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213 CELL TOWERS CELL TOWERS 214 fenced for security to a height of six feet and gated. Use of razor Wire is not permitted. A sign no greater than two (2) Whe. this regulation was written, Great Barri.gtou ~lUare feet indicating the name of'the facility owner(s) and a is hopi.g for just one ('ugly) tower, but other towns 24-hour emergency telephone number shall be posted adjacent (especially where they have used the overlay district to tho entry gate. In addition, No Trespassing or other warning approach) w~tt multiple, smaller 'and less ~ may be poated on the fence, conspicuous towers. U..fortunately with the advent D. Communication Equipment Shelters and Accessory Buildings of the digital PCS systems, which are higher shall be designed to be architecturally similar and compatible freque.cy a~td therefore lower power, malty more with each other, and shall be no more than 12 feet high. The installatio.s may be required. PCS claims to .ced buildings shall be Used only for the housing of equipment atttennas every 1-5 miles apart. related to this particular site. Whenever possible, the buildings ~ be joined or cius~,~n~ so as to appear as one building. H. The use of Repeaters to assure Adequate Coverage, or to fill' E. New Tower~ shall not exceed the minimum height necessary to holes within areas of otherwise Adequate Coverage, while provide Adequate Coverage for the Personal WirelesS Service minimizing the number of required Towers is permitted and Facilities proposed for use on the Tower..Applicant may encouraged, An Applicant who has' received a Personal · zubmit a requeat for additional height to accommodate future Wireless Service Facility Special Permit under this. Article, abating, and shall provide design information to justify such may, with at least 30 days written notice to the SPGA, the' additional height. Planning Board, Board of Health, Conservation CommiSSion, Building Inspector and Town Clerk, install one or more additional Repeaters by right. Site Plan Review before the' Some towns place a maximum tower height number Planning Board shall 'be required. The Planning Board shall in this area, based ot't the RF F~tgineer's analysis publish written notice of the public meeting date at least 14 and the vegetation in the area where, the tower is days in advance. Applicants shall detail the number, location, propose& The tower may be allowed to be fifteen pow. er output, 'and coverage of any proposed Repeaters in their or so .feet above surrounding growth, for instance, systems and ·provide engineering data to justify their use.. Also, because towers fail bt various ways w meaning, they don't just break at the base and fall Repeaters may be a use. fid tool to allow a carrier to neatly over w many towns require larger fall zones, use att existi.g tower sittce they cart help fill holes sometimes ttp to four-times the height of the tower, itt the coverage area. Great Barrington decided to ~ontower-failure modeling, allow them by right -- no Special Permit is required, as a "carrot" to encourage their use. F. Tower Finish: blew Tower(s) shall 'have a galvanized finish Other towns require full permitting. Because unlezs otherwiae required. The SPGA may require the repeaters are still RF generating sources, towns Towe~s) to be painted or otherwise camouflaged to minimize vary ht how high they allow them to be, at~ how the adve~ viglal impact, close they will allow thereto dwellings~ ~3. Towns). muzt be of a type which will maximize P°tenfial ' H ~utring. Lattice type structures are preferred, but where a I. If primary coverage (greater than 50%)from'proposed Personal ? Monopole is requested, Applicant must demonstrate the future Wireless Service Facility is outsid Great Barrington, then oo utility of ~ue.,h ~uctta'o for expansion of service for Applicant permit may be denied unless the Applicant can show that they