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CONDITIONAL USE FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY WITH A 200-FOOT TALL MONOPOLE ON PROPERTY ZONED RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL; GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF 151ST STREET WEST, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 109TH STREET NORTH AND EAST OF RAYMOND DRIVE. (DISTRICT 3) CON2014-00016.
Presented by: John L. Schlegel, Director of Planning
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), approve the Conditional Use subject to the conditions recommended by the MAPC, and authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution.
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The applicant, AT&T Mobility, is seeking a Conditional Use to permit the construction of a 200-foot tall, wireless, galvanized steel, monopole tower within a 100-foot (x) 100-foot lease site on RR Rural Residential (RR) zoned property. The lease site is located approximately 170 feet north of 109th Street North and 175 feet east of Raymond Drive. The site has access onto Raymond Drive via a proposed 30-foot wide access-utility easement. Per the amended "Wireless Communication Facility Ordinance," new undisguised ground-mounted wireless communication facilities over 120 feet in height in the RR zoning district may be considered as a Conditional Use on a site by site analysis; adopted by the Wichita City Council 04-08-2008 and the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) 04-09-0208, updated 03-2011.
The RR zoned Sedgwick County site is located east, across Raymond Drive, from the Bentley city limits. Manufactured homes on urban scale lots are located in Bentley, along the west side of Raymond Drive facing the site and RR zoned agricultural fields. More recent development in this part of Bentley are partially developed (built 2004-2006) single-family subdivisions located northeast of the site. RR zoned agricultural fields are located north of the site. RR zoned agricultural fields and large tract single-family residences and farmsteads are located east and south of the site. A partially developed (built 20...
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