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That replacement of the wooden tuning house would not be consumed as other than normal maintenance under paragraph 4 of Ramsey City Code Section 170.015H. Response: City Staff determined that replacement of a deteriorating wooden tuning house is normal maintenance, noting that such improvement will not require a building permit as it is proposed to be less than 120 square feet in size. That erection of fencing around the guy anchors and around the base of the antenna tower and and a gate or gates across .the access to the property would not be considered an expansion, enlargement or intensification of a non-conforming use under paragraph 1 or 4 of Section 170.015H. Response: City Staff has determined that fencing and gates are permitted and are not considered an expansion, enlargement or intensification of a use. It was noted that any fencing over 6 feet in height will require a building permit. That replacement of the existing leaky roof on the building would not be consmaed as other than normal maintenance under paragraph 4 of Section 170.015H. Response: City Staff has determined that replacement of a deteriorating roof is normal maintenance but will require a building permit. That upgrading the NSP power supply would not be considered an expansion, enlargement or intensification of the non-conforming use under parg-raph 1 or 4 of Section 170.015H. Response: City Staff has determined that upgrading the NSP power supply does not constitute an expansion, enlargement or intensification of a non-conforming use. That upgrading the current power pole at the site and replacing it with an 80 foot steel antenna tower would not be considered an expansion, enlargement or intensification of the non-conforming use under paragraphs 1 or 4 of Section 170.015H. Response: City Staff has determined that replacement of the current power pole on the site with an 80 foot tower is an increase in height for that particular pole but does not exceed the existing highest tower height on the property and therefore is not an expansion, enlargement or intensification of a non-conforming use. City Staff did raise concerns with power output interfering with radio transmissions between the City's pump house and water tower. At the meeting on January 16, 1990, City Staff was provided with a copy of a memo to you from Nell Swanson, WCCO Transmitter Supervisor, dated December 28, 1989 which indicated that the communication link between Ramsey's water tower and pump house operates on a frequency far removed from the frequency WCCO operates on.