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cit.; .)f Bloomington http://www.ci.blooming...s/special/towerord.nt= City of Bloomington, Minnesota Selected Ordinance Provisions Pertaining to Towers Revisions Approved 7/1/96 CHAPTER 19 ZONING ARTICLE V. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SEC. 19.63.05. TOWERS (a) Purpose. In order to accommodate the communication needs of residents and business while protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare of the community, the Council finds that these regulations are necessary in order to: (1) facilitate the provision of wireless telecommunication services to the residents and businesses of the City; (2) minimize adverse visual effects of towers through careful design and siting standards; (3) avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failure through structural standards and setback requirements; and, (4) maximize the use of existing and approved towers and buildings to accommodate new wireless telecommunication antennas in order to reduce the number of towers needed to serve the community. (b) Towers in Residential Zoning Districts. Towers shall be allowed only in the following residentially zoned areas: (1) Towers supporting amateur radio antennas and conforming to all applicable provisions of this Code shall be allowed only in the rear yard of residentially zoned parcels. (2) Towers supporting commercial antennas and conforming to all applicable provisions of this Code shall be allowed only in the following residentially zoned locations: (a) Church sites, when camouflaged as steeples or bell towers; (b) Park sites, when compatible with the nature of the park; and, (c) Government, school, utility, and institutional sites. (c) Co- Location Requirements. All commercial wireless telecommunication towers erected, constructed, or located within the City shall comply with the following requirements: (1) A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall not be approved unless the City Council finds that the telecommunications equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building within a one mile search radius (one half mile search radius for towers under 120 feet in height, one quarter mile search radius for towers under 80 feet in height) of the proposed tower due to one or more of the following reasons: (a) 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. (b) 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. Page 49 1 of 14 12/04/96 11:08:54