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unless the City Council finds that the telecommunications <br /> 11, equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be <br /> accommodated on an existing or approved tower or building <br /> within a one-mile search radius (one half mile search <br /> radius for towers under 120 feet in height, one quarter <br /> mile search radius for towers under 80 feet in height) of <br /> the proposed tower due to one or more of the following <br /> reasons : <br /> a) The planned equipment would exceed the structural <br /> capacity of the existing or approved tower or <br /> building, as documented by a qualified and licensed <br /> professional engineer, and the existing or approved <br /> tower cannot be reinforced, modified, or replaced to <br /> accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at <br /> a reasonable cost . <br /> b) The planned equipment would cause interference <br /> materially impacting the usability of other existing <br /> or planned equipment at the tower or building as <br /> documented by a qualified and licensed professional <br /> engineer and the interference cannot be prevented at <br /> a reasonable cost . <br /> c) Existing or approved towers and buildings within <br /> the search radius cannot accommodate the planned <br /> equipment at a height necessary to function <br /> reasonably as documented by a qualified and licensed <br /> professional engineer. <br /> 411 d) Other unforeseen reasons that make it infeasible to <br /> locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon <br /> an existing or approved tower or building. <br /> 2) Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication <br /> service tower shall be designed, structurally, <br /> electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both <br /> the applicant' s antennas and comparable antennas for at <br /> least two additional users if the tower is over 100 feet <br /> in height or for at least one additional user if the <br /> tower is over 60 feet in height . Towers must be designed <br /> to allow for future rearrangement of antennas upon the <br /> tower and to accept antennas mounted at varying height . <br /> (Bloomington, M T) <br /> Since the number of opportunities to construct a free- <br /> standing tower is limited by this ordinance, the applicant <br /> should demonstrate to the satisfaction of the city council <br /> that opportunities will be made available for co-locating <br /> other antenna on the structure . (Minnetonka, MN) <br /> 411 IIID2 <br />