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4.O BACKGROUND 4.1 George C. Brandt, Inc. owns the property at 2975 Long Lake Road, which has a Comprehensive Land Use Plan designation of Industrial (I) and a zoning classification of Limited Industrial (I-1) District. This request for co1vD�TtoNA[, [1sE approval has been prompted by the applicant's desire to install cellular phone transmission equipment on a monopole facility. 4.2 While Section1013.10A3 of the City Code specifically addresses City-owned towers, this section nonetheless requires the installation of new, additional antennas onto existing tower facilities where feasible, presumably to minimize the number of new towers that are built. This same requirement had been further interpreted by Planning Division staff as tacitly encouraging new towers, when new towers are needed, to accommodate multiple providers so that the towers might more feasibly allow future providers to install their equipment on these then-existing towers. In light of this, staff has begun requiring new proposals for telecommunication equipment to address accommodations for potential future providers as well as the specific provider which may have prompted an application; the present application complies with this requirement since it includes locations on the facility that can accommodate up to two additional, future service providers. S.O STAFF COMMENTS 5.1 Section 1013.10A4 (Commercial Antennas on Non-City Sites) of the City Code allows commercial telecommunication antennas (with or without towers) on privately-owned properties as co1vD[T�otvA�, usES in Business and Industrial zoning districts, and § 1013. l 0A8 (Existing Facilities) further requires telecommunication facilities to be "dismantled and removed from the site within one year" after the equipment is no longer in use. If this proposed co1v�IT[o1vA�. UsE application is approved, any future equipment which fits within the scope of the approval would be considered permitted, and new providers could add their equipment when former providers have removed their equipment, as required, within a year of disuse. Moreover, at such time as no transmitting equipment has remained active on the tower for a period of 1 year, the tower itself would have to be removed, but the approved CoNDCTIOtvAL usE would remain valid on the property in perpetuity, and a new tower facility could be erected if future demand presented itself. 5.2 Section 1014.01 (Conditional Uses) of the City Code requires the Planning Commission and City Council to consider the following criteria when reviewing a coND[T�otvAL usE application: • Impact on traffic; • Impact on parks, streets, and other public facilities; � Compatibility of the site plan, internal traffic circulation, landscaping, and structures with contiguous properties; • Impact of the use on the market value of contiguous properties; • Impact on the general public health, safety, and welfare; and � Compatibility with the City's Comprehensive Plan. PF 10-021 RPCA 09a 110 Page 2 of 2 • . •