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Planning Commission recommends 20-year renewal for existing 150-foot American Tower monopole

3685633 · May 8, 2025
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Lee's Summit Planning Commission voted unanimously May 8 to recommend approval of a 20-year special use permit renewal that will allow continued operation of a 150-foot telecommunications monopole owned by American Tower; staff said the renewal does not change height or compound footprint and state law limits some local regulatory authority.

The Lee's Summit Planning Commission on May 8 voted to recommend approval of a 20-year special use permit renewal that will allow American Tower Corporation to continue operating an existing 150-foot monopole telecommunications tower on a parcel zoned RDR.

Taylor Lovely, speaking for American Tower, told the commission she was seeking approval “for renewal of the special use permit, for the continued use, of an existing 150 foot telecommunications tower.”

The permit renewal request covers the existing tower only; neither an increase in height nor an expansion of the fenced compound was proposed.…

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