Planning Commission Minutes 2018 07 12

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes July 12, 2018 Page 4 of 6 Rice made a motion with a further amendment that the PUD be noted to have a Landscape Waiver that covered both properties at 25% and that any further amendments to the PUD would have to take that into consideration. Moline seconded. Roll call vote. Approved unanimously. Coal Creek Station — A request for revisions to the approved Final Plat and Final PUD • Applicant and Representative: Coal Creek Station Properties, LLC • Case Manager: Kristin Dean, Principal Planner Moline recused himself, explaining that Boulder County Parks and Open Space where he works has interests in the subdivision. Rice recused himself, explaining that he had Gary Brothers, principal architect at BVZ Architects, under contract as an architect. Hsu stated that given the two recusals and Commissioner Williams' illness, the Commission did not have quorum for the issue. Hoefner made a motion to continue the item to next meeting on August 9t" at 6:30 p.m. Howe seconded the motion. Passed unanimously. Moline and Rice abstained. Zuccaro stated that staff would send out an email to confirm attendance at the next meeting. Wireless Code Update — A request for consideration of an ordinance approving amendments to the Louisville Municipal Code regarding wireless facilities. • Applicant and Representative: City of Louisville • Case Manager: Lisa Ritchie, Associate Planner Noticed published in the Boulder Daily Camera on June 24, 2018 and at all other required postings on June 22nd, 2018. Ritchie defined wireless facilities, which are owned by private providers. They can be located on right-of-way or private property. Towers can be mounted on walls, roofs, or "alternative" locations such as church steeples. Small -cell facilities are intended to fill gaps in the network. Federal regulations require the City to address these types of wireless facilities, which they are required to allow in the right-of-way. The Amendment will include new language to reflect the City's desire to: - Accommodate wireless facilities - Minimize impacts to the community - Encourage colocation - Encourage providers to provide services to the city quickly, effectively and efficiently. Hoefner asked about traditional cell towers. Ritchie clarified that they required a public hearing and did not have an administrative review option. Zuccaro stated that small -cell towers were typically on existing infrastructure like light or utility poles. The language in the code requires evidence of a need for small -cell towers to bolster networks. Hoefner asked if cell towers had to be approved more quickly than other types of structures.