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Commission continues AT&T cell-tower permit after nearby airstrip users raise safety and ownership concerns
Summary
The Buckeye Planning & Zoning Commission continued an AT&T conditional use permit for a proposed 90-foot faux-elm cell tower after airport operators and nearby residents said the site sits too close to a private airstrip and raised lease/ownership questions; staff and city legal counsel will return with more FAA and property information on Jan. 27, 2026.
The Buckeye Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 25 continued a decision on an AT&T conditional use permit for a multi‑carrier telecommunications facility after public testimony and commissioner questions highlighted aviation-safety and property-ownership concerns.
Planner Trish Cooley said the application (PLZUDash25Dash0003) seeks a conditional use permit for a multi‑carrier facility that would include “a 90 foot faux elm tower” within a roughly 2,500‑square‑foot lease area south and west of the southwest corner of Rooks Road and West US Highway 85. Cooley told the commission the applicant had submitted a Federal Aviation…
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