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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION •3 FEB 2 2 1999 Date: February 18,1999 Item No.: ^ Department Approval: Administrator Approval: Name: Michael P. Gaffron Title: Senior Planning Coordinator Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: #2459 Corrections to Ordinance No. 161, 2nd Series -Telecommunication Towers and i Vntennas - Ordinance Adoption List of Exhibits A - Ordinance for Adoption B - Planning Commission Memo 1-29-99 C - Ordinance 161,2nd Series Summary Ordinance No. 161,2nd Series, adopted May 27,1997, contained t^\'o minor errore which have come to light as a result of incorporating the ordinance into the appropriate Zoning Code sections. The proposed ordinance is essentially a 'housekeeping' ordinance to make corrections. Specifically: 1. The new Accessory Antenna provisions were not incorporated into the B-1 District standards after the old 'antenna structure' and 'antenna' conditional use sections were deleted from B-1. 2. Personal Wireless Service Antennas and Towers were intended by Council to only be allowed on municipal structures, i.e. the two Orono water towers. Ordinance 161 intended to allow such use only in the two zoning districts in which the water towers are located, i.e. the RR-IB and LR-IC districts. However, Ordinance 161 inadvertently incorporated this provision into the B-1 district rather than the LR-IC. Planning Commission Recommendation Planning Commission reviewed the proposed ordinance corrections at a public hearing on February 16, and voted 4-0 to recommend adoption as presented. No public comments were forthcoming. Planning Commission briefly discussed the fact that accessory antennas have never been specifically allowed in the B-2 or B-5 districts (and still won ’t be after adoption of the corrective ordinance). Planning Commission concluded that is a topic for future discussion, and should not be addressed as part of this merely corrective action at this time.