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HomeMy WebLinkAbout221 E. TROUTMAN PKWY - VERIZON WTF - 41-00 - CORRESPONDENCE -consist of wood, masonry, stucco, and shall not exceed 6 feet in height. I. Contact the Light and Power Department with your voltage and load requirements. m. This does not meet the setback requirements in Section 3.8.13(C)(1). We need a letter from a structural engineer showing that the pole will collapse on itself in the event of failure and not topple onto an adjacent property in order to locate the pole as close to the property line as you propose. n. Please see the attached plan depicting where the other proposed pole is in relation to your proposed pole. Please feel free to call me at 221-6750 if you have any questions about these comments. provide wireless telecommunication services. g. You have not shown that reasonable efforts have been undertaken to comply with the 'stealth technology' requirement. Efforts should be taken to put an architectural element of some sort onto one of the exiting buildings in the Pavilion Shopping Center and to locate the wireless equipment on that element. You have also not shown that the costs of compliance to the 'stealth technology' requirement clearly outweigh the potential benefit to the public. You also have not shown that reasonable steps have been undertaken to minimize any adverse visual impacts from non-compliance with the 'stealth technology' standards. According to the above definition of "extent reasonably feasible" all of these efforts must be undertaken. h. Label the location of the pole on the site plan. i. 85 feet is too high! Section 3.5.1(H)(1)(a)(4) of the Land Use Code states, "Buildings or structures greater than 40 feet in height shall be compatible with the scale of the neighborhoods in which they are situated in terms of relative height, height to mass, length to mass, and building or structure scale to human scale." The Pavilion Shopping Center buildings are 21'-6" tall. The tower you propose is roughly four times taller than the adjacent structure. Staff finds that the proposed height is not compatible with the scale of the neighborhood. 60 feet high would be more compatible. Landscaping is required around the ground mounted equipment enclosure to achieve a total screening effect as required in Section 3.8.13(c)(4) of the Fort Collins Land Use Code. The Larimer County Canal No. 2 Irrigation Company indicates that they will remove, without notice to any party, any and all bushes or trees that are located with 20 feet of the top of the ditch bank. Please show the top of the bank and a line dimensioned at 20 feet off the bank. The Landscaping is required around the enclosure area, but you must stay out of the area within 20 feet of the ditch bank. The proposed monopole will not be approved without this landscape element. k. Chain link is not permitted to screen the ground mounted equipment as specified in 3.8.13(C)(5) of the Land Use Code. Fencing material shall pole that can serve the antennas from both companies. Please contact Peter Hoopes at Nextel at (303) 714-8200 or (303) 994-2449 to coordinate the co -location. Either your antennas needs to co -locate on their pole, or their antennas need to co -locate on yours. We can not allow both poles. e. The City of Fort Collins is increasingly concerned about the proliferation of monopoles in and around the city in that these facilities are unattractive. To this end, in May of 2000, the City Council approved the inclusion of the following requirement into the Land Use Code in Section 3.8.13(C)(15): "Stealth Technology. To the extent reasonably feasible, the applicant shall employ'stealth technology'so as to convert the wireless telecommunication facility into wireless telecommunication equipment, as the best method by which to mitigate and/or camouflage visual impacts. Stealth technology consists of, but is not limited to, the use of grain bins, silos or elevators, church steeples, water towers, clock towers, bell towers, false penthouses or other similar 'mimic' structures. Such 'mimic' structures shall have a contextual relationship to the adjacent area." f. For the purpose of understanding the "stealth technology" standard, the following.definitions from Section 5.1.2 of the Land Use Code will apply: Extent reasonably feasible shall mean that, under the circumstances, reasonable efforts have been undertaken to comply with the regulation, that the costs of compliance clearly outweigh the potential benefits to the public or would unreasonably burden the proposed project, and reasonable steps have been undertaken to minimize any potential harm or adverse impacts resulting from noncompliance with the regulation. Wireless telecommunication equipment shall mean any equipment used to provide wireless telecommunication service, but which is not affixed to or contained within a wireless telecommunication service facility, but is instead affixed to or mounted on an existing building or structure that is used for some other purpose. Wireless telecommunication facility shall mean any freestanding facility, building, pole, tower or structure used to provide only wireless telecommunication services, and which consists of, without limitation, antennae, equipment and storage and other accessory structures used to Communi Planning and Environmental Sc Current Planning City of Fort Collins Ralph Walker, CCIM Walker Commercial 7354 South Eagle Street Englewood, CO 80112 ,ces Staff has reviewed your proposal for the 221 E. Troutman Parkway Wireless Telecommunication Facility, and we offer the following comments: a. We currently have two applications for new wireless telecommunication monopoles to be installed along the south side of the Pavilion Shopping Center. There is an application by Nextel to locate a monopole roughly 500 feet south of your proposed monopole location. b. It appears you have not read the Wireless Telecommunication standards in our Land Use Code. You can find our Land Use Code at littt):Hwww.t'ciZov.com/citvclerk/codeLp, p for you information. The Wireless Telecommunication Standards are located in Section 3.8.13 of that code. c. Section 3.8.13(B) of our Land Use Code specifies the following: "No wireless telecommunication facility or equipment owner or lessee or employee thereof shall act to exclude or attempt to exclude any other wireless telecommunication provider from using the same building, structure or location. Wireless telecommunication facility owners or lessees or employees thereof shall cooperate in good faith to achieve co -location of wireless telecommunication facilities and equipment with other wireless telecommunication providers." d. There has been no cooperation in good faith between your company and Nextel to achieve co -location. Neither your project or the Nextel project can go forward until you work together and come up with one 281 North College Avenue • P.O. 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