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Planning commission backs ordinance fix for wireless‑tower code as residents urge protection for Cooling Camp Park
Summary
The commission voted to recommend repeal of ordinance 765 and adoption of ordinance 770 to correct earlier errors in the wireless‑tower code; residents pressed staff about a possible tower at Cooling/Cooling Camp Park, citing Land and Water Conservation Fund restrictions, public health concerns and alternative sites.
The Forest Lake Planning Commission on April 28 voted to recommend that the City Council repeal ordinance 765 and adopt ordinance 770, a zoning text amendment intended to correct drafting errors introduced in January related to wireless communications towers. The ordinance change clarifies which residential districts can host towers and limits the requirement for stealth/camouflage design to single‑family residential sites that are guided for institutional uses and meet a 10‑acre minimum.
Michael, the staff presenter, told the commission that the January ordinance unintentionally removed MXR1 standards and misapplied stealth standards to rural residential zones. "The request before you now is to repeal ordinance number 765 and replace it with ordinance number 770 to correct these issues," he said. Staff emphasized that the…
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