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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes April 21, 2009 Page 9 1 2 A resident addressed the Planning Commission and stated he lives on 33`d Avenue across the 3 street from the school. He is very concerned with having what appears to be a very large sign, 4 possibly with flashing. The signs that are there now are already very bright for the neighbors 5 across the street and anything brighter than that would be disruptive. Their bedrooms face the 6 road. They already deal with a lot of things with the school that they did not deal with when they 7 bought the house, and now they will be changing the entire front and taking away all the green 8 space. He stated they need to tone this down and realize that signage is important, but it also 9 needs to relate to the residents. 10 11 Chair Stromgren explained that City Code prohibits flashing signs. 12 13 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes indicated that there is a specific amount of time that the 14 sign is allowed to be illuminated. 15 16 VIII.2 CUP REQUEST FOR T-MOBILE—KENSINGTON 17 18 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated staff was contacted by Mr. Jed Kruthcen from T- 19 Mobile about the process for obtaining permission from the City to install a cell phone tower on 20 the roof of a building. He had been working with the association board of Kensington Condos. 21 She explained to him that a conditional use permit would be needed. Mr. Kruthcen got approval 22 from the association board to proceed with this application for a conditional use permit. Mr. 23 Kruthcen is attending tonight as a Concept Review. T-Mobile has provided an installation plan 24 for the cell phone tower. 25 26 Mr. Joey Gay, representative of T-Mobile,presented the installation plan for the proposed cell 27 phone tower and answered questions of the Planning Commission. He explained the objective of 28 T-Mobile is to get coverage in the neighborhood behind Kensington. This is the best location to 29 obtain coverage in the area. The tower would be located on the northwest side of the building 30 and would be painted to match the building. 31 32 Commissioner Jensen suggested that a mock up with photos be prepared for the public hearing to 33 address any concerns. 34 35 VIII.3 LOT SPLIT REQUEST—4017 SILVER LAKE ROAD 36 37 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes stated that Susan Lindberg is a personal representative for 38 her father's estate. As a result she is heir to a lot at 4017 Silver Lake Road. It is an extremely 39 long lot extending from Silver Lake Road to Penrod. The request is to split the lot into two lots to 40 facilitate an easier sale. There is an agreement with someone to purchase the lot once it is split 41 and approved. Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes presented the proposed survey depicting the 42 lot split with both lots conforming. The lot with the structure will be approximately 11,000 43 square feet and the other lot will be approximately 10,000 square feet. There is a public easement 44 for an alley on the lot. When this area was originally platted there was the thought of putting an 45 alley in;however this is the only lot with an alley easement. In talking with the City Attorney he 46 indicated that he did not see any issues if the easement were to remain because both lots would