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L <br />MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, May 19,2003 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING - 8.^00 P.M. <br />(#14) #03-2903 cm' OF ORONO PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT <br />TELECOMNIUNICATIONS TOWER, 8:50 - 9:15 P.M. <br />GafTron r^rtcd that the City Council had identified a need to provide additional potential <br />locations for personal wireless scr\ ice antennas in the City aside from the two municipal <br />water towers. The proposed ordinance amendment would allow such antennas on existing <br />or future City emergency warning siren towers as a conditional use within the I R-IC, RR- <br />1 A and RR-1 B zoning; a potential future siren tower at the Orono golf course would also <br />be in the RR-IB district. <br />GafTron explained that the ordinance amendment as drafied does the following: <br />Section I revises existing LR-IC language to allow personal wireless serx ice antennas <br />only upon the municipal water tower and not upon other municipal structures <br />‘Personal Wireless Serx icc Antennas’ to the list of conditional u.ses in the <br />LR-IC district, and establishes conditions and perfonnance standards under which such a <br />CUP would be granted <br />Section 3 revises existing RR-IB language to allow personal w ireless serv ice anieiinas <br />only upon the municipal water tower and not upon other municipal structures. <br />Section 4 adds ‘Personal Wireless Serv ice Antennas’ to the list of conditional uses in the <br />RR- IB dislnct, and establishes conditions and performance standards under which such a <br />CUP would he granted <br />-Scclioa 5 adds •I'ctsonal Wireless Sersice Antennas'.. the list ofcondilional uses in the <br />CUP wotldTc’iJanp^^^ conditions and perfonnance standards under which such a <br />Section 6 merely establishes the effective date of the ordinance amendment. <br />GafTron indicated that staff recommends adoption of the ordinance, subject to any <br />revisions the Planning Commission finds appropriate. Note that the City has been under a <br />moratonum on issuance of pcmiits for siting of wireless telecommunication facilities and <br />reviewed specific subsections of the ordinance and asked the Commission for additional <br />comments. <br />There were no public comments. <br />PAGE 16 of 39