The Planning Commission, in addition to the general standards and considerations in Section 1181.04, shall use the following criteria in reviewing a wireless telecommunications facility conditional use application:
(a) The applicant shall demonstrate, using the latest technological evidence, that the facility is placed where it is proposed in order to satisfy its necessary function in the applicant’s grid system;
(b) The applicant demonstrates that it has contacted the owners of tall structures within a two-mile radius of the site proposed, asked for permission to install the facility on those structures, and was denied for reasons other than economic and/or the applicant can demonstrate that the structures within a two-mile radius are not feasible for engineering requirements and/or coverage area. Tall structures shall include, but not be limited to, smoke stacks, water facilities, buildings over fifty feet in height, antenna support structures of other wireless telecommunication facility companies, and other telecommunication facilities.
(Ord. 4063. Passed 8-11-98.)