Towers erected, constructed or located within the city must comply with the following requirements.
(A) No new tower shall be permitted as a conditional use unless the city finds that the antenna planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower within a one mile search radius of the proposed tower due to one or more of the following reasons:
(1) The planned antenna would exceed the structural capacity of the existing or approved tower as certified by a qualified and licensed professional engineer, and the existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, modified or replaced to accommodate the planned antenna at a reasonable cost;
(2) Existing or approved towers within the search radius cannot accommodate the planned antenna at a height necessary to function reasonably as certified by a qualified and licensed professional engineer; and/or
(3) The applicant certifies and documents that it is infeasible to locate the planned antenna upon an existing or approved tower for another reason found to be legitimate by the City Council.
(B) Approval to develop, build, construct or erect a tower will not be granted to a person on the basis that it is economically infeasible for the person to co-locate or install an antenna on a tower or antenna support structure owned by another person.
(C) A new tower must be designed structurally, electrically and in all other respects, to accommodate both the applicants’ antennas and comparable antennas for at least two additional users if the tower is over 100 feet in height, or for at least one additional user if the tower is over 60 feet in height. Towers must be designed to allow for future rearrangement of antennas upon the tower and to accept antennas mounted at varying heights.
(Prior Code, § 517.07) (Ord. 00-01, passed 3-15-2000; Ord. 20181003-01, passed 10-3-2018) Penalty, see § 10.99