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