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Council approves Duke Energy request to add 120-foot communications tower at Belfast Road operations center
Summary
The City Council approved CZ-1224, an amendment to an I-2 conditional zoning district to allow a 120-foot communications monopole for Duke Energy Progress’ operations center. The approval included site-specific deviations and conditions addressing setbacks, fencing and administrative relocation.
The City Council approved CZ-1224 to amend a conditional I-2 zoning district at the Duke Energy Progress operations center on Belfast Road to permit a 120-foot communications monopole that Duke says will support internal grid communications and emergency response.
Planning staff summarized the application and technical review. Mister Helmer, planning staff, said the application is an amendment to an existing industrial conditional zoning previously approved in December 2023 and that the new request adds a communications tower use. He said the tower is a monopole design with a maximum height of 120 feet and that the applicant proposes a setback equal to 150 percent of the tower height. Helmer told the…
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