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From speaking with you, it will require Cingular Wireless to gain a Conditional Use Permit to allow for construction of the monopole tower and antennas. In addition, the City of Little Canada has an ordinance pertaining to towers and antennas (Section 903.140). I have outlined below how we propose to alleviate any preliminary concerns or issues the City of Little Canada may have regarding our tower project. • Effect of such grant on the health, general welfare, safety and economic prosperity of the City and of the immediate area in which such use would be located: The establishment, maintenance, and operation of a wireless communications facility will neither be detrimental to nor endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort, or general welfare because Cingular complies with the health and safety standards of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC requires all Personal Communications Service Providers to meet strict standards set by independent safety and standard groups, namely the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The wireless communications tower and shelter will not impede the normal /orderly development /improvement of the surrounding property because the facility will be secured in a six (6) foot chain link fence with three (3) strands of barbed wire. Also, Cingular's equipment shelter has a low profile design and will not physically interfere with development. In addition, Cingular's antennas operate on a specific frequency licensed by the FCC, therefore, the proposed location will not cause electromagnetic interference with other wireless providers, police, fire, or emergency communications, or any nearby televisions or radios. • Effect on the established character and quality of the area, its physical attractiveness, the movement of traffic, the demand for related services, the possible hazardous, harmful noxious, offensive, or nuisance effects resulting from noise, dust, smoke, or odor and other factors: There is adequate ingress /egress off of Spruce Street for Cingular's initial construction and maintenance phases. Access to the tower site will not create traffic congestion in public streets. Cingular's facility is un- manned, therefore the proposed use and development will neither cause traffic congestion nor draw significant amounts of traffic through public streets. Once construction is complete, visits are typically made to the site once every two months to perform routine maintenance. There will be no possible harmful, noxious, offensive, or nuisance effects resulting from noise, dust, smoke, or odor and other factors by the placement of the wireless communications tower.