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18 <br />3) Telecommunications towers shall conform with all of the <br />requirements of Sections 8.8.17a.1 a (a-g) and 8.8.17a.2 of the <br />Zoning Ordinance. <br />4) All towers shall be engineered to allow for co-locations. No co- <br />locator shall be refused access for co-location by charging <br />exorbitant lease fees. Public safety co-locations shall take priority <br />over other co-locators. <br />5) A tower telecommunications consultant shall provide Plannin <br />Staff assistance on exorbitant rate leases. <br />61 All wireless support structures shall satisfy all applicable <br />public safety. land use. or zoning issues reauired in this <br />Ordinance. including aesthetics. landscaping. land-use <br />based location priorities. structural design. setbacks, and fall <br />zones. <br />71 Applicants shall evaluate the reasonable feasibility of <br />collocating new antennas and equipment on an existing <br />structure or~structures within the applicant's search ring. <br />f) Tower Inspection. <br />1) Telecommunication tower owners shall submit a report to the <br />County Inspections Division certifying structural and electrical <br />integrity upon completion of the initial construction and at intervals <br />as specified in this Section <br />2) Inspection records shall be kept by the tower owner and made <br />available upon request to the Inspections Division during regular <br />business hours. <br />a) The following inspection schedule shall be followed except <br />in cases where a tower has no structures other than those <br />associated with telecommunication tower use located <br />within the tower's fall zone. At least once every thirty-six <br />(36) months, or thirty-six (36) months from the date of a co- <br />location approval, a structural engineer who is regularly <br />involved in the maintenance, inspection and/or erection of <br />telecommunications towers shall inspect the tower and <br />submit a report to the Inspections Division within a <br />reasonable time thereafter. At a minimum, this inspection <br />shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of <br />this Ordinance and in accordance with the tower <br />inspections check list provided in the EIA-222 (as <br />amended from time to time). This is considered a major <br />inspection review. <br />b) At least once every twelve (12) months, a visual inspection <br />from the ground shall be conducted by a properly trained <br />staff member of a tower provider or tower consultant and a <br />report shall be filed with the Inspections Division within a <br />