Agenda - Planning Commission - 03/05/2015

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(f) c. A user violates any of the standards in this policy or the conditions attached to the city's permission. Before taking action, the city will provide 30 days' notice to the user of the intended termination and the reasons for it, and provide an opportunity for the user to address the city council regarding the proposed action. This procedure need not be followed in emergency situations. (6) Reservation of right. Notwithstanding the above, the city council reserves the right to deny, for any reason, the use of any or all city -owned property by any one or all applicants. Use of revenue. All revenue generated through the lease of city -owned property for wireless telecommunication towers and antennas shall be made payable to the city and transmitted to the city's department of finance. Revenue shall be credited to the specific operating activity using the land upon which the wireless telecommunication towers and antennas are located: a. To the water utility fund when located on water utility property; b. To the park improvement fund if located on park or open space land; c. Any revenues not meeting the above criteria shall be applied as general revenues of the general fund. Collocation requirements. All commercial wireless telecommunication towers erected, constructed, or located within the city shall comply with the following requirements: (1) A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall not be approved unless the city council finds that the telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within a one -mile search radius of the proposed tower due to one or more of the following reasons: a. The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the existing or approved tower or building, as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer, and the existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified, or replaced to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost. b. The planned equipment would cause interference materially impacting the usability of other existing or planned equipment at the tower or building as documented by a qualified professional and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost. c. Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius cannot accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as documented by a professional engineer. d. In spite of its best efforts, within 60 days, the applicant was unable to obtain approval to collocate on an existing or approved tower or building. e. Other reasons that make it impractical to locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building. (2) Shared use of existing communications towers shall be preferred to the construction of a new tower. Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall be designed structurally, electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and comparable antennas for at least two additional users. (g) Tower construction requirements. All towers erected, constructed, or located within the city, and all wiring therefor, shall comply with the requirements set forth in chapter 105 (h) Tower and antenna design requirements. Proposed or modified towers and antennas shall meet the following design requirements: (1) Towers and antennas shall be designed to blend into the surrounding environment through the use of color and design, except in instances where the color is dictated by federal or state authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration. Tower architectural standards are subject to final city council approval. (7) Page 3