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ORDINANCE NO.. 587 'IJ~CtTY OF MOUNDS VIEW ,). ' dOUN'TV OF RAMSEY.. STATE OF MINNESOTA. ~ ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1100 : OF THE MOUNDS VlEVli'ZONING CODE (fj'BY APDING A NEW CHAPTER 1128 ESTASJ.lSHING A 180 DAY MORATORIUM . 'ON NEW USE, DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL - WfFU!LESS TELECOMMUNICATION SER,VlCES WITHIN THE CITY OF . . MOUNDS VIEW THE City OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: SECTION 1. litle 1100 of the Mounds View 2;Qning, COde. Is all1endedby adding a new Chapter 1126 to read: . 'Subd. 1.'AUTHORITY This Section is ~pted Dursuantto the authoritY aranted to the City in Minnesota Statutes. Section '462.335. Subdivision 4. entitled -Interim Ordinance." Subd ? PURPOSE .'1:he City of. MOl/nlls ~~~C:~~~~~:~~d~~;~r~~: thmu9hits Zonln9 Code The Mounds View ~~:'e~i~o Ct~~~~~~~~rii~~~ ~~~I~~~~~~h~ ~tablishmertt of new use. develooment or l;r~~i~:t~~!~:~:~i~~J~~~:~:;~ al)d Antllnnas for cellularoersonal qgmmunication services IPCS) silecialized ~~:::~: ~~~I~ 1~~~Rf."=i~ :=~~:= services marketed to the Dublic within the CiW Market demand raoidadvances in t~hl1oloQY' and exosndino federal licensure ot'radio freouencies has resultec;l in the inereasedreouests to locate Tower and ~ennas within the City: and that trend can Ill! exoected to accelerate in the reasonably. f6118seeable future The City Council is cgOcerned that there is a I~ck. of controls ~ ~~i~g '~~J~:~~ea~a:~~~~4e:~~t~~" alldress issues related to these Towers and Antennas such as the anprooriate locations for the Towers and Antennas and the conditions under which they m~ be allowed within the City Includlna structural and construction reouirements. co-location. setbacks and heiQht limitations. The City has received inouiries from comoanies desirino to construct Towers and Antennas and other facilities In the City. The City COuncil finds that it is necessarY to conduct studies to determine If there is a need to anlend the CitY's Zonino Code or its comDrehensive olan relatino to Towers and Antennas and if so to adoot the aoorooriate amendments The City Council finds that there's a need to adopt Interim measures for the ouroose of establishinll an orderlv olannino Drocess and 'dr'dtel:tlrfa the health safety and welfare of its citizens reaardino such matters ~ MORATORIUM. A moratorium on the nilw use develooment or conwuction of Towers and Antennas within the Qity is established. Durino the term of the moratorium no aODlication for final site and buildino plan aooroval buildin9 oermits and other oermits and anorovals related to such towers shall be 8CCeDted by the Cltv Neither the PlanninoCommission nor the CiW Council shall consider or orant aooroval 9f any aoollcatiori of such work No buildino Dermits fur such work s~all be issued fur the. develoonient or construction of Towers and Antennas within the City For the DUmoseS of the moratorium the term Towers and" Antennas shall include any Dole. .soire. structure or combinatioQ thereof inrnlidinll sLillQilrtJno lines ~bles wires . braces. and. masts intEinded Drimarilll fof the OUrrlOse of mountino Towers'and Antennas or similar aooaratus above grade for the Duroose of orovidinll commereial wireless telecommun- ication services to the public' The mora~ori\!Q1 shall not aooly to la) the VllI? of existjpQ'water towers in the city DrIb). TO)Ners and Antennas work that ~as recelVlild . all nBcessarv permits and aDorqval tram the CItv. oriorto the effective date of this ordinance. ~ EXPIRATION. Unless earlier re.pealed or modified by the City Council. this ordinance shall remain in effect for one hundred eiohtv (180). days from effective lImi. ". SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. Ib.ii ordinance Is effective 30 days after its publication Read by the City Council of the City of MOlinqs View on .!llbL2i..1l'196. Read ilnd passed by the City Council of .the City of Mounds View this 12111 day of ~ 1996. ATTEST: . . /at Jerome W. Unke Mayor (SEAL) /at Chuck Whiting CItyClerk-AcImlnlstretor (Bulletin: Aug. 21, 1996) .