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RESOLUTION PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WHEREAS, an application has been made by Verizon Wireless LLC to allow construction of two additional telecommunications antennas, increasing Verizon's total antenna number to ten, on top of the City's water tower located at 700 Silver Lake Road, and WHEREAS,the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. An application for a Special Use Permit was received on October 31, 2013. 2. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on November 19, 2013 and all present were given a chance to freely speak at the hearing. 3. The Planning Commission recommended the City Council approve the request on November 19, 2013 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission and City Council make the following Findings of Fact with respect to the Special Use Permit(SP2013-006): 1. The property is zoned R— 1, Single Family Residential. 2. The property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for Low Density Residential. 3. The applicant has proposed to construct two additional telecommunications antenna on top of the City water tower, increasing Verizon's total antenna amount from eight to ten. 4. No changes to the ground equipment are proposed. 5. Section 4-600 (2 & 4) provides for several performance related standards that all wireless telecommunication facilities must meet. 6. The Planning Commission determined those criteria of Section 4-600 (2 & 4) are met. 7. The Planning Commission reviewed the proposal in accordance with the following additional Special Use Permit standards of Zoning Code Section 8-130: a. That the establishment, maintenance, or operations of the special use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort or general welfare. b. That the special use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor substantially diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood. c. That the establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in the district. d. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and/or necessary facilities have been or are being provided. e. That the special use shall in all other respects conform to the applicable regulations of the district in which it is located. 8. The Planning Commission found the Special Use Permit criteria of Section 8-130 are met due to the following: a. The antennas are being mounted to an existing water tower. b. The antennas will be located at the top of the nearly 90' water tower and will not be readily visible from the ground. 1