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Chairperson Nixt questioned if there is a development adjacent to this site and Associate Planner <br />• Dalnes replied not directly adjacent. <br />Chairperson Nixt noted the rationale for the setback being 1 '/2 times the tower in a residential <br />district and having a significantly reduced setback in a business district is not motivated towards <br />safety concerns because equally there are safety concerns in each district. So it primarily goes to <br />an aesthetic issue. While he understands Commissioner Van Scoy's concerns, given the lack of <br />immediate contiguous residential development there will be an opportunity to design the <br />following residential development in a manner that would accommodate the existing tower or <br />other amenities. Also, as they go through the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for 2008, the land <br />use on'the adjoining. property that is' currently undeveloped may undergo changes. Given those <br />two things, and since this is not a safety issue, he would move away from that as a motivating <br />concern for the issue. He would encourage staff to work with the applicant to find out how much <br />they can move the tower to accommodate the City's interest in preserving space for the future <br />storage facility while accommodating aesthetic and other concerns related to the placement of . <br />this tower within 10 feet of potential future residential development. <br />Civil Engineer II .Linton indicated staff is working on evaluating the site plan to better define and <br />meet the concerns outlined; to preserve space for the Fire Station future needs, and yet keep this <br />tower internal to the site as much as possible. He noted there is a large stand of trees along the <br />north property line that will screen and buffer the site. <br />Commissioner Trites Rolle commented there will also be a landscaping plan. The City has <br />• somewhat created this issue by its need for the land where the tower is currently located, and it <br />sounds that all the other options have been exhausted in the area. <br />Chairperson Nixt observed the City is also creating the opportunity for additional co- location on <br />this tower, so they are solving future problems as well. He inquired if the trees will need to be <br />removed to accommodate the tower, as they account for much of the canopy on this site. <br />Associate Planner Dalnes replied that is possible; it will need to be determined what size of <br />staging facility will be needed. Also, there. is quite .a large grade change toward the property line <br />which may limit how far north the tower could be located. Those things will be taken into <br />consideration in the revision of this site. <br />Mr. Edwards clarified the tower will be located 10 to 20 feet within the actual compound; it is <br />the compound that will be 10 feet from the property line. <br />Mr. Robert Szewski, 17220 Tiger Street NW, asked hove close the antennae is to the property line <br />and what the guarantee is that this tower will collapse upon itself and not effect the residential <br />property. <br />Mr. Edwards replied these towers are over - engineered; they are made to accommodate several <br />antennas. As far as the apparatus that would be holding the actual antennas, they are bolted to a. <br />bracket system that attaches to the tower; they stand off about three to four feet from the tower <br />Planning Commission /January 4, 2007 <br />Page 5 of 35 <br />—7— <br />