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c. Section B.8 has been revised to reference co- location requirements of <br />towers 75 feet or greater in height. <br />d. A specific statement has been added stating that all towers must comply with <br />applicable FAA regulations. <br />4. Personal wireless service antenna tower requirements in the PSP Zoning Districts <br />have been changed to mimic setback requirements imposed in industrial zoning <br />districts. <br />5. The district provisions applicable to personal wireless service antenna have been <br />expanded to reference such antennas as "permitted secondary uses ". <br />6. The ordinance has been revised to stipulate that new transmitting, receiving and <br />switching equipment (associated with personal wireless service antennas) must be <br />located within an equipment building or cabinet and comply with accessory building <br />setback requirements. <br />7 Where permitted, the allowable height of new personal wireless service antenna <br />towers has been increased from 100 to 140 feet. Towers providing co- location <br />opportunities may be allowed up to 160 feet in height (previously allowed up to 120 <br />feet). <br />8. Section 3, Subd. 4.0 of the Zoning Ordinance (Height Exceptions) has been <br />amended to reference personal wireless antenna towers. This issue should be <br />subject to specific comment and recommendation by EDAB. <br />9. Commercial and public radio and television transmitting antennas and public utility <br />microwave antennas are allowed only in rural and Industrial Districts. The previous <br />ordinance draft allowed such antenna type within Business Districts as well. <br />It should be noted that the draft amendment allows the erection of new personal wireless <br />service antenna towers in industrial and PSP Zoning Districts. While some sentiment has <br />been expressed that such antenna type should be prohibited in industrial zoning districts, <br />we feel such allowance is appropriate for the following reasons: <br />1. The vast majority of PSP zoned land within the City overlays the Chain of Lakes <br />Regional Park. The allowance or disallowance of towers within the park is subject <br />to Anoka County approval and is therefore beyond the City's jurisdiction or ultimate <br />approval /denial authority. If the City prohibits tower erection within industrial zoning <br />districts, only the City's school, church, park and governmental sites would be <br />eligible for antenna erection (subject to City approval) We feel such significant land <br />area restriction is contrary to the intent of the 1996 Telecommunications Act which <br />states that personal wireless service must be reasonably accommodated by cities. <br />2 <br />