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e e e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: September 19,2000 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Jennifer Chaput, City PIannerLf' SUBJECT: Case #00-28, City of Arden Hills Zoning Ordinance Amendment (Antennas) Relluest The City of Arden Hills requests that Section VI (I) (Antennas) of the City's Zoning Ordinance be amended to better handle requests for the location oftelecommunication antennas and their ground-related structures on City water tower sites. Back!!round At their regular meeting on May 8, 2000, the City Council passed Resolution 00-20 to direct staff to no longer accept applications for the location of telecommunication antenna and ground structures on the water towers in Arden Hills until such time as a master plan had been developed and accepted by the City. The Planning Commission discussed revising the antenna section of the Zoning Ordinance during the June and July meetings and held a public hearing on proposed amendments in August. The proposed language changes are a result of Planning Commission discussions of other cities' ordinances and policies regarding their water tower sites. The City has two water towers: Red Fox Road (Exhibit A) and Fernwood Ave. N. (Exhibit B). The Red Fox tower has at least three ground mounted structures plus one City building and the Fernwood tower has one ground mounted structure at this time. The following is a list of the applications by telecommunications companies for location on the water towers to date: Plannin!! Case Water Tower Companv 84-22 Fernwood Water Tower New Vector Communications 95-01 Red Fox Water Tower One Communications Inc. 00-02 Red Fox Water Tower USWest 00-05 Red Fox Water Tower Surint 00-16 Red Fox Water Tower APT The Red Fox tower site, since already developed with a number of ground structures, is best dealt with by having an overall landscaping plan to screen the structures and construct one ground structure to house all future applicants. This could be completed by