Ch11.§8-2 · City of Nowthen public records

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, or corporation to erect, construct in place, place or re-erect, or replace any tower without first making application to the City and securing an interim use permit therefore as hereinafter provided. B. The applicant shall provide at the time of application sufficient information to indicate that construction, installation, and maintenance of the antenna and tower will not create a safety hazard or damage to the property of other persons. Routine maintenance of towers and related structures shall not require the issuance of a interim use permit. (Ordinance #38, October 11, 2011) 11-8-3: CO-LOCATION REQUIREMENTS: All commercial wireless located within the City telecommunication towers erected, constructed, or shall comply with the following requirements: A. A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall not be approved unless it can be documented by the applicant that the telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within a one-half mile search radius of the proposed tower due to one or more of the following reasons: 1\. The planned equipment would exceed the structural capacity of the existing or approved tower or building, as documented by a qualified professional engineer licensed by the state of Minnesota, and existing or approved tower cannot be reinforced, or modified to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at cost less than 125 percent of the cost of a new tower. 2\. 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 licensed engineer and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost. 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 licensed engineer. 3\. Other reasons affecting technical performance, system coverage, and system capacity which make it impractical to place or locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building as determined by the City Council during its review of an application for approval of a conditional use permit. B. 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 one additional user.   Towers must be designed to allow for future rearrangement of antennas upon the tower and to accept antennas mounted at varying heights. (Ordinance #3, November 9, 2010) 11-8-4: TOWER AND ANTENNA DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Proposed or modified towers and antennas shall meet the following design requirements: A. Towers and antennas shall be designed to blend into the surrounding environment through the use of color and camouflaging architectural treatment, except in instances where the color is dictated by federal or state authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration. B. Towers and antennas shall be placed on public property or lands whenever feasible. When a public property or land provides for the location of a tower and antenna equivalent to or superior to a private property placement the tower and antenna shall be placed on the public property. C. Commercial wireless telecommunication service towers shall be of a monopole design unless determined that an alternative design would better blend into the surrounding environment. D. Metal towers shall be constructed of, or treated with, corrosive resistant materials. E. No part of any antenna, tower, equipment, wires, braces, cables or similar devices shall at any time extend across or over any part of the public right-of-way or property line. F. All towers shall be constructed to conform with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (Ordinance #3, November 9, 2010) 11-8-5: TOWER SETBACKS: Towers shall conform with each of the following minimum setback requirements: A. Towers shall be setback from any property line a minimum distance equal to one half of the height of the tower including all antennas and attachments, provided that a professional engineer licensed by the state of Minnesota certifies that the tower is designed such that it will fold on itself in the event of collapse. If the tower is not designed to fold on itself in the event of a collapse, it will be setback from any property line a minimum distance equal to the height of the tower. B. A tower's setback may be reduced or its location in relation to a public street varied, at the sole discretion of the City Council, to allow the integration of a tower into an   existing or proposed structure such as a church steeple, light standard, power line support device, or similar structure. (Ordinance #3, November 9, 2010) 11-8-6: TOWER HEIGHT: All proposed towers shall not exceed 200 feet in height. (Ordinance #3, November 9, 2010)

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