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15. The following inspection schedule shall be followed except in cases where a tower <br />has no structures other than those associated with telecommunication tower use <br />located within the tower's fall zone. At least once every thirty -six (36) months, or <br />thirty-six (36) months from the date of a co- location approval, a structural engineer <br />who is regularly involved in the maintenance, inspection and/or erection of <br />telecommunications towers shall inspect the tower and submit a report to the <br />Inspections Division within a. reasonable time thereafter. At a minimum, this <br />inspection shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning <br />Ordinance and in accordance with the tower inspections check list provided in the <br />EIA -222 (as amended from time to time). This is considered a major inspection <br />review. <br />16. At least once every twelve (12) months, a visual inspection from the ground shall be <br />conducted by a properly trained staff member of a tower provider or tower consultant <br />and a report shall be filed with the Inspections Division within a reasonable time <br />thereafter. This inspection shall include, but shall not be limited to, visual inspection <br />of tower foundations, structures, guys, and connections for evidence of settlement or <br />later movement; soil erosion; condition of paint or galvanizing; rust or corrosion, <br />loose or missing bolts, loose or corroded lightning protection connectors; tower <br />plumbness, significant variation in guy sags (i.e. tensions), and other material areas or <br />matters relating to' the structural integrity of the tower. This is considered a minor <br />inspection review. <br />17. In addition to the regularly scheduled major and minor inspections set forth above, a <br />minor inspection, at a minimum, will be conducted if the tower or its appurtenances <br />are noted at any time to be visibly damaged. Additionally, a major inspection shall be <br />conducted if the visible damage to the tower is significant or when, after conducting a <br />minor inspection, significant questions remain about the structural integrity of the <br />tower. Structurally Unsafe or Unused Towers. Any tower found, through inspection <br />by the owner or by inspection of the Inspections Division, to be structurally unsafe <br />and cannot be brought into compliance within one hundred eighty (180) days shall be <br />removed at the owner's expense. <br />18. Compliance with Standards. Current or former EIA standards shall apply to the <br />addition of antennas or other appurtenances to communications towers under the <br />following conditions: <br />1) Additions to towers constructed prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, <br />regardless of whether the additions are accounted for in the original design, shall <br />comply with the current EIA standards, and the wind loading specified therein. <br />Additions to towers constructed subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance <br />shall comply with standards set forth elsewhere in this Section. <br />2) Existing towers, which will not have any appurtenances added to them shall at <br />a minimum comply with the EIA standards in existence at the time the tower was <br />erected. <br />3) Replacement of antennas or other appurtenances shall at a minimum comply <br />with the EIA standard. in existence at the time the tower was erected if the <br />replacement does not add to the original design loading. <br />