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<br /> <br />REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />DATE: 04/09/97 <br />CASE NO: PF2887 <br /> <br />Manager Approved: Agenda Section: <br />Hearing 6a <br />CB Commercial request for conditional use permit approval to <br />allow attachment of cellular telephone antennas to the penthouse <br />roof of Roseville Professional Center, located at 2233 Hamline Ave. <br /> <br />1.0 BACKGROUND <br /> <br />1.1 CB Commercial has requested approval of a conditional use permit to allow <br />placement of three additional cellular telephone antennas on the roof and penthouse of <br />the Roseville Professional Center, a six-story building located at 2233 Hamline Avenue. <br />One cellular antenna currently exists on top of this building. It was erected prior to the <br />current tower regulation and is considered pre-existing and non-conforming. <br /> <br />1.2 Section 1012.10 A 4 states that commercial receiving or transmitting antennas <br />and towers not located on a city tower site shall be a conditional use. Commercial <br />receiving or transmitting antennas and towers may only be located in B Business or <br />I Industrial Districts <br /> <br />1.3 Section 1012.10 A 12 states that antennas attached to, but not above, the <br />exterior walls of buildings as an integral part of the architecture shall be a permitted use <br />in all B Business and I Industrial Districts. The proposed antennas project above the <br />roof and are not an integral part of the architecture. <br /> <br />1.4 When an applicant requests a tower which does not meet the city code <br />requirements, or is not located on a city owned or controlled site, the applicant is <br />requested to demonstrate why it is not technically feasible to locate the antennas on a <br />city tower or meet the code requirements. In this case the antennnas are not on a city <br />tower and would not meet the code because they are placed above the roof line. <br /> <br />1.5 The applicant's description of why it is not technically feasible to locate antennas <br />on a city owned or controlled site or make the towers/antennas an integral part of the <br />building architecture is attached as Exhibit "A". (The city design standards do require <br />new roof mounted utility or HVAC equipment to be visually screened.) <br /> <br />1 <br />