Ordinance - #97-08 - 06/10/1997 - Laserfiche WebLink

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(1) 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. (2) 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. (3) Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius canhot accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as documented by a professional engineer. (4) In spite of its best efforts, within 60 days, the applicant was unable to obtain approval to co-locate on an existing or approved tower or building. (5) Other reasons that make it impractical to locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building. (b) Shared use of existing communication 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 if the tower is one hundred (100) feet or more in height or for at least one additional user if the tower is more than seventy-five (75) feet but less than one hundred (100) feet in height. 9.15.06 TOWER CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS All towers erected, constructed, or located within the City, and all wiring therefor, shall comply with the requirements set forth of Chapter 8 of this code. 9.15.07 TOWER AND ANTENNA DESIGN REQUIREMENTS Proposed or modified towers and antennas shall meet the following design requirements. (a) 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. (b) Commercial wireless telecommunication service towers shall be of a monopole design unless the City Council determines that an alternative design is preferred in cases where structural or design considerations, neighborhood compatibility, locational availability, or the number of potential co-locations warrants this consideration.