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Planning&Zoning Board January 14, 1998 Page 6 The remainder of Section 2., Subd. 15.G.2.b. deals with housing of support equipment and security fencing. Mr. Brixius recommended the following change to Section 2., Subd. 15.G.2.c.: Temporary Mobile Towers. Personal wireless service antennas located upon a temporary mobile tower as a permitted secondary use may be used on an interim basis until a permanent site is constructed and shall require the approval of an administrative permit and shall comply with the following standards: Section 2., Subd. 15.G.3. should be entitled Public/Semi-Public District Standards, and Section 2., Subd. 15.G.3.a. should be amended to read as follows: Antennas Located Upon An Existing Tower or Structure. Personal wireless service antennas as permitted secondary use may located upon public structures or existing towers and shall require the processing of an administrative permit and shall comply with the following standards: Section 2., Subd. 15.G.3.b., referring to new towers, should be similarly amended, to read u as follows: New towers as permitted seconda ,muses shall require approval of an administrative permit and shall comply with the following standards. Mr. Brixius also recommended that Section 2., Subd. 15.G.3.b.1) be amended to state: The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City that location of the antennas as proposed is necessary to provide adequate wireless coverage and capacity to areas which cannot be adequately served by locating the antennas on existing towers or support structures. Mr. Brixius reviewed Section 2., Subd. 15.H., which provides guidance with respect to commercial and public radio and television transmitting antennas and public utility microwave antennas. The standards include consistency with the requirements of Section 2, Subd. 2; location upon a continuous parcel being equal in size to the height of the structure, and safety in the form of a fence not greater than eight feet in height with a maximum opacity of fifty percent.