Cellular phone, radio, television, and other telecommunication and broadcast towers shall be regulated in accordance with this ordinance.

Such towers and support structures that are existing and not attached to or supported by a regulated building shall not be regulated.

All new towers and support structures are regulated by the current adopted Oregon Structural Specialty Code and referenced design standards to address all imposed structural loads.

Existing cell towers supported by a building or structure with proposed added or shifted loads that cause an increase in gravity loading by more than 5% shall be analyzed by an Oregon licensed design professional to address the proposed loading. The existing structure and its addition, acting together as a single structure, shall be shown to meet the requirements of Chapter 16 of the current adopted Oregon Structural Specialty Code and referenced standards. Any existing lateral load-carrying structural element whose demand-capacity ratio, with the addition considered, is not more than 10% greater than its demand-capacity ratio with the addition ignored, shall be permitted to remain unaltered.

Existing support structures and equipment that are relocated to another area of the regulated building shall be regulated as a new tower or support structure in accordance with the current adopted Oregon Structural Specialty Code.