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CASE NUMBER: 1366-82 APPLICANT: Jim Kroiss tall. It perhaps is one proposed inasmuch guy wires* 5 May 1982 Page 3 the tower which is visually most like the as it is a free - standing tower without The Roseville Water Tower is approximately 125 feet tall. 6. You will note from the architectects reduced drawing showing the vicinity of the site that the tower is proposed to be located where County Ditch 4 turns easterly from its northerly flow. If such a tower is to be built in an industrial area in Roseville, such a location, in our opinion, is likely to have the least impact on further development or redevelopment of the land. That is to say, that County Ditch 4 is likely a _permanent facility, and thus, a tower located in this "corner" of the turn would - 1 lke ly not inhibit the pla c em "ent of future structures .i in the area, This could be important inasmuch as we anticipate over an extended period of time that the large parcels in this area currently occupied by truck terminals may at some point in time be redeveloped for more intensive purposes. Thus, we. would not like a small parcel occupied by a tower encumbering the flexibility for the future layout and use of the land. Another positive element is that in the event the land is redeveloped in the future as a quality industrial park the vertical symbol represented by the tower could be a striking point of identity* The most striping example of such a symbol is, of course, the Eiffel Tower in Paris which is 984 feet high, or the T . v . tower in Stuttgart, C erma ny , ( the first one with a restaurant on top) which is about 550 feet high. That tower is 20 feet in diameter at the base. Perhaps the best local example of a communications tower serving as a focal point in the middle of an industrial park is that of the self - supporting tower in Curt far l son s Niinneapo 1 i s Industrial Park (planned by your consultant in 19 6o) located in the City of Plymouth in the southeasterly quadrant of the intersection of Trunk Highway, 55- and Interstate 494. This tower is }wild of cor -ten steel, and is ' a steel - walled structure and not an angle }graced tower with legs, we do not know the height of that structure but will attempt to find out b'e'fore the Planning Commission hearing, 7. Though the tower would certainly function as a distinctive vertical symbol, that might also be its principal negative factor, obviously, a 330 foot tower will be visible from Most points within the community. If the Planning Commission and Council feel that such a highly visible tower is a detraction to the coummuni ty, that would be a cause for considerable concern, If it is the objective to maintain a "rural character" to the maximum extent., the tower may be visualized as a detraction from that objective, The placement of the tower (and hopefully painting it white) could be considered by some as a symbol of an urbanizing community, where taller structures are encouraged in the right locations. There is, of course, a difference between tall buildings and a tall tower.