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Staff provided an analysis of these criteria above and finds all have been met. C. Wireless telecommunication towers/antenna may be constructed to a height that exceeds the required setback up to 33%. As a condition of approval, 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 as determined by the height of the structure or telecommunication tower. The required setback is specified in Section 4-600 (2), A-B. The original tower approval from 2006 included this certification. It will be verified to remain valid with the addition of three new antennas at the time of building permit. D. Certain telecommunication towers/antenna may be exempt from the setback requirement of Section 4-600 (2) and instead subject to a 10' setback by authorization of the City Council and when all of the following criteria are met: 1. The tower/antenna is erected on a parcel zoned I-1 or I-2. 2. The tower/antenna is located in a side or rear yard. 3. The reduced setback is measured only from the I-35W right-of-way. 4. The applicant submits a fall zone letter stating that tower is engineered to fall in a distance not impeding traffic on I-35W. This standard was adopted into the Zoning Code after the original tower in 2006 was approved/constructed; therefore it isn't relevant with this request. Staff finds all standards of Section 4-600 (4) to be met. Lastly, Section 8-130 of the Zoning Code states that no special use shall be recommended by the Planning Commission unless such shall find: a. That the establishment, maintenance, or operations of the special use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort of the general public. Staff finds this criterion is met. There are no residential uses nearby and with the surrounding heavy industrial activity, railroad lines, and proximity to Interstate 35W, the additional antenna will likely not further impact public health, safety, morals, or comfort of the general public. 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. Staff finds this criterion to be met as three additional antennas at this site will not be readily noticeable to the surrounding area. 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.