02-03-10-PC - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

The need for suitable antenna sites is anticipated to increase with the growing demand for wireless services. While some older technologies are consolidating antenna sites, the newer high-speed services are requiring additional antennas. It is reasonable to expect increasing demand from wireless internet and cellular services. 2. Conditional Use Permit Review — Section 1355.04 Subd 3 Section 1355.04 Subd 3 of the Arden Hills Zoning Code lists the criteria for evaluating a Conditional Use Permit or Conditional use Permit Amendment. The Planning Commission and City Council shall consider the effect of the proposed use upon the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the owners and occupants of the surrounding land, in particular, and the community as a whole, in general, including but not limited to the following factors: 1. Existing and anticipated traffic and parking conditions; 2. Noise, glare, odors, vibration, smoke, dust, air pollution, heat, liquid or solid waste, and other nuisance characteristics; 3. Drainage; 4. Population density; 5. Visual and land use compatibility with uses and structures on surrounding land; adjoining land values; 6. Park dedications where applicable; and the 7. Orderly development of the neighborhood and the City within the general purpose and intent of this ordinance and the Comprehensive Development Plan for the City. Conditional Use Permit Amendment Request The applicant is requesting that the original CUP be amended to allow the owners to add, relocate, or replace antennas on the Reiling Tower as needed, provided the tower can structurally accommodate the antennas. Any change to equipment on the tower would require a building permit and administration review, but a CUP amendment for changes would not be required. Under the current procedures, someone requesting to relocate or add antennas to the Reiling Tower would be required to come before the Planning Commission and City Council for a CUP amendment. Since the process is the same for placing an antenna on an existing structure or constructing a new tower, there is less incentive to consider existing towers for new antennas. If this request is approved, the applicant would be subject to an administrative review to relocate or add antennas, which would require the following information: • An independent structural engineering review to determine if the tower can accommodate the additional antennas; City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for February 3, 2010 IlMetro-inet.uslardenhillslPlanninglPlanning Cases 12009109-023 Reiling Tower Zoning and CUP Amendment (Pending)102-03-10 - _PC Report--_Reiling Tower CUP Amendmentl.doc Page 5 of 9