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215 CELL TOWERS C~!-L TOW-I/RS 216 are Unable to locate within the Town which is primarily services. 'These distances are justifiable by receiving service from the proposed. Facility. reference to the opening 'Purposes' (especially I: If your town is being used to provide service to primarily on attractive nuisance. Bttt attother town, get the carrier to go to the other (below} that we are also mentioning that we are town! Regional approaches, where there is a taking radiation into account in case emissiOnS t~egional master platt for wireless telecom, exceed FCC_euide[ines. munications would be ideal, but they are rare. Most towns keep their fingers crossed that towers "won't 2. No Repeater shall be located closer than 50' to an existing happen to them." Few towns cooperate with each Dwelling Unit, nor less than 25' above ground. other for a regional approach. Until then, your 3. Within any of the following prohibited areas: ' obligation is toyour own town. a. Mas~achuse~ or federailyregulated wetland; b. A Massachusetts Certified Vernal Pool; J. Commercial advertising shall not be allowed on any Antenna, ¢. The habitat of any State-listed Rare or Endangered Tower, or Accessory Building or Communication Equipment Wildlife or Rare Plant Speciea; Shelter. d. Within 100' horizoatally-from any Massac~ IC Unless-required by the Federal Aviation Administration, no regulated wetland; "night lighting of ToWers, or the Personal Wireless Service e. Withi~ tho 200' ho. rizontally of the Outer Riparian Zone Facility, is permitted, except for manually operated emergency · measured horizontally from any river or perennial lights for use only when operating personnel are on site. stream; L. · No Tower or Personal Wireless Service Facility that would be f. Within 500' horizontally from any Hi,eric District or classified as a hazard to air navigation, as defined by the propmy listed .or .eligible to be listed on the stat._.e or Federal AviatiOn regulations (Title 14 CFR) is permitted, federal l;h~gister of Historic Places; M. No ToWer or Personal Wireless' Service Facility with the g. Within 500' horizontally from any known '" exception of Repeaters shall be located: archaeological site; l. a. Closer'than 1500', on a horizontal plane, to any N. Parameters of appropriate, siting: structure, existing at the time of Application, which is, .1. Towers and Personal 'Wireless Service Facilities ahab be or is able to be, occupied or habitable, on the property located so as to minimize tho following potential of any ~hool (both public and private), impacts: b. Closer than 750', on a horizontal plane, to an existing a. Visual/Aesthetic: Tower~ shall, when possible, b~ sited Dwelling Unit, or, day-care center, hospital, nursing off ridgelineS, and where their visual impact is least home, church, synagogue or other place of worship. . detrimental to highly'rated scenic areas.~ b. Diminution of residential property values: Siting shall These setbacks are the teeth 0£ this bylaw -- telling b~ in as low population density areas as possible. where a tower or facility may go.itt r¢latiOtt to other c. Saf©ty: In ca~s of suuotural failure and attractive Uses. l/Ye checked by doing radial plots and found nuisance. · that there were still areas itt towtt where a carrier · could locate attcl have adequate coverage, before _ ~ we set out these distances, Otherwise we might · /-"~,,e "had the effect of prohibiting" the provision of