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Planning Commission Minutes - November 21, 2000 Page 3 The following summarizes the amendment: Special Use Permit required for new construction of wireless telecommunication tower/antenna. ? Applications for special use permits shall be required to meet existing criteria for towers (Section 4- ? 600(b)(1) through (9). Wireless telecommunication towers/antenna may be constructed to a height that exceeds the required ? setback. The City must be provided with a licensed professional engineer’s certification that the tower is designed to collapse or fail within a distance or zone shorter than the required setback distance. Zisla said this amendment will provide consistency and a better approach to address telecommunication applications. Zisla will abstain from the vote due to a conflict of interest. Baker feels the amendment may reduce the number of applications for towers, but there is no statement referring to height restrictions. Schmitz asked what would happen if a vehicle struck the base of the tower. Jay Littlejohn, Verizon, explained that the poles are 30 ft. underground encased in concrete, and designed to collapse upon itself to withstand direct impact. Baker amended the ordinance language to state that telecommunication towers/antennas may be constructed up to 33% taller than the required setback.. Motion by Baker, seconded by O’Brien, to WAIVE THE READING AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION /. TOWERSANTENNA 4 Ayes - 0 Nays, (Zisla Abstained) Motion Carried. Teague presented a request for a special use permit to expand and reconfigure the existing parking lot of Beisswenger’s Hardware, 1360 Old Highway 8 NW. The required setback for off-street parking areas in the MX District for retail uses is 30 ft. This request would reconfigure the parking lot with a 25 ft. setback from Old Highway 8 NW. Beisswenger’s received site plan approval in 1987 for an addition similar to the proposed. A condition upon the MX District that approved site plans from 1985 to the Ordinance effective date (1999) could be developed as long as improvements made by January 1, 2005. Beisswenger is not proposing to complete the approved plan, rather expand off-street parking. This is the first application for the MX District, and the City is currently working on an overall development plan. Staff is recommending the City hire a professional landscape architect to draft a plan. O’Brien verified that no other expansion plans have been proposed. There were no comments from the audience. CLOSE THE HEARING Motion by Baker, seconded by Zisla, to . 5 Ayes - 0 Nays, Motion Carried. Baker believes the resolution should state Beisswenger’s withdrawal of the 1987 site plan, without this condition, it remains active. Zisla said removal of the site plan would take away a critical piece to apply to that parcel, and the setback request is not too extreme. Teague said approval of plan provides control over landscaping along the roadway. I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\MINUTES\2000\11-21-00.WPD 3