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Brandon planners weigh tower setback options and ask staff for maps to guide ordinance drafting
Summary
Commissioners discussed draft wireless facility regulations including setbacks measured from residential zoning or habitable structures, monopole preference, waivers, and possible conditional-use limits for parks; they asked staff to produce maps showing buffer radii to test how restrictive various distances would be.
The Brandon Planning and Zoning Commission spent more than an hour discussing draft wireless facility standards after receiving background materials and examples from other cities. Commissioners debated how to measure separation between towers and residential areas, whether to permit towers in certain zones, and what review path to require when setbacks cannot be met.
Jonas Snyder, a telecommunications representative who addressed the commission, said Brandon currently has limited wireless infrastructure compared with nearby communities and that carriers have sought a south-side tower for several years. He urged the city…
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