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County staff recommend denying Verizon/Geneva eligible facilities request; commissioners decline to schedule appeal hearing
Summary
A county planning manager denied an eligible facilities request to raise a concealed wireless pole at Lakeview Park because the existing flagpole‑style facility does not meet county setback and concealment requirements. The applicant appealed; commissioners declined to schedule a public hearing and left the manager's denial in place.
Arapahoe County staff told commissioners at a study session that a 2025 eligible facilities request to modify a concealed, flagpole‑style wireless facility at Lakeview Park fails to meet county setback and concealment rules, and the board declined to schedule the applicant’s appeal for a public hearing.
“The planning division manager denied the application finding that it did not qualify as an eligible facility because the existing antenna was not cited in compliance with the land development code at the time and the conditions of approval for its construction,” Jason Reynolds, presenter for Public Works and Development, said, summarizing the file history.
The details matter: staff said the county’s original approval required a 50‑foot minimum setback for a 50‑foot structure and that supplemental materials attached to that…
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