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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—February 22, 2010 13 7.C. Ordinance 2010-002 and Planning Case 09-023 for a Zoning Code Amendment and a Conditional Use Permit Amendment at 1296 County Road F and Approve Publishing a Summary (continued) City Planner Beekman stated a follow-up letter was requested from Ulteig that addressed this. Without digging up the foundation of the tower it would be impossible to know the exact condition it is in. Based on Ulteig's review of the engineering there were no concerns about how it was designed. Councilmember Holden stated she would like to better understand the changes being requested and the effect these changes will have. Councilmember McClung suggested this item be tabled until the next Council work session since the City is within the sixty-day review period and there are some open issues and questions. He stated he would be supportive of this request but would also like to have an opportunity to look at the ramifications of allowing an expansion to a non-conforming use. Mayor Harpstead stated he would like to review the whole section of this Code. Councilmember McClung stated he would like more discussion on how Staff will be processing these requests. City Planner Beekman stated there are three non-conforming towers in the City. The City does not have any control over one tower and the other two towers are the Reiling Tower and the Arden Tower/Vaughn Tower. The Arden Tower does operate under a Conditional Use Permit that allows for the addition and relocation of antennas up to thirty-one. The only two towers in the City that would be affected by these amendments would be the Reiling Tower and the Arden Tower and since the Arden Tower already operates under a CUP the changes would only affect the Reiling Tower. She clarified that the amendments would apply only to existing non-conforming towers. Mayor Harpstead stated he was reluctant to vote on this at this time because he wanted to be sure that this would be a one-time request and the City was not setting a precedent about what it would define as an expansion. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Mayor Harpstead seconded a motion to table Ordinance 2010-002 and Planning Case 09-023 for a Zoning Code Amendment and a Conditional Use Permit Amendment at 1296 County Road F and Publishing a Summary of Ordinance 2010-002. The motion carried (4- 1 . Ayes—Mayor Harpstead, Councilmembers Grant, Holden, and McClung Nays—Councilmember Holmes D. Approve Ordinance 2010-003 in Planning Case 10-003 to Amend Section 1325.09 Subd. 4 of the Zoning Code Regarding the Placement of Antennas on City Owned Property as Presented in the February 22, 2010, Report to the City Council