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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFINAL ORDINANCE NO. 08-011CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. DI-©tI AN ORDINANCE RELATING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS The Lake Elmo City Council ordains that City Code Sections 150.1i3 (A)(B)(C); i50.114 (D)(3);150.117; and 150.12o(B)(i)(a) and (B)(i)(c) are hereby amended to read as follows: § 150.113 ALLOWED TOWER SITES. Applicants for a wireless telecommunication tower permit shall make a reasonable effort to locate the towers and accessory ground facilities in the following areas: (A) 3. t Priority. On an existing public utility power line support structure, within an existing public utility power line right-of-way, or within 3.00 feet of the right-of- way; (B) 2nd priority. On publicly owned property, as approved by the City Council; and/or (C) ,rd priority. On agriculturally or residentially zoned parcels greater than 20 acres. § 150.114 APPLICATION. Applications for a wireless telecommunication tower permit shall be submitted on forms provided bythe City Planner, which shall include the following information: (D) A 5 year plan for wireless telecommunication facilities to be located within the city shall be submitted by the applicant. The city acknowledges that the plans are fluid and in all likelihood will change depending upon market demands for the service. The City will maintain an inventory of all existing and reasonably anticipated cell site installations. The applicant shall provide the following written information in each, 5 year plan and the plan must be updated with each submittal for a new wireless telecommunication tower permit as necessary: (3) A presentation size map of the city, which shows the 5-year plan for cell sites, or if individual properties are not known, the geographic service areas of the cell sites. § 3.50.13.7 CO -LOCATION REQUIREMENTS. Except as hereinafter provided, antenna utilized to provide wireless telecommunication services shall be located on existing towers or structures which exceed 75 feet in height and which are located within i 1/i miles of the antenna site being proposed by the applicant. In the event that co -location is not possible, the applicant must demonstrate that a good faith effort to co -locate on existing towers and structures was made but an agreement could not be reached; or that co -location on existing structures will not allow the applicant to provide services to the required service area. § i.So.sao TOWER STANDARDS. (B) (i) Design. (a) To blend into the surrounding environment through the use of color; and architectural treatment and techniques that soften the visual impact of the wireless telecommunication tower on the surrounding environment; (c) All proposed wireless telecommunication tower shall be designed, structurally, electrically, and in all respects, to accommodate both the applicant's antennas and comparable antennas for at least z additional users if the tower is over ioo feet in height or for at least i additional user if the tower is between 75 feet and ioo feet in height; provided that this standard may be waived or otherwise modified by the City Council as necessary to allow the applicant to construct a wireless telecommunication tower that better blends into the surrounding environment. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective the day following its pupblication. Adoption Date. Passed by the Lake Elmo Cit)/Nncil on tday of 2oo8. Dean Johnston, Mayor Susan Hoyt, City Administ4tor Publication Date: This Ordinance was published in the F:\users\Jessica\Jerry\LE\Ordinance-Telecommunications Tower.vi.doc IIA This Ordinance No. OS — O 10 was published on the 8 day ofwR r 200Q.