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Subd. 8 Special Requirements for City Water Tower Sites. The placement <br />of licensed commercial wireless telecommunication services including <br />cellular, personal communication services (PCS), specialized mobilized radio <br />(SMR), enhanced specialized mobilized radio (ESMR), paging and similar <br />services on water tower sites will be allowed only when the City is fully <br />satisfied that the following requirements are met: <br />A. The applicant's access to the facility will not increase the risks <br />of contamination to the City's water supply; <br />B. There is sufficient room on the structure to accommodate the <br />applicant's equipment and all equipment ' (antennas, exterior cables, <br />etc) attached to the structure is painted to match the color of the <br />structure; <br />C. The presence of the equipment will not increase the water <br />tower or reservoir maintenance costs to the City; <br />D. The presence of the equipment will not be harmful to the health <br />of workers maintaining the water tower or reservoir. <br />E. Cin City, water towers, antennas placed on the top of the tower <br />shall. not exceed the height of the tallest existing antenna. <br />F. There is sufficient room on the site to accommodate all ground <br />equipment and the following requirements for ground equipment <br />are met: <br />1. The base transceiver station and all other ground equipment <br />shall be housed in an existing on-site equipment building <br />whenever possible. If an existing equipment building is <br />unavailable, a new equipment building may be constructed. If <br />the equipment is to be housed in a weather-proof cabinet -like <br />structure in lieu of a building, it shall be mounted upon a <br />suitable concrete pad. <br />2. If there is an equipment building constructed on site, it <br />shall be subject to City rp oval. <br />3. To the extent possible, the equipment building or cabinet <br />shall be located adjacent to or near existing on-site buildings. <br />4. The equipment building or cabinet shall be screened from <br />view of adjacent properties by suitable vegetation, except <br />where non -vegetative screening (e.g., a decorative wall or <br />