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<br />WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM NO. 5-B <br /> <br />WORK SESSION DIRECTION/DISCUSSION <br />DATE: 05-20-96 <br />ITEM NO: <br /> <br />Department Approval: <br /> <br />Manager Approved: <br /> <br />Agenda Section: <br /> <br />Item Description: COMMUNICATION TOWERS - LAND USE <br />REGULATION <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />In the past year Roseville has become a target for communications towers <br />companies. The technology is rapidly changing. The highway conidors and the <br />heavy concentration of users near these corridors and the regional shopping center <br />create this demand. <br /> <br />A communication tower is now used primarily for telecommunications such as <br />cell phones, mobile radio phones, digital phones and computerized data <br />transmission. These towers may range from 60 feet up to 250 feet in height and <br />need to be located on 1 to 1.5 mile radius. In Roseville, our planning, engineering <br />and finance staff have been reviewing requests for permits. <br /> <br />The City land use code allows towers to be constructed to any height, but requires <br />the approval of the Building Official or an appeal to the City Council. Most <br />recently this occurred at the site adjacent to the Roseville Water tower, wherein <br />the applicant had originally proposed a tower further north, within clear view of <br />the Twin Lakes redevelopment. <br /> <br />Because, under the current code, these new communication towers are permitted <br />anywhere within the city, it would be prudent to reconsider the city's land use <br />regulation of such towers. For example, the permit to allow all towers (except <br />City of Roseville controlled or owned "designated" tower sites - similar to the <br />Burnsville Ordinance- where the tower would be considered a permitted land <br />use) could be changed to a Conditional Use Permit and limited to specific zones <br />such as business, and industrial districts only. The strategy is to create a permitted <br />"incentive" area to place communications equipment on sites designated by the <br />City with restrictive covenants or lease conditions, but without need for further <br />permits and hearings. A draft ordinance, updated by the City Attorney's Office, is <br />attached. On April 22, 1996 the Mayor/Council reviewed the latest version and <br />asked for a revisions to the definition section prior to sending this to the Planning <br />