HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 05 of 2001 Definition Telecom Facility.pdfLOCALLAW NO. 5. OF THE YEAR 2001
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE TOWN OF ITHACA ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE DEFINITION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. The Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Ithaca as re -adopted, amended, and
revised, effective February 26, 1968, and subsequently amended, and as particularly amended by
Local Law No. 4 of the year 1998, be further amended as follows:
Article I, Section 1, paragraph 47 defining a "Telecommunications facility" is amended to
read as follows:
47. A "Telecommunications facility" is any equipment, other than
{i) equipment used by amateur radio licensees regulated by the Federal
Communications Commission; or
(ii) equipment that is used by a governmental unit or agency that is statutorily
expressly exempt from regulation by the Town of Ithaca; or
(iii) mobile equipment that is contained in a car or other motor vehicle or is
completely portable and not affixed in any manner to realty (the exception for
mobile equipment does not extend to any antenna(s) attached, directly or
indirectly such as on a tower or other structure, to realty or to other facilities
used in connection with such mobile equipment);
used in connection with the provision of two-way wireless communication services,
including cellular telephone services, personal communications services, private radio
communications services, fire and emergency communications, and any other private
or public radio communications transmissions regulated by the Federal
Communications Commission in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of
1996 and other federal laws. Such uses shall include private commercial uses as well
as public uses. A telecommunications facility shall include monopole, guyed, or
latticework tower(s), as well as antenna(s), switching stations, principal and accessory
telecommunications equipment and supporting masts, wires, structures, and buildings.
Section 2. If any provision of this law is found invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions of this local law which shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 3. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its publication as required by law.