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Conditional Use Permit No. 2007-06 May 14, 2007 Page 2 any building elevation. The dome has been designed to match the color and shape of the awnings that currently exist on the building. Mechanical equipment for the antennas will be located on the ground level inside of a new 10-foot by 20-foot masonry enclosure at the rear of the site. The enclosure will be finished and painted to match the building. Boston Ivy and irrigation will be provided at the base of the equipment enclosure. There will be no exterior meters, cabinets or conduit visible on the building or outside of the equipment room with the exception of cable trays that will run across the roof and be screened by the existing building parapet (Exhibit 3). The antennas and dome are located a minimum of 200 feet from the adjacent property which is used and zoned for residential purposes. The height of the dome is 15 feet tall as measured from the finished roof, although eight feet of this height will be hidden from view behind the existing roof parapet. The height of the building with the dome structure is 35 feet, measured from ground level. Analysis of the Issues In July 1988, the City Council adopted an ordinance to regulate Wireless Communication facilities constructed in the City. Major wireless facilities are required to have a stealth design and be located on a building or in an area that provides the greatest amount of visual screening. These antennas also require the approval of a conditional use permit. The municipal code sets forth an order of preference with regard to the location of cellular antennas. The first choice is to locate these facilities on a building with screening that is compatible with architecture, color, texture, and/or materials of a building. In the case of the proposed project, the antennas are screened within a roof mounted dome that matches the color and material of building awnings, which are a prominent architectural feature of the shopping center. The applicant has explored alternatives to the dome structure, such as stealthing the facility within a tree structure, flag pole and light standard. However, the dome has been determined to be a more creative alternative for this particular location. A conditional use permit is required because the antennas exceed the 10-foot height limit, as measured from the floor of the roof, necessary for a Land Use Certificate approval. 31 A-3