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CASE # 7 <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A PERSONAL <br />COMMUNICATION SERVICE TOWER; CASE OF U.S. WEST WIRELESS <br />By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik <br /> <br />Bac':ground: <br /> <br />The City has received an application from U.S. West Wireless to construct and operate a personal <br />vommunication service (PCS) tower at 17515 St. Francis Blvd. N.W., which is a rural residential <br />p~',:~l owned and occupied by John and Avis Gobernatz. <br /> <br />Fbe £ollowing items m? enclosed for you:.' information: <br /> <br />a) Site location n'.' ~ <br />':-) Written descriv";on of proposal 5.'~m US West dated 1 ~/16/99 <br />'~) Photos ofmon,~poie and equipme~;: ce. binets <br />~t) Written descript,~on of design crite~,a by Valmont M~croflect dated 8/25/98 <br />~) Certificate of c....-zey of tower le~-a site <br />?) Site plan cons.~.:irxg of 5 sheets <br />o,) Aerial map <br />i~) Letter from Iv; -/DOT dated Janm -- '~, 2000 <br />i) Letter from J,,ffNelson, WW.M. Montgomery & Associates dated Janum'y 4, 2000 <br />~) Draft Plannit,.~, Commission mee-i.;..:xg minutes dated je,:5,J.m'y 4, 2000 <br />,<) Proposed fi~,i..:gs of fact <br />~.) Proposed cc;J:tional use permit <br /> <br />I4otffieation: <br /> <br />St,te law requires tha~ properties within 350 feet of the subject property be notified of the public <br />b,,aring. Staff attemp';ed to notify properties within 1,000 feet of the public heating pertaining to <br />tl~.e requesL <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The applicant is proposing to lease a 30' x 30' site on the 30 acre parcel for the construction and <br />operation of a 180 foot monopole telephone tower. Equipment cabinets will be located in a 10' x <br />12' area on the south side of the tower base. There is some existing tree cover in the proposed <br />vicinity of the tower base and the Applicant is not proposing to install security fencing or <br />additional plantings for screening. <br /> <br />City Code restricts tower heights in Residential districts to 75 feet. It also states that City <br />Council may increase the height if it is needed to accommodate a second user and the <br />surrounding topography, structures, vegetation and other factors make the height limit for a <br />complying tower impractical. The Applicant has designed the proposed tower to accommodate 3 <br />other users in addition to U.S. West, and they have stated that the height is necessary for <br />seamless coverage and to reduce the number of towers it would take to provide the same <br />coverage with shorter towers. <br /> <br /> <br />