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Additional Comments and Planning Commission Recommendation - Zoning File #1355 December 5, 1988 The neighbors in attendance were concerned with the visual impact and interference with radio, telephones and television. One neighbor in attendance remembered past experiences with a former neighbor who operated a major radio transmitter under the guise of a hobby operation. The City has yet to receive a complaint on the hobby use of Mr. Anderson (east side of Forest Lake) who received a conditional use permit in 1986 for use of radio transmitter with independent antenna structure at 58' in height. As with the Anderson application, staff would recommend that letters be sent to all neighbors within 350' of the antenna structure with the names and telephone numbers of both Mr. Wessels and an agent of the F.C.C. as appropriate contact persons if neighbors experience problems with interference. One neighbor reported that in the case of the previous resident who operated the radio transmitter, the F.C.C. was ineffe„tive and was never able to get the individual to make the necessary alterations or repairs to his transmitter/receiver. Staff can confirm that at least on two occasions, the neighbors met with Council and complained of severe interference problems. The neighbor and transmitter left the Orono Orchard Road neighborhood sometime in late 1983. Another neighbor in attendance advised the Planning Commission that he had contacted the immediate neighbors of Mr. Wessels current residence and reported that not only were they unaware that Mr. Wessels had a radio antenna on the property but that they never experienced any interference problems. The Planning Commission added the following condition to the staffs approval recommendation: 5. The current conditional use permit shall be in effect for a 6 month period commencing from the date of the final inspection of the antenna installation by the Orono Inspection Staff and upon satisfaction that all reported interference problems experienced by the neighboring property owners have been alleviated, that the City shall automatically issue a permanent conditional use permit for the operation of a radio transmitter/receiver with independent antenna structure at a maximum height of 60'. The enclosed staff resolution has been drafted per both the staff and Planning Commission recommendations.