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<br />CASE # I <br /> <br />Public Hearing <br />REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR MILESTONE RADIO <br />TO CONSTRUCT RADIO ANTENNA: <br />CASE OF MILESTONE RADIO <br />By: Tim Gladhill, Management Intern <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Milestone Radio has submitted a site plan for the construction of an eighty (80) foot radio <br />antenna on the property of 14443 Armstrong Blvd NW. Antennas require a conditional use <br />permit (CUP). <br /> <br />The following items are enclosed for your information: <br /> <br />a) Site location map <br />b) Public hearing mailing list <br />c) Site Plan <br />d) Proposed antenna elevations <br />e) Proposed findings of fact <br />f) Proposed conditional use permit <br /> <br />Notification: <br /> <br />In accordance with State statute, Staff attempted to notify owners of property within 350 feet of <br />the Subject Property of the applicant's request and the public hearing. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The subject property is 1.35 acres. Milestone Radio is applying for a CUP to construct an eighty <br />(80) foot lattice design radio antenna in order to operate several radio stations on the subject <br />property. The applicant is proposing to house twelve (12) radio studios in the existing structure <br />on the subject property. The antenna is needed to beam the radio signals to the various repeater <br />towers that broadcast the stations. <br /> <br />City Code states that wireless telecommunications towers shall be constructed of a monopole <br />design. However, the applicant states that this design does not meet the needs of a radio station <br />broadcast. Towers of monopole design are designed to have some minimal movement due to <br />wind. This is sufficient for broadcasts such as cell phone towers, as they do not require pinpoint <br />accuracy. City Code does not address the type of antenna proposed by the applicant. Design <br />alternatives are at the discretion of Council. <br /> <br />However, the applicant's radio broadcast is dependent on a completely stationary antenna in <br />order to beam a signal directly to a second repeater tower, which in turn broadcasts the station. A <br />lattice designed tower would meet such needs of this radio station. <br /> <br />City Code also requires that the foundation of the antenna be setback 1.5 times the height of the <br />antenna to any property line adjacent to a residential district. The subject property is adjacent to <br /> <br />1 <br />