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(5B) Antenna Support Structure. Any building or other structure other than a tower which can be used for location of antennas. (5C) Antenna Tower. A self-supporting lattice, guyed or monopole structure constructed from grade which supports personal wireless service antennas. (54)Public Ser\'ices. Underground or overhead gas, electrical, steam or water transmission or distribution systems, collection, communication, supply or disposal systems including poles, wires, mains, drains, sew’ers, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, traffic signals, hydrants or other similar equipment and accessories in conjunction therewith; but not including buildings or major structures located above ground level Personal wireless services and commercial broadcasting antennas and towers shall not be considered public service structures. (56B) Secondary Use. A use of land or of a building or a portion thereof which is subordinate to and does not constitute the primaiy’ use of the land or building. Section 2. Section 10.03, General Provisions, Subd. 17, Essential Services, be amended to read as follows: Subd. 17. This Zoning Chapter shall require a permit for all structures including utility poles and right-of-ways which are an integral part of a system for public transportation as for transmitting power, water, heat, communications, gas or sewage by any public utility. The Council shall grant a conditiona' use permit only after a showing that the public safety, health and welfare will not be harmed by the essential services. Personal wireless services and commercial broadcasting antennas and towers shall not be considered essential services. Section 3. Section 10.20, R-IA, One Family Residential District, Subd. 3 (D). D.Public Service Structures. Public service structures, including but not limited to, electric transmission lines, buildings such as telephone exchange stations, booster or pressure regulating stations, wells, and plumbing stations, elevated tanks, lift stations and electrical power substations, provided no building shall be located within 50' from any lot line of an abutting lot in an "R" District. Prior to granting such permit it shall be found that the architectural design of service structures is compatible to the neighborhood in which it is to be located and thus will promote the general welfare, public service structures as defined above that have been approved by the City at required public hearings for public improvements projects shall not require a conditional use permit but such structures shall be subject to all other appropriate standards