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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 193', '§ 239', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193', '§ 193']

Village of New Hyde Park, NY Wireless Telecommunications Towers and Facilities
Conflicts (repeal of local laws).
Hyde Park 11-8-2001 by L.L. No. 5-2001.
Architectural and preliminary site review — See Ch. 6.
Chapter 193: Wireless Telecommunications Towers and Facilities
and balanced regulations for the siting and screening of personal services
antennas, towers, and accessory structures. The establishment of such regulations
is to accommodate the growth of such systems within the Incorporated Village
of New Hyde Park (hereinafter referred to as the "Village"). Such regulations
will further serve to protect the public against any adverse impacts on aesthetic
resources. Additionally, the regulations will eliminate potential damage to
adjacent properties from tower failure through structural standards and setback
requirements. Finally, the regulations set forth in this chapter will reduce
the number of towers needed to service the community by maximizing the use
of existing towers and structures.
the health, safety, and welfare of the public, while at the same time not
unreasonably interfering with the development of the competitive wireless
telecommunications marketplace in the Village. Specifically, this chapter
(2) Protect residential areas and land uses from potential
adverse impacts of towers and telecommunications facilities;
frequency (RF) emissions from telecommunications facilities; and
(2) The regulation of radio signal interference among users
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the
such parcel of land. "Application" includes all written documentation, verbal
compatibility with adjacent land uses, including, but not limited to, architecturally
A. Any cables, wires, lines, wave guides, antennas, and any other equipment
(1) Any satellite earth station antenna two meters in diameter or less which
(2) Any satellite earth station antenna one meter or less in diameter, regardless
to and incidental to the proposed antenna, tower or accessory structures.
C. A special use permit issued by the Board of Trustees shall be effective for a period of two years, which shall be renewable thereafter upon reapplication by the applicant and the payment of the fee referenced here in § 193-29.
a decision within 40 days after the hearing. A hearing shall not be deemed
complete until all compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review
Act (SEQRA), General Municipal Law § 239-m and all other applicable
laws shall have been fulfilled. Any denial of a permit under this chapter
shall be in writing and shall be supported by substantial evidence.
A. Towers are exempt from the maximum height restrictions of the districts where located. Towers shall be permitted to a height of 150 feet above the ground upon which the antenna is placed. Towers may be permitted in excess of 150 feet in accordance with § 193-21, Criteria for site plan development modifications.
radius of the proposed new tower site, including Village-owned property.
collocate the applicant's telecommunications facilities on Village-owned
towers or usable antenna support structures located within a one-half-mile
radius of the proposed tower site.
(7) Written technical evidence from an engineer that the
proposed tower or telecommunications facilities cannot be installed or collocated
on another person's tower or usable antenna support structures owned
by other persons located within a one-half-mile radius of the proposed tower
(9) Written technical evidence from an engineer that the proposed structure meets the standards set forth in § 193-9, Structural requirements, of this chapter.
regulations pertaining to nonionizing radiation and other health hazards related
to such facilities. In order to provide information to its citizens, the Village
shall make available, upon request, copies of ongoing FCC information and
RF emission standards for telecommunications facilities transmitting from
towers or antenna support structures. Applicants shall be required to submit
facilities and demonstrate how this meets FCC standards. Applicants shall
submit evidence of compliance with FCC standards on a yearly basis to the
Village. If new, more restrictive standards are adopted, the antennas shall
be made to comply or continued operations may be restricted by the Board of
Trustees. The cost of verification of compliance shall be borne by the owner
and operator of the tower.
(13) A cash deposit or bond from a surety company that is
an admitted carrier in the State of New York and has a Best's rating
of B- or better, or a Best's rating of 4 or better.
(a) The cash deposit or bond must be in an amount set by
the Board of Trustees equal to 200% of the estimated cost of removing any
telecommunications facility and of restoring the site if it is abandoned or
if the special use permit for such facility is not renewed.
(b) In the event that the owner and/or applicant shall fail
to secure a renewal of its special use permit or if the telecommunications
facility is determined by the Board of Trustees to have been abandoned, the
Village Clerk shall give reasonable notice to the owner and/or applicant to
remove the facility and restore the property. In the event that the owner
and/or applicant shall fail to timely comply with said notice, the Village
Clerk shall cause such removal and restoration to take place and shall deduct
the actual costs incurred by the Village from the cash deposit or shall make
a claim upon the bond submitted pursuant to this section.
(c) Any penalty or fine imposed in favor of the Village by
any court or agency having jurisdiction shall also be paid from the cash deposit
or the bond.
(d) The required cash deposit or bond must be maintained
platforms or structures, exclusive of antennas, that serve to increase off-site
F. Minimum spacing between tower locations is 1/4 of a mile.
the usability of other existing or planned antenna at the tower or building
as documented by a qualified professional engineer and the interference cannot
reasonably as documented by a qualified professional engineer.
B. Design and negotiation.
(1) Any proposed tower shall be designed, structurally, electrically,
and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and
comparable antennas for at least two additional users if the tower is over
100 feet in height or for at least one additional user if the tower is over
60 feet in height. Towers must be designed to allow for future rearrangement
of antennas upon the tower and to accept antennas mounted at varying heights.
(2) The applicant shall submit to the Board of Trustees a
letter of intent committing the applicant, and his/her successors in interest,
to negotiate in good faith for shared use of the proposed tower by other personal
wireless service providers in the future. The issuance of a special use permit
(assuming the tower is approved according to this section) shall commit the
new tower owner and his/her successors in interest to:
(a) Respond in a timely comprehensive manner to a request
shared use of the new tower, by other personal wireless service providers.
(c) Allow shared use of the new tower if another personal
(d) Make no more than a reasonable charge for shared use,
but is not limited to, a pro rata share of the cost of site selection, planning,
of the proposed tower, and a general description of the project, including,
but not limited to, the height of the tower and its capacity for future shared
C. Setback requirements may be modified, as provided in § 193-21B(1), when placement of a tower in a location which will reduce the visual impact can be accomplished; for example, adjacent to trees which may visually hide the tower.
shall be met with the exception of industrial zoning districts, where towers
the planned public rights-of-way as shown on the most recently adopted plan
or map of the Village showing such rights-of-way, by a minimum distance equal
to one half of the height of the tower including, all antennas and attachments.
A. For the purpose of this chapter, the separation distances
between towers shall be measured by drawing or following a straight line between
the base of the existing or approved structure and the proposed base, pursuant
to a site plan, of the proposed tower. Tower separation distances from residentially
B. Towers shall be separated from all residentially zoned
lands by a minimum of 200 feet or 200 percent of the height of the proposed
tower, whichever is greater.
C. Proposed towers must meet the following minimum separation
other towers, whether monopole or self-supporting lattice, by a minimum of
(2) Self-supporting lattice towers by a minimum of 1,500
(3) Self-supporting lattice tower structures shall be separated
from all monopole towers by a minimum of 750 feet.
of the tower from the tower and when required by federal law, dual-mode lighting
Antennas, towers and accessory structures shall be designed to blend
and structures surrounding such antenna and structure; provided, however,
that directional or panel antennas and omnidirectional or whip antennas located
antenna support structure, or telecommunications facilities is located. The
and any accessory structures shall be landscaped. Towers and accessory structures
of the zoning restrictions applicable to the zoning district where the structure
is located. Telecommunications facilities are prohibited on all other structures.
The owner of such structure shall, by written certification to the Board of
Trustees, establish the following at the time plans are submitted for a special
by more than 20 feet;
A. A tower existing prior to the effective date of this chapter, which was in compliance with the Village's Code immediately prior to the effective date of this chapter, may continue in existence as a nonconforming structure. Such nonconforming structure may be modified or demolished and rebuilt without complying with any of the additional requirements of this chapter, except for §§ 193-10, Separation or buffer requirements, 193-19, Certification and inspections, and 193-20, Maintenance, provided:
Board of Trustees, which shall have the authority to issue a special use permit
any structure or use existing at the time this chapter is adopted, which structure
A. All towers shall be certified by an engineer to be structurally sound and in conformance with the requirements of the Building Code and all other construction standards set forth by the Village's Code and federal and state law. For new monopole towers, such certification shall be submitted with an application pursuant to § 193-4 of this chapter and every five years thereafter. For existing monopole towers, certification shall be submitted within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter and then every two years thereafter. The tower owner may be required by the Village to submit more frequent certifications should there be reason to believe that the structural and electrical integrity of the tower is jeopardized.
(a) A description of how the plan addresses any adverse impact
existence of the facts related to the proposed modifications and its relationship
The costs of the review by the Village's engineer shall be reimbursed
to the Village by the applicant.
(1) In the case of a requested modification to the setback requirements, § 193-8, that the setback requirement cannot be met on the parcel of land upon which the tower is proposed to be located and the alternative for the applicant is to locate the tower at another site which is closer in proximity to a residentially zoned land.
(2) In the case of a requested modification to the separation and buffer requirements from other towers of § 193-10, that the proposed site is zoned "Industrial" or "Heavy Industrial" and the proposed site is at least the double minimum standard for separation from residentially zoned lands as provided for in § 193-10.
(3) In the case of a requested modification of the separation and buffer requirements from residentially zoned land of § 193-10, if the person provides written technical evidence from an engineer that the proposed tower and telecommunications facilities must be located at the proposed site in order to meet the coverage requirements of the applicant's wireless communications system and if the person is willing to create approved landscaping and other buffers to screen the tower from being visible to residentially zoned property.
construction of a new tower; or to meet the coverage requirements of the applicant's
A. If any tower shall cease to be used for a period of six
consecutive months, the Board of Trustees shall notify the owner, with a copy
shall be removed within 60 days of the time of antenna relocation. The replacement
of portions of a tower previously removed requires the issuance of a new special