Agenda - Planning Commission - 07/27/2023

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1 a. The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the existing or 2 approved tower or building, as documented by a qualified and licensed professional 3 engineer, and the existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified, or 4 replaced to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost. 5 b. The planned equipment would cause interference materially impacting the usability of 6 other existing or planned equipment at the tower or building as documented by a 7 qualified professional and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost. 8 c. Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius cannot 9 accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as 10 documented by a professional engineer. 11 d. In spite of its best efforts, within 60 days, the applicant was unable to obtain approval 12 to collocate on an existing or approved tower or building. 13 e. Other reasons that make it impractical to locate the planned telecommunications 14 equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building. 15 (2) Shared use of existing communications towers shall be preferred to the construction of a new 16 tower. Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall be designed 17 structurally, electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas 18 and comparable antennas for at least two additional users. 19 (G) Tower construction requirements. All towers erected, constructed, or located within the city, and all 20 wiring therefor, shall comply with the requirements set forth in chapter 105. 21 (H) Tower and antenna design requirements. Proposed or modified towers and antennas shall meet the 22 following design requirements: 23 (1) Towers and antennas shall be designed to blend into the surrounding environment through 24 the use of color and design, except in instances where the color is dictated by federal or state 25 authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration. Tower architectural standards are 26 subject to final city council approval. 27 (2) Commercial wireless telecommunication service towers shall be of a monopole design unless 28 the city council determines that an alternative design is preferred in cases where structural 29 or design considerations, neighborhood compatibility, location availability, or the number of 30 potential collocations warrants this consideration. 31 (3) All towers must be designed so that the tower site and setbacks will contain guyed wires, 32 debris, and the tower in the event of a collapse, except towers of monopole design. 33 (I) Tower bulk standards. Towers shall conform with each of the following requirements: 34 (1) No part of any communication antenna or tower, equipment, guyed wires, or braces shall at 35 any time extend across or over any part of the public right-of-way, public street, highway, 36 sidewalk, or recreation trail. 37 (2) In business and industrial zoning districts, towers shall meet the setbacks of the underlying 38 zoning district with the exception of industrial zoning districts, where towers may encroach 39 into the side or rear setback area, provided that the side or rear property line abuts another 40 nonresidential zoned property and the tower does not encroach upon any easements. When 41 adjacent to a residential district, the tower must meet the setback equal to the height of the 42 tower plus ten feet or the setbacks of the underlying zoning district, whichever is greater. 43 (3) Towers constructed within the Tower Overlay and Public/Quasi-Public Zoning Districts shall 44 maintain a minimum setback equal to the height of the tower plus ten feet from any lot line. 45 (4) Towers shall not be located between a principal structure and a public street, with the 46 following exceptions: 47 a. In business zoning district, towers may be placed within a side yard abutting right -of 48 way. Page 52 of 160