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(b) Non-Residential Districts. No exterior satellite earth station having a dimension greater than two (2) feet in diameter shall be allowed in any Non-Residential District unless it complies with the following requirements. For the purposes of this section, a "satellite earth station" shall be defined as a parabolic dish antenna designed for the transmission and/or receiving of signals from a satellite and used for enhanced radio, television reception and/or telecommunications uses. 1) Design Review Board approval is required for any proposed satellite earth station greater than two (2) feet in diameter. 2) All satellite earth stations shall be located on the roof of a structure whenever possible, providing the dish is not visible from public roadways or can be adequately screened from view of a public roadway. All satellite earth stations that cannot be installed on the roof in a manner that is not visible to a public roadway shall be located directly adjacent to an existing building, whenever possible. 3) Any satellite earth station proposal that is visible from any public roadway or other public place shall include a written statement explaining the exact need of the satellite earth station. This statement shall include details on the efforts made to utilize the capabilities of alternative service providers (cable company, teleports, etc.) prior to the submittal of an application. 4) Ground mounted dishes shall be located to the rear of the building or facing the interior of the respective business park whenever possible in order to be completely hidden from view from the front of the building or public roadways. 5) No satellite earth station shall result in the elimination of any existing or approved off-street parking space unless the remaining off-street parking satisfies the off-street parking requirements of this Code, or, in the event no standard applied, the Director determines there remains a sufficient amount of off-street parking at the subject property. 6) Ground mounted dishes shall be adequately screened (on three sides) utilizing vegetation or other approved screening mechanism. 7) The maximum height to the highest point of the antenna shall not exceed (17 feet).