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I <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <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 />9.15.05 <br /> <br />CO-LOCATION REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br /> All commercial wireless telecommunication towers erected, constructed, or <br />located within the City shall comply with the following requirements: <br /> <br /> (a) A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service <br />tower shall not be approved unless the City Council finds that the telecommunications <br />equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or <br />approved tower or building within a one-half (1/2) mile search radius of the proposed <br />tower due to one or more of the following reasons: <br /> <br /> (1) The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the <br />existing or approved tower or building, as documented by a qualified and licensed <br />professional engineer, and the existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified, <br />or replaced to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost. <br /> <br /> (2) The planned equipment would cause interference materially <br />impacting the usability of other existing or planned equipment at the tower or building as <br />documented by a qualified professional and the interference cannot be prevented at a <br />reasonable cost. <br /> <br /> (3) Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius <br />cannot accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably <br />as documented by a professional engineer. <br /> <br /> (4) In spite of its best efforts, within 60 days, the applicant was unable <br />to obtain approval to co-locate on an existing or 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 tower or building. <br /> <br /> (b) Shared use of existing communication towers shall be preferred to the <br />construction of a new tower. Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication <br />service tower shall be designed, structurally, electrically, and in ali .respects, to <br />accommodate both the applicant's antennas and comparable antennas for at least two <br />additional users if the tower is one hundred (100) feet or more in height or for at least one <br />additional user if the tower is more than seventy-five (75) feet but less than one hundred <br />(100) feet in height. <br /> <br />9.15.06 <br /> <br />TOWER CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br /> All towers erected, constructed, or located within the City, and all wiring therefor, <br />shall comply with the requirements set forth of Chapter 8 of this code. <br /> <br />9.15.07 <br /> <br />TOWER AND ANTENNA DESIGN REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br /> <br />