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Duke Energy seeks UDO change to allow engineered setbacks for utility towers; council sends matter to executive session
Summary
Duke Energy asked the Florence City Council to amend the Unified Development Ordinance so setbacks for communications towers near residences can be based on an engineer‑certified fall zone rather than a strict foot‑for‑foot setback.
Representatives of Duke Energy asked the Florence City Council to amend the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) so that setbacks for communications towers adjacent to residential lots are based on an engineered fall zone certified by a professional engineer rather than an explicit “foot‑for‑foot” setback.
Sarah Spruill, counsel for Duke Energy, introduced engineers Patrick Bernier and Caleb Jurgensen and explained the company’s request: modern tower designs are engineered to fail inward or fold, and not to topple as older towers might. Duke Energy asked the UDO language be updated so that, when an engineer certifies the fall zone for a specific tower design, that engineered distance would be the applicable setback to nearby residential lot…
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