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Lake Elmo Municipal Code <br />Chapter 13 — Municipal Regulations <br />Section 1390 — Wireless Telecommunication Tower Permits <br />Chapter 13 - Municipal Regulations <br />Section 1390 Wireless Telecommunication Tower Permit. <br />1390.01 Purpose and Intent. <br />The Wireless Telecommunication Tower Permit Regulations are intended to: <br />(1) Reasonably accommodate the provision of Wireless Telecommunication <br />Services to the general public; <br />(2) Minimize adverse visual effects of Wireless Telecommunication Towers, <br />Antennae, or accessory equipment through careful design and siting standards; <br />(3) Avoid potential damage to adjacent properties from tower failures through <br />structural standards and setback requirements; and, <br />(4) Maximize the use of existing and approved towers structures and/or buildings <br />for the location of new Wireless Telecommunication Towers in order to reduce <br />the number of such structures needed to accommodate Wireless <br />Telecommunication services. <br />1390.02 Definitions. <br />As used herein, the following terms shall mean: <br />(1) Wireless Telecommunication Tower. Any pole, spire, structure or combination <br />thereof, including supporting lines, cables, wires, braces and masts, intended <br />primarily for the purpose of mounting an antenna or to serve as an antenna. <br />(2) Antennae. That portion of any equipment used to radiate or receive radio <br />frequency energy for transmitting or receiving radio or television waves. <br />Antennae may consist of metal, carbon fiber, or other electromagnetically <br />conductive rods or elements. <br />(3) Tower Accessory Equipment. A structure located at the base of a tower housing <br />radio receiving/transmitting equipment and other associated electronic <br />equipment necessary for a communications facility. <br />(4) Wireless Telecommunication Facility. The combination of a Wireless <br />Telecommunication Tower, Antennae and Tower Accessory Equipment. <br />1390.03 Permit Required. <br />No person shall install a Wireless Telecommunication Facility or any portion thereof, at a <br />height greater than is allowed for structures in the underlying zoning district without first <br />being issued a Wireless Telecommunication Tower Permit. <br />1390-1 <br />Adopted Ordinance 97-24 on 1-21-98 <br />