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� — <br />�a 10. Support Buildings: Support buildings to house switching and other communication <br />�5 equipment shall have a brick exterior, be a maximum of two hundred (200) square feet in <br />7h size, twenty four (24) feet in height and have two (2) off-street, paved parking spaces. <br />7 i 1 1. Building Permit: A building permit shall be required for the construction of new <br />�� antennas and/or towers and shall include wind loading and strength and footing <br />i� calculations prepared by a Minnesota registered engineer. (Ord. ] 166, 5-28-1996) <br />ao 12. Exception: Antennas attached to, but not above, the exterior walls of buildings as an <br />8 � integral part of the architecture shall be a permitted use in all B Business and I Industrial <br />82 Districts. Antennas attached to existing public utility structures or existing public utility <br />�s towers in any zoning district, including electrical transmission towers or other structures <br />�4 deemed appropriate by the Director of Community Development, shall be a permitted use <br />�5 in all zoning districts, provided the antenna(s) do not increase the height or bulk of said <br />�F structure or tower. (Ord. 1198, 1-26-1998) <br />�� B. Height Limitations: The height limitations stipulated elsewhere in this Code shall not <br />8a apply to: <br />s9 1. Church spires. <br />90 2. Belfries. <br />p� 3. Cupolas and domes which do not contain usable space. <br />�2 4. Monuments. <br />93 5. Water towers. <br />�� 6. Fire and hose towers. <br />�� 7. Observation towers. <br />sc; 8. Flagpoles. <br />�7 9. Electrical transmission towers. <br />�8 10. Chimneys. <br />�� 11. Smokestacks. <br />�o0 12. Parapet walls extending not more than three (3) feet above the limiting height of the <br />�o� building. <br />�02 13. Cooling towers. <br />�o: 14. Grain elevators. <br />� 04 15. Elevator penthouses. <br />�05 C. Exception to Height Exemption: If, in the opinion of the Community Development <br />�o:� Director, such structure would adversely affect adjoining or adjacent property, such <br />�o� greater height shall not be authorized except by the City Council upon recommendation <br />7oa of the Planning Commission. (Ord. 1166, 5-28-1996) <br />10G S.O PROJECT OVERVIEW <br />� � 0 5.1 A cell site is typically located on an existing structure that will provide the necessary <br />� ��� height for adequate propagation of the signal to reach targeted needs areas. T-Mobile <br />� 7� Radio Frequency Engineers determine the location of these sites after analyzing customer <br />��;�� demand, area topography, signal propagation models, and relation to existing sites. <br />� �4 5.2 In their narrative, T-Mobile indicates that the Eagle Crest site was identified as being <br />� � 5 vital to meet increasing customer demands in the vicinity of Snelling Avenue and the <br />�� ��;; surrounding neighborhood. <br />�� i 5.3 The proposal calls for three separate panel antenna units to be installed on the roof of the <br />�, �� � independent senior building. Two of the antenna would be mounted to pipes and located <br />PF09-005 RCA 042009 (4).doc <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />