Ordinance - #23-14 - 11/14/2023 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1 (C) Towers in COR and Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area Overlay Zoning Districts. Construction 2 of towers to support commercial antennas shall not be allowed in Town Center and Critical River 3 Overlay Zoning Districts, except that antennas may be attached to existing structures provided the 4 antenna does not extend more than 20 feet above the highest point of the structure or tower. 5 (D) Collocation requirements. All commercial wireless telecommunication towers erected, constructed, 6 or located within the city shall comply with the following requirements: 7 (1) A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall not be 8 approved unless the city council finds that the telecommunications equipment planned for the 9 proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within 10 a one -mile search radius of the proposed tower due to one or more of the following reasons: 11 a. The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the existing or approved 12 tower or building, as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer, and 13 the existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified, or replaced to 14 accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost. 15 b. The planned equipment would cause interference materially impacting the usability of 16 other existing or planned equipment at the tower or building as documented by a qualified 17 professional and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost. 18 c. Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius cannot accommodate 19 the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as documented by a 20 professional engineer. 21 d. In spite of its best efforts, within 60 days, the applicant was unable to obtain approval to 22 collocate on an existing or approved tower or building. 23 e. Other reasons that make it impractical to locate the planned telecommunications 24 equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building. 25 (2) Shared use of existing communications towers shall be preferred to the construction of a new 26 tower. Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall be designed 27 structurally, electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and 28 comparable antennas for at least two additional users. 29 (E) Tower construction requirements. All towers erected, constructed, or located within the city, and all 30 wiring therefor, shall comply with the requirements set forth in chapter 105. 31 (F) Tower and antenna design requirements. Proposed or modified towers and antennas shall meet the 32 following design requirements: 33 (1) Towers and antennas shall be designed to blend into the surrounding environment through the 34 use of color and design, except in instances where the color is dictated by federal or state 35 authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration. Tower architectural standards are 36 subject to final city council approval. 37 (2) Commercial wireless telecommunication service towers shall be of a monopole design unless 38 the city council determines that an alternative design is preferred in cases where structural or 39 design considerations, neighborhood compatibility, location availability, or the number of 40 potential collocations warrants this consideration. 41 (3) All towers must be designed so that the tower site and setbacks will contain guyed wires, debris, 42 and the tower in the event of a collapse, except towers of monopole design. 43 (G) Tower bulk standards. Towers shall conform with each of the following requirements: 44 (1) No part of any communication antenna or tower, equipment, guyed wires, or braces shall at 45 any time extend across or over any part of the public right-of-way, public street, highway, 46 sidewalk, or recreation trail. 47 (2) In business and industrial zoning districts, towers shall meet the setbacks of the underlying 48 zoning district with the exception of industrial zoning districts, where towers may encroach 49 into the side or rear setback area, provided that the side or rear property line abuts another 50 nonresidential zoned property and the tower does not encroach upon any easements. When 51 adjacent to a residential district, the tower must meet the setback equal to the height of the 52 tower plus ten feet or the setbacks of the underlying zoning district, whichever is greater. Attachment A — Ordinance #23-14 Page 43 of 141