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B. Applications for special use permits must meet the standards of Section 4-600 (2), A- I. 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. Because the tower is an existing water tower, this standard isn’t applicable. For information’s sake, the antenna will be constructed at a height of approximately 120’ and the tower setback is 50’ from the south, east and northern property boundary and 90’ from the westerly boundary. 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 does not apply as a tower setback is not applicable being the antenna will be mounted on an existing City water tower. 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. The water tower is located on a parcel zoned for industrial uses and is surrounded on three sides by industrial uses. A multi-family apartment complex exists to the west with the nearest non-garage structure nearly 200’ away. Further, the antenna will be mounted at a height where they are not visible from the ground. Each apartment unit lying within 350’ of the property received a notice of this request and as of the date of this report no comments have been received. 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.