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current gap in coverage and where calls are dropped. It will <br /> promote effective communications and welfare of the City's <br /> businesses and residents in the northern Elk River area. <br /> D. Co-Location Requirements. All commercial wireless <br /> telecommunication towers erected, constructed, or located <br /> within the City shall comply with the following <br /> requirements : <br /> i. A proposal for a new commercial wireless <br /> communication service tower shall not be approved <br /> unless the City finds that the telecommunications <br /> equipment planned for the proposed tower cannot be <br /> accommodated on an existing or approved tower, <br /> building or other structure within a one mile search <br /> radius (one half mile search radius for towers under <br /> 120 feet in height, one quarter mile search radius for <br /> towers under 80 feet in height) of the proposed tower <br /> due to one or more of the following reasons: <br /> a. The planned equipment would exceed the <br /> structural capacity of the existing or approved <br /> tower, building or structure, as documented by a <br /> qualified and licensed professional engineer, and <br /> the existing or approved tower or structure <br /> cannot be modified, reinforced or replaced to <br /> accommodate planned or equivalent equipment at a <br /> reasonable cost. <br /> b. The planned equipment would cause <br /> interference materially impacting the usability <br /> of other existing or planned equipment at the <br /> tower, building or structure as documented by a <br /> qualified and licensed professional engineer and <br /> the interference cannot be prevented at a <br /> reasonable cost. <br /> c. Existing or approved towers, buildings or <br /> structures within the search radius cannot <br /> accommodate the planned equipment at a height <br /> necessary to function reasonably as documented by <br /> a qualified and licensed professional engineer. <br /> d. Other unforeseen reasons that make it not <br /> feasible to locate the planned telecommunications <br /> equipment upon an existing or approved tower, <br /> building or structure. <br /> The proposed tower is over a mile away from the nearest • <br /> existing (Burlington Northern/SBA) communication tower site <br />