17.76.040 Co-location equipment.
All commercial telecommunication towers erected, constructed or located within the City shall comply with the following requirements:
A. A proposal for a new commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall not be approved unless the City Council finds that the telecommunications equipment for the proposed tower cannot be accommodated on existing or approved tower or building within the City or within Grand County 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 and licensed engineer, and the existing tower cannot be reinforced, modified or replaced to accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a reasonable cost;
2. The planned equipment would cause interference materially impacting the usability of other existing or planned equipment at the tower building as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer and the interference cannot be prevented at a reasonable cost.
3. Existing or approved towers and buildings within the City or Grand County cannot accommodate the planned equipment at a height necessary to function reasonably as documented by a qualified and licensed professional engineer.
4. Other unforeseen reasons that make it not feasible to locate the planned telecommunications equipment upon existing or approved tower or building.
B. Any proposed commercial wireless telecommunication service tower shall be designed, structurally and electronically, 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 sixty feet in height. (Ord. 01-04 (part), 2001)