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City of Bloomington http: / /www.ci.blooming...s /special /towerord.h= (c) 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 and licensed professional engineer. (d) Other unforseen reasons that make it infeasible to locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon an existing or approved tower or building. (2) My 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 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. (d) Tower Construction Requirements. All towers erected, constructed, or located within the City, and all wiring therefor, shall comply with the requirements set forth of Section 15.14 of this Code. (e) Tower and Antenna Design Requirements. Proposed or modified towers and antennas shall meet the following design requirements. (1) 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. (2) Commercial wireless telecommunication service towers shall be of a monopole design unless the City Council determines that an alternative design would better blend in to the surrounding environment. (0 Tower Setbacks. Towers shall conform with each of the following minimum setback requirements: (1) Towers shall meet the setbacks of the underlying zoning district with the exception of industrial zoning districts, where towers may encroach into the rear setback area, provided that the rear property line abuts another industrially zoned property and the tower does not encroach upon any easements. (2) Towers shall be set back from the planned public rights of way as shown on the most recently adopted Master Street Plan of the City by a minimum distance equal to one half of the height of the tower including all antennas and attachments. (3) Towers shall not be located between a principal structure and a public street, with the following exceptions: (a) In industrial zoning districts, towers may be placed within a side yard abutting an internal industrial street. (b) On sites adjacent to public streets on all sides, towers may be placed within a side yard abutting a local street. (4) 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. (5) Towers erected on any protected residential parcel as defined in Section 19.47 of this Code are also subject to the setback provisions of Section 15.14 (d) (8) of this Code. (g) Tower Height. All proposed towers shall meet the height restrictions set forth in Section 19.47 of this chapter. (h) Tower Lighting. Towers shall not be illuminated by artificial means and shall not display strobe lights unless such lighting is specifically required by the Federal Aviation Administration or other federal or state authority for a particular tower. When incorporated into the approved design of the tower, light fixtures used to illuminate ball fields, parking lots, or similar areas may be attached to the tower. Page 50 2 of 14 12/04/96 11:08:55