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~ J~! STATEMENT OF REASON FOR SPECIAL USE PEID1IT JONES LAKE/RADIO TOWER The project will consist of the construction of a five hundred (500) foot radio tower in Jones Lake. The radio tower will be supported on a drilled pier foundation. The piers will have diameters ranging from 36 inches to 60 inches and estimated lengths of 21 to 52 feet. Permanent steel casing will be left in place at all pier locations to prevent loss of concrete into the organic soils. Based on available soil borings taken by Braun Engineering, it is their opinion that the foundation will not totally penetrate the underlying sandy clays and will not result in any drop in the lake level. Construction during the winter freeze will also minimize any impact on vegetation. A special use permit is requested because there is no alternative to construction of the radio tower in Jones Lake.' Under Section 4-600c of the New Brighton Zoning Ordinances, guyed structures, such as the radio tower, must have setbacks equal to or greater than 75 percent of the height of the proposed tower and a special use permit must be obtained therefore. Additionally, a special use permit is requested under Section 10-040b. (7). of the Zoning Ordinances for construc- tion of the radio tower in Jones Lake. As noted above, because of the setback requirements for th~ radio tower's height, the tower's location in Jones Lake is necessary. Its construction will not, however, adversely affect the capacity of the flowage of Jones Lake. ~he Rice Creek Watershed District has approved the construction of the tower subject to the Seminary giving a flowage easement in Jones Lake. Further, a permit for the tower's construction has been requested from and is being processed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources under Minnesota Statutes Sectlon 105.42. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has advised that a permit under the River and Harbor Act of 1899 is not required. The construction of the radio tower will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, or general welfare, will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property, will have adequate access roads, drainage, and other necessary facilities and will in all other respects conform to the applicable regulations for special uses in floodplain districts under Section lO-llOd. of the New Brighton Ordinances.