City Council Ordinance 291 (2)ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. a9~
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-12 OF THE MONTICELLO ZONING
ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING ANTENNA AND ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE
REGULATIONS.
THE CITY OF MONTICELLO DOES ORDAIN:
Title 10, Chapter 2, Section 2-2, Item [EC] of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
[EC] ESSENTIAL SERVICES: ,
Public or private utili~y~ystems for gas, ~l
elect~•icity, steam, sewer ~or ~ water; ,
• voice. television and digital communications
systems; ,
• rand. waste disnocal and recy~g c rvice W'relec radio
frequency reception and transmission antenna and upport structures shall not be
considered an a cential s .rvice.
Title 10, Chapter 2, Section 2-2, Items [AL1], [AL2], [AL3], [AL4], [AL5], [AL6], [SA.1] and
[SP.1] are hereby added to the City Code to read as follows:
. AfL11 ANTENNA• A device aced for th transmission nd/or r ption of wielesc
communicar_ions,,~r~ged on an antenna ~pport ctn~c-t,~re nr buildings and consisting
of a wire, a set of wire , or electromagn ti 1 y reflective or conductive rode
elements, arrays or Urfa .es.
LAL21 ANTENNA RADTn AN T V TnN BROAD A T TRAN MI TON• n
antenna_ used to transmit public or co m r sal broad a t radio or television
programming.
. AfL31. ANTENNA PF.R~nNAT WIR S OMM NI ATION RVT n
antenna used for the franc is ion nd re ration of wieless communication radio
waves including celluLa_r, per on 1 Comm mi ion c rvice (P~,l, enhanced speeiali~Prl
mobilized radio ( MRZp~g~g and i filar ervi .es.
LAI.41 ANTENNA A IT DI H• An an nna incorpora ing a reflective or
conductive surface that i olid open mesh ~r har configured and is in the shave of
a shallow dLh cone horn, or cornucopi? Such an antenna is used to tran mit and/or
receive radio or electroma¢neri~ wavPC herwPPn rPrrestrially and/or orbitally based
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trammission or receivingyvstems This definition shall include- but not be limited to.
~=shat are commonly referred to as satellite earth stations VRO television. receive
on1X) and satellite microwave antennas.
ANTENNA SHORT WAVE RADIO. An antenna used for the transmission and
reception of radio waves used for federally licensed short-wave radio
communications.
~~ ANTENNA SUPPORT STRTT T TRE• Any freestanding = ale= telescopin m s
toy=per, tripsZd or other structure which su}~ports an an enna and is not a building or
atra~hed to a building or structure.
jSA.ll AC'C`FCCnRY 11SE• A use of land or of a building that is subordinate to a p
u=se, and not they rLunary use of the land or building.
~SP.11 ~TRLTCT RE PUBLTC• An buildine or edifice of any kind which is owned or
rented and op ra d by a federal,~ta e,~r local government agency.
Title 10, Chapter 3, Section 12 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3-12
COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS
3-12: COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS:
[AA] Purpoce• Tn order to accommodate the communication needs of the
residents and businesses ~=~1Le Prot g th~public health safety and general
welfare of the community, the Council finds that these regulations are
necessary in order to:
1 Provide for the appropriate location and development of antennas and
antenna support structures to serve the residents and businesses within
the city:
~, 1\~inimi~e adverse visual effects of antenna support structures through
careful design and siting standards.
~. Avoid potential structural failure of antenna support structures and
possible resulting damag . to a 'scent properties through structural
standards nd setback requirements: and.
~, 1\~aximi~P th . »s • o f e i ting na=d a~nroved anten na support true ~r
and buil_di_ng~ to a
n ember o antenna ~~nmmndate new antennas i
sport stn~ctures needed to n order to reduce the
serve the cormunity.
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[A~] Permitted Uses. Antenna support tr ~ . ~ and an nna of all t3rp~s,, other
than radio a_nd television broadcast trap mi Sion an enna nd personal
wireless commnni atinn. ervi a an ennac f
fir,
are permitted accessory uses within all zoning
districts provided that they meet the following conditions:
1 Location• Antennas shall be located on exi ting b it i gs and
structures, if possible Antenna located upon as publi b ~ild'ng or
structure h 11 re4uire the processing of an admirLStrative permit
issued in compliance with the procedures estabLi hed by the ~
it
Where an antenna sun part struc ture i used to s upport an tennas
thg
installatio n of more than one l l) a ntenna su pport str ,
ucture per
p~perty s hall rewire the as nro val of a conditio nal nSe p ermit.
2• Y r Min~num setback requirements for
antennas and anten a ~pport structures shall in all zoning districts be
the same as those for permitted asses ory building, us and
~~u~pment (See Section 3-2 [D~)
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and antenna support structure shall not be located within a public or
utility easement.
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~,. H~fi
~,. ntenna Hei~hts• tenna h 1 not xtPnd more than re
(101 feet above the highest dart of the building or structure to
w ich thy_ ire attached nor more than ten (10.~ feet above the
highest roof elevation.
$. ntenna Suouort Structure Height :Except as permitted by
conditional use permit, antenna support structures shall not
exceed ten (101 feet in height above t_he maximum allowable
bu~l~d' g height for the zoning district in wlich the antenna
upport structure is located.
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s ecurity: A_ntenna
ecured in such a ytppo str
manner as ~ . Tres shall b . c~nnstn~cted, fen~erl nr
to prevent unauthorized climbing. No
b arbed wire. razo r ribbon or t he like shall be u ed for thi pu~-pose•
~,. cree i e• Tr n i t'ng receiving and switrhingg~~pment shall he
housed within an existing structure or screened from view from any
public street.
6. Neighboring Proper y Impact:
' Antennas and antenna upport structures shall be
designed and located such that in the event of structural faille,
neither the antenna nor the antenna support structure will fall on
adjoining property.
Z~ esi ~n: The u e of guyed anten na support structure s is prohibited
The design and in sta llation of n ew antenna upport structures mu t
utiliz
pLtfo e an open fr
rms or struct am
ure ework or m
s accessory onop co
to the anten nf~,gu_rati
na supp on Permanent
ort stru .t ~r . or
anten
supp na that increa
ort structure se
sha visibiiily ar
ll exceed e prohibited
00 snare fe No pa
et in hnr rt of the antenna
i~nntal area
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Color/Content: Antennas nd
antenna ~unport ctr, ,rec ch 1 one , d of a orrocion r cictan
material or be p in d a neutral color, and shall not be painted with
scenes or contain letters or messages which qualify as a sign.
[B] n i 1
Antennas and antenna upport tr , r ~pport structuree not 4 ,t alify~g~
~rmitted accessory uses as provided in eubdivision ~Al 1 through 10 above
including but not hm1ted to radio and televisi n broad a t tran mi ion
antennas and personal wireless cnmmuni ation~ service antennas,, are
only ne fitted a. condi innal „s .c a provided by Chanter 22 of the Zoning
Ordinance.
Such antenna nd an nn ~pport etructure •n t llation that r c ,biect toto
conditional ,eL"e permits. mutt comn~y ~=~it__ h ~1 re4~irements for Permitted c
~pecified~[~] above excep acyp ific lly provid rl hPlnw and mnc
meet the fo lowing ad itional ondi ionc•
1, New antenna cup por ctrnctnrec alln ~Pd b
y conditional use permit
and e
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n height sh 11 he design rl cn ac r„
accommodate other user including b ,t no li i d to nrher p rcnnal
wirele co mnni catinn s rvi e companies The anp ican h 11
demonstrate to the satisfaction of th itv nnn~il that opportunities
will be made av •la bl or o-lo ating other antennae on h ant nna
support tract ,re
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~. Antenna support
transmission an structures for radio and television broadcast
tennas are allowed as conditional uses only within
the Industrial (,I-1
hundred sixty-fiv and I-21 zoning districts and shall not exceed one
e ,165~feet in height,.
4 Antenna support structures used in the federally licensed amateur
radio service are allowed as conditional uses within all zoning
districts and may extend a maximum of seventy~701 feet above grade.
~, Antenna support structures for personal wireless communication
svstems shall be allowed as conditional uses provided:
~.,. Minimum spacing between personal wireless communications
service antenna support structures shall be 1/4 mile.
used upon information provided by the applicant, the Citv
Council may urant exceptions if the City Council determines
that any one of the following reasons makes it impractical to
locate the Manned personal wireless communications service
eaui~ment upon an existing antenna support structure within
1/4 mile of the proposed site:
~. No existing building, structure or antenna support
structure meets the structural or hei t re~u~ements.
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2.. No existing building. structure or an tenna support
stn~ctue me
of the perso ets the fse4uencX reuse and
nal wireless communicatio spacing needs
n system. or
~, The location of the proposed new antenna support
stru
pp cture is ne
li
ant
who cessary as demonstrated by the
shall
rovide to the Cit
Council
a
evi c
,
dence demon p
y
strating that the planned equipment
wo uld cause int erference. materially~pacting the
usa
ant bility of other
nna support s existing_or planned eq~pment at the
truct
re
and the interfere
ce cann
t
be e
prevented at a u
,
n
o
reasonable cost.
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Business CB-1, B-2 3-3 and B-41 z~rLng districts, and shall
not exceed one hundred sixtv_five (161 feet in heig ;n
$u ' ec amp~(B~) and Tnclnstrial (~-1 and T-2) zoning
di ri .
~cvcraoic rr~m every Diner cuDa1v1s1on it any SuDnlvls~~ 1
held to be invalid by competent authority, no o her ~bdivicion
~haLl be invalidated by such action or deci ion Wh r an
applicant for conditional u e permit demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Council that a c,h~l;v;ci~n ~f th;c ~ec't;nn
interferes with peci_fic rightgranted under the laws ~f the
Federal CorrLmunication Co mic ion [FOCI that subdivici n
shall be waived; however, he ity of Monticello reserves the
right to otherwi e regulate in order to mitigate nega 'v
impacts and accomplish the Pu~po e o h; Ordnance
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and publication according to law.
ADOPTED by the Monticello City Council this 12th day of May, 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Administrat
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