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• Planning Commission <br />Meeting: 6/17/96 <br />Item: 5 <br />ITEM: Consideration of adopting a moratorium on antenna equipment <br />placement <br />SUBMITTED BY: Carla Asleson, Administrative Assistant/Planner <br />EXPLANATION/DESCRIPTION: <br />Within the past year, the city has had a number of requests for information regarding the <br />zoning requirements for antennas and telecommunications towers. The federal <br />government recently auctioned off additional radio frequency space to telecommunications <br />companies who wish to site new towers to service cellular phone and personal <br />communications devices such as pagers. These devices can be as small as ten feet to as <br />large as 200 feet in height. <br />The city's regulations for antennas are somewhat vague and do not take into account the <br />new types of technologies which have evolved in recent years. In order for staff to analyze <br />the most effective and reasonable means of regulating antennas and towers, a moratorium <br />on the establishment of new antennas and towers for the next three months would be <br />appropriate. <br />More information on this topic and an appropriate resolution will be brought to Monday's <br />meeting. <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Approve Planning Commission Resolution 96-03, recommending <br />that a development moratorium on new antennas and towers be established to permit staff <br />to study antenna location issues. <br />