Preserve the authority of the Village of Norwood to regulate and to provide for reasonable opportunity for the siting of telecommunications facilities, by enhancing the ability of providers of telecommunications services to provide such services to the community quickly, effectively and efficiently.

Reduce adverse impacts such facilities may create, including but not limited to impacts on aesthetics, environmentally sensitive areas, historically significant locations, flight corridors, health and safety by injurious accidents to person and property and prosperity through protection of property values.

Provide for collocation and minimal impact siting options through an assessment of technology, current locational options, future available locations, innovative siting techniques and siting possibilities beyond the political jurisdiction of the Village.

Permit the construction of new towers only where all other reasonable opportunities have been exhausted and to encourage the users of towers and antennas to configure them in a way that minimizes the adverse visual impact of the towers and antennas.

Require cooperation and collocation, to the highest extent possible, between competitors in order to reduce cumulative negative impacts upon the Village.

Provide constant maintenance and safety inspections for any and all facilities.

Provide for the removal of abandoned facilities that are no longer inspected for safety concerns and Code compliance and provide a mechanism for the Village of Norwood to remove these abandoned towers to protect the citizens from imminent harm and danger.

Provide for the removal or upgrade of facilities that are technologically outdated.

General. The principal and secondary uses listed in this section are deemed to be uses permitted by special exception, subject to Article IV, Permitted Special Uses, of this chapter. In addition, all such uses must comply with other applicable laws and regulations of the Village of Norwood (including site plan review). Subject to this article, an applicant who successfully obtains permission to site under this article as a second and permitted use may construct telecommunications facilities in addition to the existing permitted use. Antennas and towers may be considered either principal or secondary uses. A different existing use or an existing structure on the same lot shall not preclude the installation of an antenna or tower on such lot. For purposes of determining whether the installation of a tower or antenna complies with district development regulations, including but not limited to setback requirements, lot coverage requirements and other such requirements, the dimensions of the entire lot shall control, even though the antennas or towers may be located on leased parcels within such lots. Towers that are constructed and antennas that are installed in accordance with the provisions of this article shall not be deemed to constitute the expansion of a nonconforming use or structure, nor shall such facilities be deemed to be an accessory use.

Height requirements. These requirements and limitations shall preempt all other height limitations as required by this Zoning Chapter and shall apply only to telecommunications facilities. These height requirements may be waived through the conditional use permit process only if the intent of this article is preserved (e.g., where a two-hundred-foot tower would not increase adverse impacts but provide a greater opportunity for collocation).

Public property. Antennas or towers located on property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Village may be exempt from the requirements of this article.

Amateur radios; receive-only antennas. This article shall not govern any tower or the installation of any antenna that is under 70 feet in height and is owned and operated by a federally licensed amateur radio station operator or is used exclusively for receive-only antennas.

Essential services and public utilities. Telecommunications facilities shall not be considered infrastructure, essential services or public utilities, as defined or used elsewhere in the Village's laws and regulations. Siting for telecommunications facilities is a use of land and is addressed by this article.

Aesthetics and lighting. The guidelines in this Subsection A shall govern the location of all towers and the installation of all antennas.

Federal requirements. All towers must meet or exceed current standards and regulations of the FAA, FCC and any other agency of the federal government with the authority to regulate towers and antennas. If such standards and regulations are changed, then the owners of the towers and antennas governed by this article shall bring such towers and antennas into compliance with such revised standards and regulations within six months of the effective date of such standards and regulations, unless a more stringent compliance schedule is mandated by the controlling federal agency. Failure to bring towers and antennas into compliance with such revised standards and regulations shall constitute grounds for the removal, in accordance with § 200-88, of the tower or antenna, as abandoned, at the owner's expense through the execution of the posted security.

Building codes; safety standards. To ensure the structural integrity of towers and antennas, the owner of a tower shall ensure that it is maintained in compliance with standards contained in applicable local building codes and the applicable standards for towers that are published by the Electronic Industries Association, as amended from time to time. If, upon inspection, the Village concludes that a tower fails to comply with such codes and standards and constitutes a danger to persons or property, then, upon notice being provided to the owner of the tower, the owner shall have 30 days to bring such tower into compliance with such standards. If the owner fails to bring such tower into compliance within 30 days, such action shall constitute an abandonment and grounds for the removal, in accordance with § 200-88, of the tower or antenna, as abandoned, at the owner's expense through execution of the posted security.

Additional requirements for telecommunications facilities. These requirements shall supersede any and all other applicable standards found elsewhere in Village laws or regulations that are less strict.

General. All applications under this article shall apply to the Planning Board as a use permitted by special exception, in accordance with Article IV, Permitted Special Uses, of this chapter. In addition, applications under this article shall also be required to submit the information provided for in this section.

Issuance of permits.

Information required. Each applicant requesting a conditional use permit under this article shall submit a scaled plan in accordance with the site plan review regulations and further information including: a scaled elevation view, topography, radio frequency coverage, tower height requirements, setbacks, drives, parking, fencing, landscaping, adjacent uses (up to 220 feet away) and any other information deemed necessary by the Planning Board to assess compliance with this article. Furthermore, the applicant shall submit the following prior to any approval by the Board: