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MINUTES Planning Commission November 13, 1986 MN Cellular The City Planner reported that the City has a request from the Telephone Minnesota Cellular Telephone Company DBA Cellular One for a Company conditional use permit to construct a transmission facility on property located at 53 South Owasso Blvd. This facility includes a 200 foot tall toner. The Planner reported that he has been working with the City Attorney to determine how this request should be processed and it has been determined that a text amendment to the Zoning Code would be necessary to provide as permitted uses receiving stations, transmission towers and facilities. If the text anendpient is approved, than the Commission should consider a conditional use permit for Cellular One. The Planner reported that in reviewing the property involved, he discovered the existence of a building morato!°iun in this area which was placed in effect by the Council in 1934. This is due to lack of public access to the Woodlyn Avenue area. The properties in this area are without proper street frontage. The Planner reported that a road plan has been decided upon for the area, however, until that plan is improved, the City has declared that no building permits will be issued in the area. In the meantime, the property owners were to have installed a gravel road to access the area, however, this has not been done. The Planner reported that the Council has had several meetings on this subject with the result being the moratorium. The Planner suggested that the Commission consider the application of Cellular One at this time and stated that the company will nave to deal with the Council on the moratorium issue. Messrs. Philip Oxley and Max Thompson, representing Cellular One, appeared before the Commission. Oxley reported that Cellular One is one of two licensed cellular telephone companies in the seven - county metro area. Oxley explained that their company has several 200 to 300 foot towers in the metro area, rather than one large 1,000 foot tower. Oxley explained that the location of the towers is determined by traffic flow patterns, topography and population. Oxley explained how the cellular system worked and presented a few slides showing the existing cellular system in the metro area and the proposed system which includes the tower in the Woodlyn Avenue area. Oxley reported that Cellular One purchased an 11 cell system and is proposing to increase that to 15 cells in 1987 and possibly 13 cells in 1988. Rise -5-