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Memo to Planning Commission Page 2 September 24, 1996 • telephone antennas. They are also proposing to construct a 12' by 24' building to shelter equipment. The area the applicant plans on leasing is located in the northeast corner of a 12.5 acre lot adjacent to the west side of the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks. The area to be leased is currently undeveloped and contains a stand of 8" to 12" diameter pines. The adjacent land uses include Riverview Sports and Marine and undeveloped land, both commercially zoned and residentially zoned. The site is flat and will require little grading. The site will be serviced by a 12 foot wide gravel drive with access from the Highway 10 service road. The gravel drive will be located within a 20 foot wide access easement over the adjacent properties to the west. In order to better manage the potential proliferation of antennas in the city cellular antennas should be capable of being used by other cellular providers. This pole has been designed so that it can accommodate additional antennas for use by other cellular companies Overview Rezoning • In order to construct the proposed antenna, a rezoning of the property is needed to Antenna Tower Overlay district (AT). This special overlay district was set up to manage the proliferation of antenna towers and to insure their proper placement regarding the health, safety and welfare of the community. This overlay district does not change the underlying Highway Commercial (C3) zoning, all the uses allowed and the dimensional regulations in the C3 zoning district will continue to be allowed on land zoned into the AT. In considering a rezoning request of this nature, consideration should be given to the existing conditions within the area directly and indirectly affected by the rezoning proposal as well as compatibility with surrounding land uses. The existing conditions of adjacent properties include undeveloped residential zoned and commercial zoned property and some older commercial buildings along the Highway 10 frontage road. The adjacent properties to the north, west and south is zoned either highway commercial or light industrial. To the west is the railroad tracks and undeveloped residential zone property. The rezoning of this lot to AT should not adversely affect the property under consideration or the adjacent properties and it would not be incompatible with the surrounding land uses. The applicant has also provided information identifying changes and advances • in the cellular telephone industry that make it necessary to construct an antenna at the proposed location. They have also provided coverage maps of the