Prior to action by the review authority specified in this chapter, the City and the owner or operator of the wireless communications facility may agree to require a review/report by an independent registered professional engineer engaged by the City and paid for by the applicant pursuant to its reimbursement of City expenses pursuant to this chapter. Among other things, the engineer may review and recommend the written certification of the applicant's engineer filed pursuant to this chapter, may review and recommend the applicant's propagation studies showing the necessity for the location of the tower, and may review and recommend the structural integrity, electrical integrity and electrical safety of the wireless communications facility in its projected uses so as to assure the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City.
(Ord. 2014-27. Passed 8-5-14.)