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Planning commission debates new cell-tower rules, asks staff for maps of setback options
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission spent the bulk of the meeting weighing how to measure setbacks for proposed wireless towers — property line, existing habitable structures, or a ratio tied to tower height — and asked staff to map multiple radius options before drafting a final ordinance.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Dec. 5 spent more than an hour debating how the city should regulate freestanding wireless towers, with commissioners weighing fixed distances, structure-based setbacks and ratios tied to tower height and directing staff to produce maps showing several candidate buffer radii.
Jonas Snyder, a representative for the wireless applicant, told the commission Brandon currently relies on a single tower and a water-tower lease that Verizon may not renew, and said carriers have been unable to find sites on the south side of town under the city’s current rules. "Brandon is currently fairly significantly trailing behind other similar sized communities around here in South Dakota from a wireless bandwidth…
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