City Council Ordinance 684CITY OF MONTICEILLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10 OF TIME
MONTICEILILO ZONING CODE, CHAPTER 49 SECTION 4.139 FOR
"SMALL CEILIL99 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MO TI CEL1LO,MI�TNE,.SOTA HEREBY
ORDAINS:
Section 1. Chapter 4, Section 4.13 (E) is hereby amended to add the following:
Section 4.13 (E)
(E) Wireless Telecommunications Service Antennae and Antenna Support Structures
Wireless telecommunications service antennae and antenna support structures, for
the purposes of this ordinance, shall mean any equipment necessary to provide or
support all types of wireless electronic communications, including, but not
necessarily limited to, wireless "cellular" telephone, radio, and internet
transmission and reception communications between mobile communications
providers and users, including public safety communications. "Small cell"
wireless antennae and antenna support structures, defined exclusively as those
facilities that are fifty (50) feet or less in height and located within the public
right ofwav subiect to the Citv's Right of Wav ordinance, are generally excepted
from these provisions. Such facilities are subiect to the provisions of Section 4.13
(E)(3). -
(3) "Small Cell " Wireless Facilities.
(a) "Small cell" wireless service antennae and antenna support
structures shall require a Conditional Use Permit when located
in the right of way adjacent to any residentially zoned parcel,
PUD (Planned Unit Development) zoned project which
includes residential dwellings, or other residential use, or any
historic district. The CUP shall be reviewed pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.4(A) of the Monticello Zoning
Ordinance, and any other relevant restrictions. No
Conditional Use Permit shall be granted for any such facility
that creates a substantial burden on the adjoining residential
area or the public right of way in which it is located.
(b) No "small cell" support structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in
height above the finished grade of the ground on which the
structure is located.
(c) Notwithstanding subp. (b), the City may approve "small cell "
facilities taller than fifty (50) feet by Conditional Use Permit in
rights of way adjacent to non-residential property when the
City finds that such approval will have specific and substantial
public benefits, including, but not limited to, reduction in the
overall number or visual impacts of such facilities in the public
right of way.
(d) Small cell facilities proposed to be co -located on existing
support structures on private property, such as parking lot
light poles, may be allowed as permitted uses provided no
portion of the existing support structure or proposed antenna
will exceed the allowable height for such structures in the
subject zoning district and that the property is not a
residentially zoned parcel, PUD (Planned Unit Development)
zoned project which includes residential dwellings, or other
residential use, or any historic district,
(e) Any small cell wireless service antennae or new antenna
support structures located outside of the public right of way,
such as on private property, regardless of ownership, and
which would exceed the allowable height for the support
structure in the subject zoning district shall require a
Conditional Use Permit and be subject to all other general
requirements of Section 4.13, including this section, as well as
any other applicable zoning or city code restrictions.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to snake the changes required by this Ordinance
as part of the Official Monticello City Code, Title 10, Zoning Ordinance, and to
renumber the tables and chapters accordingly as necessary to provide the intended
effect of this Ordinance. The City Clerk is further directed to snake necessary
corrections to any internal citations and diagrams that result from such
amendments, provided that such changes retain the purpose and intent of the
Zoning Ordinance as has been adopted.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and
publication. Revisions will be made online after adoption by Council. Copies of
the complete Zoning Ordinance are available online and at Monticello City Hall.
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 23rd day of October, 2017.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Brian Stumpf, Mor`
ATTEST:
Jeff ' ill, City Administrator
VOTING IN FAVOR: Davidson, Fair, Gabler, Hilgart, and Stumpf
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: None.