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May 24, 2000 Plan Commission Minutes Page 3 of 5 be approved. He also stated that the applicant agrees to the conditions as set forth in the staff recommendation. Mr. Hill gave the staff recommendation that the application be approved per his May 18, 2000 memo. Chairperson Glassman opened the public hearing and asked for testimony from the public. No members of the public indicated a desire to speak, so the public hearing portion of the meeting was closed. The Plan Commission determined that the proposed application complies with all applicable provisions of the Zoning Code; at the specific location will contribute to and promote the community welfare or convenience; will not cause substantial injury to the value of neighboring property; is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, neighborhood development plan, and other official planning and development policies of the City; and will provide off-street parking and loading areas in accordance with the standards contained in Article 7 of the Zoning Code. Further, the Plan Commission determined that the proposed application complies with the special requirements for telecommunications antennas as follows: existing towers are not located within the geographic area necessary to meet the applicant’s engineering requirements; existing towers, structures or buildings within the applicant’s required geographic area are not of sufficient height to meet system engineering requirements; existing towers or structures may have sufficient structural strength to support the applicant’s proposed telecommunications antennas but will not work because of the reasons stated above; the proposed telecommunications antennas would not experience or cause signal interference with telecommunications antennas on existing towers or structures; the fees, costs, or other contractual terms required by the owner(s) of existing tower(s), structure(s), or building(s) within the required geographic area of the applicant or to retrofit the existing tower(s) or structure(s) may be reasonable but for the reasons stated above will not work; there are other limiting conditions that render existing towers, structures or buildings within the applicant’s required geographic area unsuitable; design of the tower or structure, including the telecommunications antennas, shelter, and ground layout maximally reduces visual degradation and otherwise complies with the provisions and intent of the zoning ordinance; the proposal minimizes the number and size of the towers or structures that will be required in the geographic area surrounding the proposed site; and the applicant has not failed to take advantage of available shared use options provided by this ordinance or otherwise. Mr. Credit moved that the Plan Commission recommend approval of the Conditional Use Permit with the following conditions: 1.The applicant shall provide sufficient information in the building permit application that shows that the antenna pole (flag pole) has sufficient structural strength to support itself K:\WPOFFICE\WPDATA\m-5-24-2000.plc.wpd