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Planners recommend variance for 300-foot Rattlesnake Bend tower, citing rural coverage gap

Natrona County Planning and Zoning Commission · November 20, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted to recommend approval of a variance for a 300-foot cellular tower (VC25-03) north of Highway 220 to the Board of County Commissioners, accepting engineering certification of breakpoint technology and citing lack of nearby coverage and emergency-service benefits.

The Natrona County Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 19 voted to recommend approval of variance VC25-03, which would allow Rocky Mountain Towers to locate a 300-foot lattice communications tower with reduced setbacks near Pathfinder Reservoir along Highway 220.

Shelly Neese, owner of Rocky Mountain Towers, told commissioners her company had been unable to find a fully code-compliant site within a reasonable search area and that the selected parcel owner agreed to host the…

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