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Ordinance 2010-002 D. No antenna or tower shall exceed a height equal to the distance from the base of the tower to the nearest overhead electrical power line (except individual service drops), less five (5) feet. Subd.6 Location. A. New antennas shall be located on City water tower sites unless the applicant shows, to the reasonable satisfaction of the City, that none of the City water towers can be feasibly used from an engineering standpoint. B. Preferences for Antenna and Support Structure Locations. when selecting sites for the construction of new Antenna Support Structures and/or for the placement of new antennas, when not located on a City water tower site, the following preferences shall be followed in order of listing: 1. Existing towers or on existing structures located within any Industrial, Civic -Center, or Business District zoned property 2. On new towers located within any Industrial, Civic -Center, or Business District zoned property 3. Any existing towers or structures located within any Residential zoned property. 4. Any new towers or structures located within any Residential zoned. property. C. Co -location Required. If a new antenna support structure is to be constructed, it shall be designed structurally and electrically to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and comparable antennas for at least one (1) additional user. Any antenna support structure must also be designed to allow for future re -arrangement of antennas upon the tower and to accept antennas mounted at different heights. Other users shall include, but not be limited to, other cellular communication companies, Personal Communication Systems companies, local police, fire and ambulance companies. D. Prohibitions. No new support structures shall be approved for construction, unless the applicant shows, to the reasonable satisfaction of the City, that an existing tower or structure is not feasibly available for use from an engineering standpoint. E. Antennas and towers shall be located on sites or buildings in areas that are the least visually intrusive to nearby properties and public streets.