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e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January 10, 2000 / / Mayor and City counc/#1 Nancy Randall, Associate Planner TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Planning Case #00-02, SUP/Site Plan - Antenna US West Request. The applicant is requesting a Special Use Permit and Site Plan Review to allow for the placement of a US West Wireless PCS antenna on the roof and electronic equipment on the ground of the Catholic Aid Association located at 3499 Lexington Avenue North. (Exhibit A). e Background. The applicant is proposing to place three antennas in one single cylinder mounted on the top of the existing building. The proposed antenna is just under 12 feet tall and will be painted a light gray. The antenna incorporates three antennas into a single cylinder. Section VI, I, 3 states that no antenna or tower shall exceed a height of75 (seventy-five) feet. The proposed antenna and mounting is approximately 12 feet in height and the building is approximately 42 feet in height for an overall total of 54 feet in height. The antenna is not required to be screened. The antenna requires electronic equipment to be located on the ground. The applicant is proposing this to be at the Northwest comer of the building. The equipment is 5 foot tall, 8 foot long, and 4 foot wide. The equipment meets all required setbacks. The equipment will be screened by the building on the east and south sides. There is a retaining wall being installed by the property owner for drainage purposes on the west side. The existing trees screen the equipment from the north property line. Deadline for Agency Actions. The City of Arden Hills received the completed application for this request on Monday, November 1, 1999. Pursuant to Minnesota State Statute, the City must act on this request by Thursday, December 30, 1999 (60 days), unless the City provides the petitioner with written reasons for an additional 60-day review period. The additional review period would extend to Monday, February 28, 2000. The City may, with the petitioners' consent, extend the review period beyond the Monday, February 28, 2000, date. e The City informed the applicant that an additional 60 days would be needed to process their application. Lastly, ifthe City denies the petitioner's request, "...it must state in writing the reasons for the denial at the time that it denies the request."