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Mr. Patrick Niccum thanked City Planner Rothstein for help in putting the packet together. He 1 stated they had always wanted to have a front porch. Only the right side of the porch is within the 2 setback. 3 4 Chairperson Crone closed the Public Hearing at 7:24 p.m. 5 6 Motion by Commissioner Papatola, seconded by Chairperson Poucher, to recommend to City 7 Council approval of a resolution approving a variance from the required front yard setback in 8 order to construct a covered front porch at the property located at 3323 Skycroft Drive. 9 10 Motion carried 6-0 11 12 13 C. Consider a request for a variance to exceed the 75 foot height allowance for Wireless 14 Telecommunication Towers at 2801 37th Avenue NE 15 16 Planner Rothstein reviewed the Applicant’s request is for a variance to increase the height of the 17 existing wireless telecommunications tower to 83 feet and install antennas that would extend to a 18 height of 87 feet. City Code Section 90.04 (B) (8) (a) states that towers shall not exceed 75 feet. 19 Verizon’s RF Engineer has provided an analysis that a coverage gap for Verizon customers 20 would remain in the Silver Lake area if Verizon installed their antennas on the existing pole 21 beneath the existing AT&T antennas. The purpose statement of the Wireless Telecommunication 22 Towers Chapter of the City Code (City Code Section §90.02 (B) (4)) promotes and encourages 23 shared collocation of towers and antennas rather than construction of additional single-use 24 towers. Therefore, staff recommends approval of a variance to exceed the wireless 25 telecommunication tower height to a maximum tower height of 83 feet and a maximum antenna 26 height of 87 feet. 27 28 POSSIBLE ACTIONS 29 30 1. Recommend Approval (with or without conditions) of the variance and adopt the resolution 31 found in Exhibit C. 32 33 2. Recommend Denial of the Variance. In the event of a recommendation for denial, the 34 Planning Commission may state its findings related to denial. 35 36 3. Request Additional Information and Continue the Public Hearing. The Applicant appears to 37 have provided enough information for the Planning Commission to make a recommendation 38 to approve or deny the request. Should the Planning commission request additional 39 information from the Applicant, the Planning Commission should continue the public hearing 40 until a later time. 41 42 Three exhibits were provided for Planning Commission Review: 43 Exhibit A: Location Map 44 Exhibit B: Application and Supporting Material 45 Exhibit C: Draft Resolution 46 4