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Commission grants variances and approves development plan for communication tower at North Sixth Street
Summary
Planning commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment items to allow a commercial communication tower at 4606 North Sixth Street were approved with conditions requiring the existing wooded buffer remain or perimeter landscaping be installed; variances cover perimeter landscaping and private access-easement width/length limits.
The planning commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment reviewed and approved a set of companion items to permit construction of a commercial communication tower at 4606 North Sixth Street, including variances from perimeter landscaping requirements and from private access-easement dimensions.
Applicant representative Greg Farris requested a variance from the UDO's perimeter landscape requirement, saying the site is largely wooded and that removing existing forest would undermine the UDO's intent to provide screening. Staff recommended approval but added a condition that the existing wooded buffer adjacent to North Sixth Street must remain or the required perimeter landscaping must be installed.
The applicant also sought a subdivision variance from the private access-easement requirements, requesting relief from the maximum length and a narrower roadway width for the access. Staff noted the site would be visited only three to four times per month and said constructing a full-width, paved 24-foot private road would be impractical; staff recommended approval with similar plan-compliance conditions.
The development plan for the tower shows a leased site 60 by 60 feet, an 8-foot chain-link fence around the leased area, a new 30-foot-wide access/utilities easement with a 12-foot-wide gravel road connecting to North Sixth Street, and a private access easement of approximately 685 linear feet. Staff reiterated that construction must comply with the submitted development plan and that the wooded buffer must be preserved or replaced with required landscaping. The BZA/planning commission votes on the items were approved by the body (vote tallies recorded in the meeting transcript as unanimous approvals for the items presented to those bodies).
Next steps: With approvals and conditions in place, the applicant may proceed with permitting and construction subject to compliance with the approved plan and the condition that the wooded buffer remain or landscaping be installed if the buffer is removed.
