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Buckeye planning commission continues AT&T cell‑tower decision after airport safety and lease concerns
Summary
Commissioners continued a conditional use permit (PLZUD‑25‑0003) for an AT&T 90‑foot faux‑elm tower to Jan. 27, 2026, after airport operators and neighbors raised safety and lease‑ownership questions; staff had recommended approval and cited an FAA determination of no hazard.
The City of Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission voted to continue consideration of AT&T’s conditional use permit, PLZUD‑25‑0003, to its Jan. 27, 2026 meeting after sustained public concern about the tower’s proximity to a nearby private airstrip.
Staff planner Trish Cooley presented the application for a multi‑carrier telecommunications facility sited on a roughly 2,500‑square‑foot lease area. Cooley told commissioners the proposal includes a 90‑foot faux‑elm tower, an 8‑foot screen wall and landscape screening, and that staff found the design, setbacks and demonstrated need consistent with the Buckeye development code and the general…
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