1b Amend City Code Re: Towers & Antennas
On 9/22/97, the City Council approved
first reading. Approval of second
reading and summary ordinance for
publicetion is recommended.
CITY OF CHANRASSBN
CARVER ANDHENNEPlN CoUN11BS, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER. 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
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The City Council of the City ofChallhassen ordains:
Section 1. Article I, Section 20-1. Definition is amended to include the following:
Tower, Temporary Mobile: Any mobile tower, pole, or structure located. on a trailer, vehicle, or
temporary platform intended primarily for the .purpose of mounting ,an ~tenna or similar
apparatus for personal wireless services, also conunonly refe:rredto as Cellular on Wheels
(COW).
Section 2. Article XXX. TOWERS AND ANNTENNAS shall be amended by adding
the following section:
Section 20-1522.
Tempflrary Mobile Towers
Personal wireless service antennas located. upon a temporary mobile tower used on an
interim basis until a permanent site is constructed. or located shall require the processing of an
Administrative Permit and shall comply with the following standards:
1. The height of the tower shall not exceed n~nety (90) feet including trailer platform.
2. Temporary mobile towers shall maintain\the setbacks as containedin Section 20-1505. The
setback shall be maintained from the trailer platform. '
3. Temporary mobile towers shall be prohibited in residential zoning districts.
4. Temporary mobile towers shall have a minimum tower design windload of eighty (80) miles
per-hour and shall comply with the requirements in Section 20-1508.
5. A temporary mobile tower may be permitted for up to one hundred and twenty (120) days.
Towers located on a site longer than this time shall require the processing of all interim use
permit subject to Section 20-381.
6. Temporary mobile towers shall require a buildirtgpermitand comply with Section 20-1516.
7. Mobile units shall have the opportunity to appeal the administrative decision subject to
Section 20-1517.
8. Mobile units shall not immere withpu&Uc'~fttytel~~~tiQt1$subjectto Section 20...
1520. - .
S~9n 3.Tbi$ordi$u1ceshal1beeftectiVe~atelx upon its passage tmd
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
Council of1hecittt)fCbanbassen.
,day'of
. 1996, by the City
ATTEST:
Nancy;K. ~ino.Mayor
Don Ashw~ClerklManager
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager Qn
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
SUMMARY ORDINANCE
The ordinance establishes the following:
Temporary mobile towers may be permitted on an interim basis until a permanent site is
constructed or located. The towers shall require the processing of an administrative permit.
Temporary mobile towers may be permitted for up to 120 days and shall not exceed 90 feet in
height. The towers may not be permitted in residential districts.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this _ day of
,1997.
Kathryn R. Aanenson, AICP
Planning Director
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on