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Planning Commission recommends denial of proposed 64‑foot wireless pole at Recker and Houston after neighbor opposition
Summary
Staff recommended approval of a category‑3 wireless communication facility (64‑foot monopole with circular shrouds) next to Guthrie Mainstream Services and Town Meadows Elementary, but the Planning Commission voted to recommend denial after extensive public opposition focusing on aesthetics, proximity to schools and property‑value concerns.
Planning staff presented a conditional use permit (UP24‑60) for a new wireless communication facility (WCF) — a Category‑3, 64‑foot monopole with circular shroud panels and a walled ground compound — proposed for a neighborhood‑commercial parcel at the southeast corner of Recker Road and Houston Avenue, adjacent to Guthrie Mainstream Services and about 196 feet north of Town Meadows Elementary School.
Staff said the facility would be unmanned, internally house ground equipment inside an 8‑foot CMU wall and include a…
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