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CASE # <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 Assistant, Megan Barnett <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City has received an application from U.S. West Wireless to construct and operate a personal <br />communication service (PCS) tower at 17515 St. Francis Blvd. N.W., which is a rural residential <br />parcel owned and occupied by John and Avis Gobernatz. <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Written description of proposal from US West dated 11/16/99 <br />c) Photos ofmonopole and equipment cabinets <br />d) Written description of design criteria by Valmont Microflect dated 8/25/98 <br />e) Certificate of Survey of tower lease site <br />f) Site plan consisting of 5 sheets .. <br />g) Aerial map <br />h) Letter from Mn/DOT dated January 4, 2000 <br />i) Letter from Mn/DOT dated January 21, 2000 <br />j) Letter from Jeff Nelson, WW.M. Montgomery & Associates dated January 4, 2000 <br />k) Draft Planning Commission meeting minutes dated January 4, 2000 <br />1) Draft City Council meeting minutes dated Jam~-ry 25, 2000 <br />m) Proposed f'mdings of fact <br />n) Proposed conditional use permit <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. <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 />There will be no personnel stationed at the site. No signs will be posted on the tower or cabinets <br />except applicable warning or equipment information signs. <br /> <br />The proposal was forwarded to Mn/DOT for comments on the proposed access. Mn/DOT has <br />indicated that an access permit will be required, and this is an unsafe area of Hwy. #47 and no <br /> <br /> <br />