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Planning Commission approves conditional use permit for communications tower near Shady Creek Road after engineering documentation
Summary
The commission approved a conditional use permit for a communications tower at the end of Shady Creek Road after an engineering plan showing a reduced fall zone persuaded the fire marshal and building official to amend their recommendation to approve.
The Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a communications tower located near the end of Shady Creek Road after staff reported that an engineer’s plan demonstrated a smaller fall zone than standard, prompting the building official and the fire marshal to amend their recommendation in favor of approval.
Staff noted the parcel is dual-zoned (agricultural and C-2) and sits behind Blackburn Plumbing at the end of First and 69. The commission discussed that the property’s dual zoning presents an opportunity to “clean up” zoning over time, but staff said such a rezoning could not be accomplished at the same hearing because it was not advertised that way.
The applicant (owner Hill Bromley) attended and confirmed he runs cattle on the parcel and that multiple parcels connect to the site; he asked questions about rezoning the whole frontage to C-2 but was told that action could not be taken that night. After discussion and questions, commissioners voted to approve the conditional use permit. Staff recorded that the engineer’s fall-zone documentation was the basis for changing the prior cautious recommendation from fire and building officials to approval.
No citizen opposition was recorded during the hearing.
