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In addition, the City should require landscaped screening of the structure to minimize its <br />visual impact on the neighborhood, particularly in residential areas. As an additional <br />measure, the City could impose architectural requirements which would cause the <br />equipment buildings to be treated similar to accessory sheds in residential areas in an <br />effort to make them look more in keeping with the surrounding neighborhood. <br />Requirements could include gabled roof, lap siding, and white or natural exterior colors. <br />With regard to the permitting procedure, we would recommend that all such installations <br />processed by Conditional Use Permit. Since the City has had limited exposure to <br />processing the different applications for wireless communications devices, Staff would <br />recommend referral of all applications to the Planning Commission and City Council for <br />review and approval. Such installations could be regulated as follows: <br />Wireless communication antennae may be located on existing public utility <br />structures by Conditional Use Permit in all zoning districts, as regulated by <br />Section 921 of the Little Canada Zoning Ordinance, provided: <br />1. The existing public utility structure is no less than fifty feet in height. <br />2. Equipment buildings are located within the perimeter footprint of the <br />existing utility structure. <br />3. Equipment buildings, if not located within the perimeter footprint to the <br />existing utility structure, are located in no required yard of any lot <br />other than the required rear yard, and are fully screened with <br />evergreen landscape materials. <br />4. Equipment buildings, if located in a residential district, shall also be <br />constructed in such a way as to resemble residential accessory <br />buildings which meet residential building materials standards, and are <br />either white or natural in exterior color. <br />5. The proposed use and structures are found to be compatible <br />architecturally and functionally with the neighborhood in which they <br />are located. <br />With these constraints, it may be reasonable to consider the request to include existing <br />public utility structures as potential wireless communication antennae sites. We will <br />provide a copy of the proposed text language at the Planning Commission's meeting on <br />Thursday, October 9. <br />cc: Kathy Glanzer <br />Greg Schmidt <br />Scott Tangen <br />Page 32 <br />