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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I' <br />I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />Draft Tower Ordinance <br /> <br />9.15.05 <br />9.15.06 <br /> <br />Co-location Requirements. All commercial wireless telecommunication towers <br />erected, constructed, or located within the City shall comply with the following <br />requirements: <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />b. <br /> <br />A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower <br />shall not be approved unless the City Council finds that the <br />telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed toWer cannot be <br />accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within a one ~ <br />~.~lc r~/.~ mile search radius of the proposed tower due to one or more of the <br />following reasons: <br /> <br />The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the <br />existing or approved tower or building, as documented by a qualified <br />and licensed professional engineer, and the existing or approved tower <br />cannot be reinforced, or replaced to accommodate planned or <br />equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost. <br /> <br />The planned equipment would cause interference materially impacting the <br />usability of other existing or planned equipment at the tower or building as <br />documented by a qualified professional and the interference cannot be <br />prevented at a reasonable cost. <br /> <br />Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius cannot <br />accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function <br />reasonably as documented by a professional engineer. <br /> <br />In spite of its best efforts, within sixty (60) days, the applicant was unable to <br />obtain approval to co~locate on an existing or approved tower or building. <br /> <br />Other reasons that make it impractical to locate the planned <br />telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or <br />building. <br /> <br />Shared usa: of existing communication towers shall be preferred to the <br />construction of a new tower. Any proposed commercial wireless <br />telecommunication service tower shall be designed, structurally, electrically, <br />and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and <br />comparable antennas for at least two (2) additional users, if tk.e tower is one <br />~.,,~.~.~ r~nm e~, :~ igh r~ at !east one ~ ~ additional user if <br /> <br />Tower Construction Requirements. All towers erected, constructed, or located <br />within the City, and all wiring therefore, shall comply with the requirements set forth <br />of Chapter 8 of this Code. <br /> <br />Revised 10/3/00 <br /> <br />-199- <br /> <br /> <br />