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Planning commission considers zoning changes to allow cell towers on large single-family lots
Summary
The Forest Lake Planning Commission held a public hearing on a citywide zoning text amendment that would allow wireless communication towers in single-family residential districts via conditional use permit, lower minimum lot-size thresholds for institutional sites, and permit engineered "fall zone" setbacks; the commission moved to recommend adoption with staff refinement on the term "residential dwelling," but no final vote appears in the provided transcript.
The Forest Lake Planning Commission held a public hearing on a proposed zoning text amendment intended to ease rules for locating wireless communication towers in parts of the city.
Staff told the commission the request, brought by Buell Consulting LLC on behalf of Hosanna Lutheran Church and AT and T, is a citywide code change rather than site approval. The proposal would allow towers in single-family residential districts through a conditional use permit, and would lower the minimum lot size in residential zones for institutional uses from 10 acres to 2.5 acres so churches and similar institutions could be eligible.
Staff emphasized the amendment would apply broadly and said it had reviewed the proposal for comprehensive impacts across the city. The presentation noted…
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