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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ordinance 588 <br />January 27, 1997 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />SECTION 5: Sections 1124.05 through 1124.07 are hereby added to the Mounds View <br />Zoning Code as follows: <br /> <br />1124.05: SITING AND DESIGN REOUIREMENTS: The requirements of this section <br />apply to all wireless telecommunication towers and antennae erected. constructed. placed. or <br />replaced in the City. All wireless telecommunication towers and antennae shall be designed and <br />situated to be visually unobtrusive to minimize the impact upon the neighboring uses and shall <br />conform to the following design and siting criteria: <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Setbacks: The minimum setback from any property line or public right-of-way for a <br />wireless telecommunication tower is thirty feet (30') unless abutting a residential district. <br />then at least half the height of the tower. Where placed on a lot improved with a principal <br />building. the wireless telecommunication tower shall be located only in the rear yard or <br />interior side yards not abutting streets. Wireless telecommunication towers shall not be <br />placed between the principal building and any street abutting the property. Setbacks for <br />accessory equipment structures associated with wireless telecommunication towers and <br />antennae shall meet the requirements as outlined in Section 1104.01. Subd. 4 ofthe Zoning <br />Code. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Accessory Equipment Structures: The base transceiver station and all other related <br />equipment shall be housed in an existing building whenever possible. If an existing <br />building is unavailable. a new accessory equipment building may be constructed according <br />to Minnesota State Building Code requirements and shall be of the same or better <br />construction. design and appearance as any principal structure or adjacent buildings. If the <br />equipment is to be housed in a weather-proof cabinet-like structure in lieu of a building. it <br />shall be mounted upon a suitable concrete pad. <br /> <br />Subd.3. Fencing: The wireless telecommunication antenna tower and/or accessory equipment <br />structure shall be surrounded with an eight foot (8') fence so as to prevent unauthorized <br />entry and access to the equipment building or tower. Barbed wire. razor wire or <br />electrified fences shall not be permitted. <br /> <br />Subd.4. Landscaping and Screening: The wireless telecommunication tower and/or accessory <br />equipment building shall be landscaped and screened with a mixture of six-foot (6') tall <br />evergreens and one and one-half inch (1 W') caliper ornamental deciduous trees at a ratio <br />offour (4) evergreens per every one (1) deciduous tree. spaced no less than eight (8) feet <br />apart on center so as to achieve at least a fifty percent (50%) opaque screen. Trees may <br />be clustered to create a more natural appearance to the screening. In addition to these <br />landscape requirements. wireless telecommunication towers and/or accessory equipment <br />buildings located in the PF and CRP zoning districts shall include a mix of shrubbery <br />