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FROM POPHAM KAIK ET AL ITHU) 5. 15’97 9:30/3T. 9:29 NO. S7600S6999 P 2 <br />PoPHAM HAIK <br />• • • • • <br />6CMM09RfCH * KAUrMAtsI, L. . <br />OCNwc* coue«A»o <br />Tr* t f<v> <br />MIAMI. rtOAiOA <br />Tec 90S-530.00S9 <br />AV TOWXd, SuiTC <br />222 South N inth Street <br />MINNEAPOLIS..Minnesota 55402-333a <br />tel a I 2-535-«iaoO • KAX 012*994-0000 <br />‘••Ncrafi. o c. <br />iHTimHMTiOHAL <br />C»f«A <br />Titw 01 lSSl-9i»ssei <br />Thomas J. Radio , Esq. <br />DIRECT DIAL (612) 334-26S3 <br />Imtbrmet E-Mail : Raoio T2Popham .com <br />May 15, 1997 <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Municipal Offices <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal. MN 55323-0066 <br />VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAH. <br />Ret Proposed Telecommunications Ordinance <br />Our File No.: 3643-001 <br />Dear Ron: <br />You have asked me to respond to questions raised by the Planning Commission in <br />Ihcir consideration of the City’s proposed telecommunications ordinance. This letter will set <br />out my preliminary an.swers to those questions. <br />Question 1: Can the city prc'. lbit privately constructed telecommunications towers in <br />the city by requiring all antennas lo be placed on city owned structures? <br />Answer:Yes, but only if the city, by such an action, does not restrict provision <br />of telecommunication services. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 <br />provides that a city may not prohibit provision of telecommunication <br />services. However, it does not prohibit all reasonable regulation by the <br />city. If reasonable service can be provided by requiring all antennas be <br />placed on city owned structures, then the city may prohibit privately <br />constructed telecommunication towers. . <br />0S7/UI35450 5/15)97 <br />t <br />. . .. -