Planning commission approves AT&T conditional use permit for 90‑foot faux‑elm cell tower near private airstrip

The Planning and Zoning Commission approved Case PLZUDash25Dash0003, granting AT&T a conditional use permit for a 90‑foot faux‑elm telecommunications tower and associated equipment enclosure near a private airstrip. Planner Trish Cooley told commissioners the applicant provided an FAA determination of no hazard to air navigation and revised the proposed lease area to increase the distance from the runway centerline.

Cooley, planner 2, described the project as a multi‑carrier facility with a 90‑foot faux elm tower (95 feet with stealth applications) and a 2,500‑square‑foot equipment enclosure surrounded by an 8‑foot masonry screen wall. She said the applicant moved the proposed location from roughly 550 feet to over 755 feet from the private airstrip centerline to meet the 7:1 transitional surface slope…