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Ordinance 588 <br /> January 27, 1997 <br /> Page 8 <br /> and/or flowering perennials in order to enhance and complement the natural features and <br /> environmental value of the City's parks and recreation areas. The landscaping plan shall be <br /> reviewed by the City Forester and approved by the City Council as part of a conditional <br /> use permit(CUP) or by the Director of Community Development, if the wireless <br /> telecommunication tower or antenna is allowed as a permitted use. The City Council or <br /> Director of Community Development, as applicable, may waive the landscaping and/or <br /> screening requirements upon request of the applicant if the existing landscaping and <br /> screening is deemed sufficient. <br /> Subd. 5. Color: The wireless telecommunication tower and antenna shall be of a neutral color <br /> such as light grey or sky blue except as dictated by the Federal Aviation Administration <br /> (FAA) and be designed to minimize visibility and to blend into the surrounding <br /> environment. <br /> Subd. 6. Construction Type and Materials: The wireless telecommunication tower shall be of a <br /> monopole construction unless a variance is granted by the Board of Adjustment and <br /> Appeals. Guy-wired towers shall not be permitted. Metal towers shall be constructed of, <br /> or treated with, corrosive resistant materials. <br /> • Subd. 7. Roof-Mounted Wireless Telecommunication Antennae: Roof-mounted wireless <br /> telecommunication antennae shall not be permitted on buildings with pitched-roofs, unless <br /> they are stealth antennae incorporated into upward thrusting architectural elements, such <br /> as a church steeple, spire or bell-tower, smokestack. etc. On flat roofs, the height of the <br /> antenna and mounting hardware may not more than 10 feet above the highest point of the <br /> roof to which the antenna is attached. <br /> • .. . �" :HCl+ + :a irees _ f s' ®+�i on ' nna a COI1 muni a to <br /> antennae"mounEn si es=ofbing - . h <br /> v ... . spa 9 9'0:4§4§K:.-:., a S <br /> Subd. 9. Prevention of Radiation: Wireless telecommunication antennae shall be subject to state <br /> and federal regulations regarding non-ionizing radiation and other health hazards related <br /> to such facilities. If the federal government adopts new, more restrictive standards, the <br /> antennae shall be made to comply or the antenna shall be removed by the owner or the <br /> City at the tower owner's expense. The owner or operator of the tower shall pay any <br /> associated costs of compliance verification. <br /> Subd. 10. Lights: No wireless telecommunication tower or antenna shall have affixed or attached <br /> to it in any way except during time of repair or installation, any lights, reflectors, flashers, <br /> • day-time strobes or steady night time light or other illumination devices, except as <br /> required by the Federal Aviation Agency, the Federal Communications Commission or the <br />