ORD 410 Wireless Comm Towers as Access Use19
City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Dakota County
Ordinance No. 410
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 12-1J-6 D. OF THE MENDOTA HEIGHTS
CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY PROVIDING FOR
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AS ACCESSORY USES IN THE R-1
ZONING DISTRICT.
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights hereby ordains:
Section 1.
Section 12-1J-6 D.1. is hereby amended to read as follows:
1. Restrictions In Residential Districts: No freestanding
antenna or antenna tower shall be allowed in any R1,
R-1A, or R-2 districts unless colocated on existing
utility towers. In the R-1 district, a freestanding
antenna tower may be allowed by Conditional Use Permit
on non-residentially used properties provided that the
tower meets all of the other requirements of this
Section, and that the tower is an accessory use to the
principal use of the property on which the tower is to
be located. This clause shall be interpreted to mean
that the principal use of the property has a direct
use of, and occupancy on, the tower, as opposed to a
general subscription to services provided by a
separate occupant of the tower.
Section 2.
Section 12-1J-6 D.4 is hereby amended to read as follows:
4. Height: All freestanding antenna towers shall be no
higher than seventy five feet (751), as measured from the
ground to the highest point of any portion of the tower,
antenna, or any other component attached thereto, or the
distance between the base of the antenna tower and the
nearest setback line, whichever is least. Where the City
Council finds that a proposed tower will not have
negative impacts on neighboring properties, a tower
height of up to 120 feet may be allowed by Conditional
Use Permit, subject to a showing that the proposed height
is the maximum height necessary to serve an unserved
area.
Section 3.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and
after its passage and publication.
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this 18th day of July,
2006.
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John J. er,,*`or,
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Ka4ileen M. Swanson
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