HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1998-046CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 98-46
APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT FOR AMENDING SECTION 21005, 21160, AND
21180 OF THE PLYMOUTH CITY CODE (DEFINITIONS, ESSENTIAL SERVICES,
AND PUBLIC PROPERTY/RIGHTS-OF-WAY) (97176)
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth finds it necessary to establish predicable and balanced
regulations for the siting and placement of wireless communication equipment within
public rights-of-way while protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare.
The City holds the rights-of-way within its geographical boundaries as an asset in trust for
its citizens. The City strives to keep its rights-of-way in a state of good repair and free
from unnecessary encumbrances. The uncontrolled and unregulated placement of
equipment and strictures in the right-of-way may cause obstructions to pedestrian and
vehicular traffic, thereby, endangering the public health and safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that revisions to Section 21005, 21160,
and 21180 of the City Code are necessary to:
1. Establish standards which permit a reasonable and equitable opportunity for the
establishment of wireless communication services within rights-of-way;
2. Ensure that wireless communication facilities and other strictures placed within the
right-of-way are designed, constricted, and installed in a manner that does not
adversely impact public safety and cause obstruction to pedestrian and vehicular
traffic;
Maximize the use of existing and approved utility poles, lattice electrical
communication towers, and light standards to accommodate new wireless technology
in order to minimize the number of free-standing poles/towers needed to serve the
community; and
4. Minimize adverse visual effects of wireless communication facilities and other
strictures placed in the rights-of-way through careful design and siting standards
which attempt to screen and/or camouflage strictures and wireless facilities from
adjacent public and private property.
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Adopted by the City Council on this 21 st day of January, 1998.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on January 21, 1998 with the original thereof on file
in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk