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<br />a. A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication <br />service tower shall not be approved unless the City Council finds <br />that the telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed <br />tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or <br />building within a one (1) mile search radius of the proposed tower <br />due to one or more of the following reasons: <br /> <br />1. The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of <br />the existing or approved tower or building, as documented by a <br />qualified and licensed professional engineer, and the existing <br />or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified, or replaced <br />to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a <br />reasonable cost. <br /> <br />2. The planned equipment would cause interference materially <br />impacting the usability of other existing or planned equipment <br />at the tower or building as documented by a qualified <br />professional and the interference cannot be prevented at a <br />reasonable cost. <br /> <br />3. Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search <br />radius cannot accommodate the planned equipment at a height <br />necessary to function reasonably as documented by a <br />professional engineer. <br /> <br />4. In spite of its best efforts, within sixty (60) days, the applicant <br />was unable to obtain approval to co-locate on an existing or <br />approved tower or building. <br /> <br />5. Other reasons that make it impractical to locate the planned <br />telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved <br />tower or building. <br /> <br />b. Shared use of existing communications towers shall be preferred to <br />the construction of a new tower. Any proposed commercial wireless <br />telecommunication service tower shall be designed structurally, <br />electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's <br />antennas and comparable antennas for at least two (2). additional <br />users. <br /> <br />9.15.06 Tower Construction Requirements. All towers erected, constructed, or <br />located within the City, and all wiring therefor, shall comply with the requirements set <br />forth of Chapter 8 of this Code. <br /> <br />9.15.07 Tower and Antenna Design Requirements. Proposed or modified <br />towers and antennas shall meet the following design requirements: <br /> <br />87 <br />