It is the purpose of this article to provide specific zoning conditions and standards for the location and operation of cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and other personal communication services and/or television communication within the Township which, while acknowledging that there are inherent benefits derived from the construction and operation of such antennas, also recognize the need to safeguard the public good and preserve the intent and the purposes of the Township zone plan.

The overall objective of this article is to enable the location of the necessary antennas within the Township in order to provide full cellular communication services while, at the same time, limiting the number of supporting towers to the fewest possible. Therefore, since it is recognized that a number of service carriers have the right to provide cellular communication service within the Township, it is also an objective of this section that many of the different carriers collocate their antennas on the same tower in order to limit the overall number of towers with the Township to the fewest possible.

In order to provide evidence that the proposed location of the proposed antennas, and any proposed supporting tower and ancillary building enclosing related electronic equipment, have been planned to result in the fewest number of tower locations within the Township at the time full service is provided by the applicant throughout the Township, the applicant shall provide an overall comprehensive plan indicating how it intends to provide full service throughout the Township and, to the greatest extent reasonably possible, shall indicate how its plan specifically relates to and is coordinated with the needs of all other providers of cellular communication services within the Township. Essentially and summarily, the overall comprehensive plan shall indicate the following:

If needed in accordance with an overall comprehensive plan for the provision of cellular communication services within the Township utilizing the fewest number of towers as possible, cellular antennas for telephone, radio, paging and/or television communication shall be permitted at the following prioritized locations:

The height of any proposed antenna and any proposed new tower shall be demonstrated by the applicant to be the maximum height necessary for the proposed installation to satisfactorily operate and provide for collocations.

The applicant shall provide a performance bond and/or other assurances satisfactory to the Land Development Board and in a form approved by the Township Attorney that will cause the antennas, the supporting tower, the ancillary building enclosing related electronic equipment and all other related improvements to the land to be removed, at no cost to the Township, when the antennas are no longer operative.

All other applicable requirements of this article not to the contrary to the specific conditions and standards specified herein shall be met, but waivers and/or variances of such other applicable requirements of this article may be granted by the Land Development Board.