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P&Z recommends Heritage Ranch PD amendment to allow 35-foot monopole with flood-elevation condition
Summary
Fairview planners recommended approval of an amendment to the Heritage Ranch planned development to permit a 30-foot monopole (35 feet including a lightning rod) for improved cellular coverage on the town's east side, adding a condition that the equipment platform be raised above the base flood elevation per FEMA requirements; the commission emphasized visual mitigation, FAA clearance and floodplain protections.
The Fairview Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 10 recommended approval of an amendment to the Heritage Ranch planned development to allow a telecommunications monopole on a 75-by-75-foot leased pad within the PD. Planning staff said the monopole would be 30 feet with a 5-foot lightning rod (35 feet to the top) and that the amendment approach avoids a separate rezoning or conditional-use permit.
Planning staff (identified in the transcript as Israel) told commissioners the site sits near Ore Road and the Heritage Ranch Golf Course and that town telecommunications rules date from 1998. Staff said the parcel falls in a floodway and…
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