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October 19, 2005 Plan Commission Minutes Page 13 of 16 c. Within HR and HRO districts, sites shall be located only on buildings fifty (50) feet or more in height with telecommunications antennas mounted on wall or roof surfaces without the use of towers. d. Where feasible and aesthetically acceptable, the location of a telecommunications facility shall be located on City-owned or controlled property or right-of-way, with the exception of right-of-way within or abutting a residential district or school or park site. 7. Maintenance . All facilities shall be maintained and improved to remain in the condition in which they were approved. a. Inspection: Periodic: Once every year, and immediately after any major modification of an existing facility, the City shall retain, at the operator’s expense, an approved engineer to conduct an unannounced inspectionof the facility’s compliance with the applicable FCC radio frequency and power emission standards. A report of this inspection shall be given to the Zoning Administrator and City Manager. b. Inspection and Repair: After a damaging event. The operator shall authorize an inspection of the structural integrity of the tower or disguised support structure and the antenna itself following a tornado within five miles of the city limits; or following an earthquake in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area with a magnitude of 5.5 or greater on the Richter scale; or following other events covered by the repair bond, per Subsection 2j above, within thirty days of such events. In the event that structural damage is found, the operator shall repair such damage within an additional thirty days of such events. The applicant’s surety bond shall cover the expense of repairing of the damage per Subsection 2j for the city if repairs are not arranged by the applicant within the time limit. Certification of the inspection and repairs, if any, shall be sent in a report to the City Manager within an additional thirty days. 8 Certification of Facilities. a. No wireless communications facility or combination of facilities shall at any time produce power densities that exceed the Federal Communications Commission’s limits for radiofrequency strength and power density for transmitters. In order to ensure continuing compliance with all applicable emission standards, an approved engineer shall review the schedule and procedures of the wireless communications facility. (1) Within forty-five (45) days of initial operation or modification of a telecommunications facility, the owner or operator of such facility shall submit to the Zoning Administrator a written report by a City-approved engineer that the facility’s radiofrequency radiation levels are in compliance with the approved application and any federal or state regulations. The K:\WPOFFICE\WPDATA\m-10-19-2005.plc.final.wpd