17.95.030: COLLOCATION REQUIREMENTS:
   A.   A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower in excess of thirty five feet (35') in height shall not be approved unless the commission finds that the telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within the following radius of the proposed tower:
      1.   A two (2) mile radius for towers with a height over one hundred ten feet (110').
      2.   A one mile radius for towers with a height over eighty feet (80') but not more than one hundred ten feet (110').
      3.   A one-half (1/2) mile radius for towers with a height over fifty feet (50') but not more than eighty feet (80').
      4.   A one-fourth (1/4) mile radius for towers with a height over thirty five feet (35') but not more than fifty feet (50').
   B.   It shall be the burden of the applicant to demonstrate that the proposed tower or antenna cannot be accommodated on an approved tower or building within the required search radius due to one or more of the following reasons:
      1.   Unwillingness of another tower or facility owner to entertain shared use.
      2.   The proposed collocation of an existing tower or facility would be in violation of any local, State or Federal law.
      3.   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.
      4.   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 and licensed professional engineer and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost.
      5.   Existing or approved towers and buildings within the search radius cannot accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer.
      6.   Other unforeseen reasons that make it unfeasible to locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer, or other professional qualified to provide necessary documentation.
      7.   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 (2) additional users if the tower is over one hundred ten feet (110') in height, for at least one additional user if the tower is over fifty feet (50') in height.
      8.   Towers must be designed to allow for future rearrangement of antennas upon the tower and to accept antennas mounted at varying heights.
      9.   Personal wireless facilities proposed at a location which has an approved building/zoning permit (approved after the effective date hereof) for an existing facility which was required to allow collocation shall not be required to obtain a separate building/zoning permit as long as all the requirements of the previously approved special use permit will be complied with. Design review, and subsequent building permit, will be required for any such proposal. (Ord. 1423, 2017)