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October 19, 2005 Plan Commission Minutes Page 12 of 16 and notarized statement agreeing to make said tower available for use by others subject to reasonable technical limitations and reasonable financial terms. The willful and knowing failure of a tower owner to agree to shared use or to negotiate in good faith with potential users shall be cause for the revocation of all current telecommunication permits. b. Prior to the issuance of any permit to install, build or modify any tower, the tower owner shall furnish the zoning administrator an inventory of all towers in or within one half- mile of the city limits of University City and agree to the shared use of the proposed facilities subject to such technical limitations and financial terms as are reasonable. The inventory shall include the tower’s reference name or number, the street location, latitude and longitude, structure type, height, type and mounting height of existing telecommunications antennas and an assessment of available ground space for the placement of additional equipment shelters. c. Any new tower at a height of one hundred (100) feet or higher shall be designed and constructed to accommodate at least one additional user. The willful and knowing failure of the owner of a tower built for shared use to negotiate in good faith with potential users shall be cause for the withholding of future permits to the same owner to install, build or modify telecommunications antennas or towers within the Ccity. 6. General Policies for Site Selection . Community and neighborhood visual concerns shall be considered paramount in the consideration of and selection of sites. These concerns should be evaluated by a consideration of all the policies set forth in this section which shall include but are not limited to the following: a. Within any zoning district, sites should be located in the following order of preference: (1) On existing structures such as buildings, communication towers, water towers, and smokestacks, etc. (2) In locations where the existing topography, vegetation, buildings, or other structures provided the greatest amount of screening. (3) Sites should be located on bare ground without visual mitigation only in commercial and industrial zone districts. The location and design of sites should consider the impact of the site on the surrounding neighborhood and particularly the visual impact on residential districts that are adjacent to the commercial or residential site. K:\WPOFFICE\WPDATA\m-10-19-2005.plc.final.wpd