:500) showing:

Proposed communications equipment shelter:

Proposed equipment plan:

Closer than 1,500 feet, on a horizontal plane, to any structure, existing at the time of application, which is, or is able to be, occupied or habitable, on the property of any school (both public and private).

Closer than 750 feet, on a horizontal plane, to an existing dwelling unit, or, day-care center, hospital, nursing home, church, synagogue or other place of worship.

Massachusetts or federally regulated wetland;

A Massachusetts certified vernal pool;

The habitat of any state-listed rare or endangered wildlife or rare plant species;

Within 100 feet horizontally from any Massachusetts regulated wetland;

Within 200 feet horizontally of the Outer Riparian Zone measured horizontally from any river or perennial stream;

Within 500 feet horizontally from any Historic District or property listed or eligible to be listed on the state or Federal Register of Historic Places;

Within 500 feet horizontally from any archaeological site.

That applicant is not already providing adequate coverage and/or adequate capacity to the Town of Dalton; and

That applicant is not able to use existing towers/facility sites either with or without the use of repeaters to provide adequate coverage and/or adequate capacity to the Town of Dalton; and

That the applicant has agreed to rent or lease available space on the tower, under the terms of a fair-market lease, without discrimination to other personal wireless service providers; and

That proposed personal wireless service facility or tower will not have an undue adverse impact on historic resources, scenic views, residential property values, natural or man-made resources; and

That the applicant has agreed to implement all reasonable measures to mitigate the potential adverse impacts of the facilities; and

That the proposal shall comply with FCC Reg. 96-326 regarding emissions of electromagnetic radiation and that the required monitoring program is in place and shall be paid for by the applicant.

There shall be routine annual monitoring of emissions by the independent consultant using actual field measurement of radiation, utilizing the monitoring protocol. This monitoring shall measure levels of EMF radiation from the facility site's primary antennas as well as from repeaters (if any). A report of the monitoring results shall be prepared by the independent consultant and submitted to the SPGA, the Building Inspector, the Town Clerk, and the applicant.

Any major modification of existing facility, or the activation of any additional permitted channels, shall require new pre-testing and post-testing monitoring and evaluation.