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• Meeting Date: 2/22/93 Agenda Item: S ITEM: Request forda ofnthelzoningscoderfor 1547rLarpenteur 10.01 [2] ( ) Avenue. SUBMITTED BY: Mr. Kevin Alm, Edward D. Jones & Co. REVIEWED BY: Tim Hilger, representing property owner Brian Standing, Administrative Intern acting as planner. EXPLANATION/DESCRIPTION: Request: Edward D. Jones & Co., an investment consultant firm, plans to open an office in Bullseye Plaza at 1547 Larpenteur Avenue. Mr. Alm, the office manager, has requested a conditional use permit to allow the installation of a 6-foot diameter satellite dish antenna on the exterior rear wall of the building. Analysis: . The nature of Jones & Co.'s work requires uninterrupted computer and communications links with the firm's headquarters in St. Louis and with market information systems around the world. Jones & Co. has designed its system entirely around satellite transmission. The zoning code for a B-2 district lists broadcast and telecommunications facilities as a conditional use. As indicated in the site plan, the antenna would be mounted to the exterior rear wall of the building, abutting an alley. The antenna would protrude from the roof line by 6 1/2 feet, and would be mounted in a recessed area of the building, 14 feet from the alley right of way. According to the manufacturer, the antenna would weigh 383 pounds and is designed to survive a maximum wind speed of 125 m.p.h. Staff have visited the location to determine potential visual impacts on the surrounding area. The alley abuts the rear of 6 residential lots on Crawford Avenue. The antenna should not be visible at all from 1522, 1526 or 1532 Crawford, due to the angle of view or to obscuring garages. The view from 1538, directly opposite the proposed antenna location, is completely obscured by a row of tall evergreens. 1540 Crawford, to the northwest, is partially screened by a garage and two large deciduous trees; foliage should entirely obscure the antenna in the summer. From 1546 Crawford, a garage and the neighboring trees should restrict the view of the antenna to the extreme southwestern corner of the • lot.