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CON2018-00002 - A COUNTY CONDITIONAL USE FOR A 150-FOOT TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER 1,200 FEET NORTH OF EAST 63RD STREET AND 700 FEET EAST OF THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH 127TH STREET. (NO ADDRESS YET ASSIGNED).
Presented by: Dale Miller, Director of Planning.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the Conditional Use, subject to the conditions recommended by the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), adopt the findings of the MAPC, and authorize the Chairman to sign the prepared resolution.
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Background: This is the second consideration of an application for a Conditional Use to construct a wireless communication facility (tower) in this general location. Case No. CON2017-00033 was heard by the MAPC on October 5, 2017, with a recommendation of approval with the waiver of Compatibility Height Standard restrictions. The proposed location for that case was 115 feet from the property to the north (zoned RR Rural Residential) and 145 feet from the property to the west (127th Street East).
That case was protested by all the surrounding landowners; was returned to the MAPC from the Board of County Commissioners; the MAPC resubmitted the original recommendation for approval; and the applicant has asked for the original case to be continued until May of 2018 in order to consider the new location presented in this application.
This application requests a Conditional Use to permit the construction of a wireless communication facility for Verizon Wireless. The proposed monopole would have an overall height of 150 feet, which includes a 10-foot lightning rod. The subject property is zoned RR Rural Residential District (RR) and is located 1,200 feet north of East 63rd Street South and is to be located 700 feet east of South 127th Street East. The setback from the north property line is shown to be 152 feet. This is still short of the setback required by the Compatibility Setback standards for a tower of this height, which is 395 feet. The applicant requests the ...
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