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Area BZA tables 275-foot telecom tower request at Ironwood Road, asks for more engineering and public outreach
Summary
The Area Board of Zoning Appeals on Aug. 13 tabled a special-use request by McKay Brothers and related variance requests for a proposed 275-foot telecommunications tower at 50831 Ironwood Road, asking applicants for additional technical substantiation, photo simulations and community outreach before the board considers variances.
The Area Board of Zoning Appeals on Aug. 13 tabled a petition from McKay Brothers seeking a special use and four variances to build a 275-foot telecommunications tower at 50831 Ironwood Road.
The board’s staff, represented by Sean Klein, director of the Area Planning Commission, recommended a favorable recommendation to the County Council for the special use if conditions are met and recommended approval of the four variances subject to the special use being approved. Klein told the board staff’s condition was that the tower compound be designed to allow co-location by at least four cell-phone service providers.
The applicant’s attorney, Caitlin Elias of Dickinson Wright, said the proposed tower would be a self-supporting structure designed to accommodate co-location and that the compound would be large enough to…
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