The purpose of this section is to establish a district in which wireless communications services may be provided with minimal harm to the public health, safety and general welfare. Specifically, the Wireless Communications Services District has been created to:

See § 1.2.

The Wireless Communications Services District shall be located on all land owned by the Town of Hadley which is held in the care, custody, management and control of the Board of Selectmen and on all land located in the Local Business District, Business District and Industrial Districts. In all other districts of the Town, a wireless communications facility may be permitted, subject to the provisions of § 14.6, on buildings or structures in existence on May 1, 1997. The Wireless Communications Services District shall be construed as an overlay district with regard to said locations. All requirements of the underlying zoning district shall remain in full force and effect, except as may be specifically superseded herein.

As part of any application for a permit, applicants shall submit, as a minimum, the information required for commercial site plan approval, as set forth herein at Section VIII, as may be amended. Applicants shall also describe the capacity of the tower, including the number and types of antennas that it can accommodate and the basis for the calculation of capacity, and any accessory structures. All calculations shall be certified by, and bear the stamp or seal of, a professional engineer licensed in Massachusetts.

A wireless communications tower (including antennas and accessory structures, if any) may be erected in a Wireless Communications Services District upon the issuance of a special permit by the Planning Board pursuant to Section VI, subject to site plan approval as set forth herein at Section VIII, as may be amended (without exemption due to size of structure), and subject to all of the following conditions:

A wireless communications facility (other than a wireless communications tower) may be erected in a Wireless Communications Services District upon the issuance of a special permit by the Planning Board pursuant to Section VI, subject to site plan approval as set forth herein at Section VIII, as may be amended (without exemption due to size of structure), and subject to all of the following conditions:

All unused towers or parts thereof or accessory facilities and structures which have not been used for one year shall be dismantled and removed at the owner's expense. Prior to issuance of a building permit for a wireless communications tower, the applicant is required to post with the Town Treasurer a bond or other form of financial security acceptable to said Treasurer in an amount set by the Planning Board. The amount shall be suitable to cover demolition in the event that the Building Inspector condemns the tower (or parts thereof or accessory facilities and structures) or deems it unused for more than a year. The Building Inspector shall give the applicant 45 days' written notice in advance of any demolition action.

The following types of wireless communications towers are exempt from Section XIV:

In order to receive approval, all projects or uses must demonstrate compliance with the standards herein. Strict compliance with the requirements of these rules and regulations may be waived when, in the judgment of the Board, such action is in the public interest and not inconsistent with the Wireless Communications Services District Bylaw.