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Motion by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Nixt, to recommend that City <br />Council adopt a positive findings of fact relating to Mr. Kveton's request for a conditional use <br />permit for two dwellings on one parcel and approve Mr. Kveton's request for a conditional use <br />permit based on the findings of fact. <br /> <br />Further discussion: Commissioner Dempsey inquired if 177t~ Avenue is marked as a dead-end <br />and Mr. Kveton replied that it is. Commissioner Dempsey questioned the likelihood that 177th <br />Avenue will be extended. Acting Community Development Director Frolik replied that any <br />further subdivision would require an extension of the road. The Commission discussed at length <br />possible future accesses to the site if developed. <br /> <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Anderson, Commissioners Johnson, Nixt, Dempsey, <br />Jensen, and Wivoda. Voting No: None. Absent: Kociscak. <br /> <br />Case #2: <br /> <br />Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a Personal Communication Tower; <br />Case of U.S. West Wireless <br /> <br />Chairperson Anderson closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 7:30 <br />p.m. in order to conduct the public hearing. <br /> <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br />Chairman Anderson called the public hearing to order at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Presentation <br /> <br />Acting Community Development Coordinator Frolik stated that the City has received an <br />application from U.S. West Wireless to construct and operate a personal communication service <br />(PCS) tower at 17515 St. Francis Boulevard NW, Ramsey, which is rural residential parcel <br />owned and occupied by John and Avis Gobematz. The applicant is proposing to lease a 30' x <br />30' site on the 30-acre parcel for the construction and operation of a 180-foot monopole <br />telephone tower. Equipment cabinets will be located in a 10' x 12' area on the south side of the <br />tower base. There is some existing tree cover in the proposed vicinity of the tower base and the <br />Applicant is not proposing to install security fencing or additional plantings for screening. City <br />Code restricts tower heights in residential districts to 75 feet. It also states that City Council may <br />increase the height if it is needed to accommodate a second use and the surrounding topography, <br />structures, vegetation and other factors make the height limit for a complying tower impractical. <br />The applicant has designed the proposed tower to accommodate three other users in addition to <br />U.S. West, and they have stated that the height is necessary for seamless coverage and to reduce <br />the number of towers it would take to provide that same seamless coverage with shorter towers. <br /> <br />Citizen Input <br /> <br />Planning Commission/January 4, 2000 <br /> Page 4 of 10 <br /> <br /> <br />