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~ ~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: June 30, 2008 TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Meagan Beekman, Planner I SUBJECT: Planning Case #08-017 Zoning Code Amendment: Antenna Ground Structures City of Arden Hills 1245 West Highway 96 Reauest Motion to Approve Ordinance 2008-008 in Planning Case 08-017 to Amend Section 1325.09 Subd. 6B and Subd. 7 of the Zoning Code Regarding Ground Structures for Antenna Equipment at City Water Tower Sites as Presented in the June 30, 2008, Memo to the City Council. Backeround At their May 27, 2008, meeting the City Council approved a Conditional Use Permit for T- Mobile to place several antennas on the City Water Tower located at 4251 Fernwood Street. As part of the application T-Mobile proposed to construct a structure to house the ground equipment required to operate the antennas. According to Section 1325.09 of the Zoning Code, the City will construct and maintain a single ground structure at each water tower that would house all of the necessary ground equipment for future antennas located on the towers, and no additional ground structures would be permitted. The City never constructed these structures, and in order to comply with City Code T-Mobile offered to construct the building and give it to the City to operate and maintain. As part of the proposal, T-Mobile would require the cost of the construction to be repaid via a credit on their lease agreement with the City. Upon further review, the City Planner, City Attorney, and Public Works Director all concurred that owning and maintaining a building at each water tower site was not in the best interest of the City due to cost and liability. Therefore, Staff recommended that the Conditional Use Permit be City of Arden Hills City Council Meetingfor June 30, 2008 \\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\Planning\Planning Cases\2008\08-017 Zoning Code Amendment - Ground Structures (PC Approved) \063008 - CC Report - Ground Structures. doc Page 10f3