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1'4 -'" ORDINANCE NO 520, STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4-600 OF THE NEW BRIGHTON ZONING CODE PERTAINING TO DISH ANTENNAS ' '.~' ~ -'.' The New Brighton City Council does ordain: SECTION I. That Section 4-600(a). Height exceptions, is hereby amended to read as follows: a. Height limitations shall not apply to the following: 1. Church spires, belfries, cupolas and domes; 2. Chimneys and smokestakes; 3. Flag Poles; 4. Any antenna or combination of antenna and tower rigidly attached to a building provided that the combination of antenna and tower does not exceed a total height of 20 feet above the highest point of attachment. 5. Any dish antenna thirty (30) inches or less in diameter. 6. Roof-mounted mechanical equipment shall be either . screened or completely enclosed and shall be excepted from the height limitations if the enclosure(s) does not occupy more than thirty (30) percent of the roof area and does not extend more than 12 feet above the roof upon which it is located. SECTION II. That Section 4-600(c) and (d), Height Exceptions, is hereby amended to read as follows: c. No exterior dish antenna having a diameter in excess of thirty (30) inches shall be allowed in an R-l or R-2 zoning district unless it complies with the following requirements: 1. Dish antennas shall not be located on the roof of any structure. 2. Ground mounted dish antennas shall only be located in a rear yard and shall not be located within five (5) feet of any side lot line and five (5) feet of any rear lot line. 3. Ground mounted dish antennas shall not be located within ten (10) feet of any principle structure. 4. Ground mounted dish antennas shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet from any adjacent residential structure. 5. Ground mounted dish antennas shall be screened from adjacent residential properties. Screening techniques shall be such that screening is effective throughout all seasons of the year. d. Special use permit. Any structure, other than as noted in Section 4-600 a. that is proposed to exceed the height limits imposed by this Section may be permitted by a special use permit. A special use permit shall be con- sidered provided it is determined that the location and size of the use and type of operation involved therein, shall not be injurious to the public health, safety, convenience or general welfare, and shall not injure or adversely affect the adjacent area of property values. The Planning Commission, in making a recommendation, and the Council, in acting upon the special use permit, shall consider the following factors: 1. The application for special use permit shall be pro- cessed according to Chapter VIII of the zoning code. 2. Applications for special use permits must meet the standards of Section 4-600 b.l. through 9. except for guyed structures must contain engineering information on collapse radius and the setbacks shall be equal to or greater than seventy-five (75) percent of the height of the proposed antenna. Adoptedt~'i.s27th day of Marcb , 1984. ((A 2//' J1:~ n;e. ")' w:.c-~ Gregor~ cus, /} Egan, City Cl erk