(a) Co-location ability. Any wireless telecommunications tower shall be designed, structurally and electrically, to accommodate both the applicant's antenna and, at a minimum, comparable antennas for at least two additional service providers if the tower is at least 100 feet in total height, or for one additional service provider if the tower is at least thirty feet in total height. Towers shall be designed to allow for future rearrangement of antennas on the tower and to accept antennas mounted at various heights.
(b) Maximum height. The maximum height of a tower shall not exceed 200 feet, unless a technically sound and required reason for locating a higher tower is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the appropriate Board and the City Council to be in order, on a case by case basis, by the wireless telecommunications service provider making the request. Approval for other similar projects does not necessarily constitute a technically sound and required reason for subsequent projects; therefore, service providers are cautioned to develop proof and reasoning independent of other projects. When a higher tower is required by a provision of law consistent with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as may from time to time be amended, the provider shall submit written verification of such fact. Towers less than 200 feet in height are especially encouraged. Wireless telecommunications towers higher than 200 feet or located within 2,500 feet of any airport runway, public or private, shall be registered with the FAA. The provider/operator of such tower shall submit written verification of such registration with the FAA.
(c) Underground facilities. Underground wireless telecommunications equipment buildings are especially encouraged, especially on zoning lots in, or abutting, residential zoning districts where a tower is placed. (Ord. 21-16. Passed 6-27-16.)