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facilities must be setback in the rear yard -one foot from each <br />property line for every one foot of antenna or tower. (Most cities <br />require a two or four foot setback to one foot of tower but this <br />would make it impossible to accommodate this unique request in <br />almost all yards in Falcon Heights.) <br />From experience, there are very few inquiries about personal <br />amateur radio towers and antennas. (We've had one inquiry in the <br />past seven years). The changes in communications through the <br />Internet and satellite dish antennas probably reduces the likelihood <br />that these antennas will become popular. Nevertheless, the <br />ordinance should address the possibility. <br />3. Satellite dish antennas are not subject to zoning. <br />Recognizes the likelihood that the FCC ruling would not permit <br />cities' to regulate the location of satellite dish antennas. <br />Technology has made these satellite dish antennas very small so <br />the regulation of location is less critical than ten years ago. <br />• <br />4. Commercial antennas must be located on the U of M water tower or <br />the U of M or State Fair public buildings or on the St. Paul Water <br />Utility towers if approved by these authorities. There is one possible <br />location proposed on the city hall fire tower (if technically feasible). <br />The ordinance .... <br />does not permit commercial antennas in areas zoned public, <br />residential or commercial because of the city's land use density. <br />Having antennas on top of commercial buildings or park buildings <br />would add to the visual congestion of the area. Also, all <br />commercial buildings are immediately adjacent to residential areas. <br />Antennas are not perceived as an asset adjacent to a residential <br />areas unless much larger setbacks can be accomplished than the <br />available land in Falcon Heights permits. Cities with much larger <br />park, open space and industrial areas have more flexibility in <br />locating antennas and towers. Again, however, these cities <br />typically use their water towers and the vacant property adjacent to <br />these water towers for to locate these, whenever possible. <br />3 <br />