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Planning commission approves Omni Fiber cabinet placements with conditions, urges relocations away from historic thoroughfares
Summary
Bay City Planning Commission on Sept. 24 approved five Omni Fiber site plans for above‑ground utility cabinets, imposing conditions that some cabinets be relocated off major historic thoroughfares (to side streets such as North Van Buren or North Farragut) and that staff administratively verify final locations and clearances.
The Bay City Planning Commission voted Sept. 24 to approve five site plan applications from Omni Fiber LLC to install above‑ground fiber utility cabinets at multiple addresses, while attaching conditions to reduce visual and traffic impacts in the city’s historic district.
Commissioners approved applications that staff identified as SPR2505 (888 Center Avenue), SPR2507 (1498 6th Street), SPR2510 (2025 7th Street), SPR2506 (1104 McKinley Avenue) and SPR2512 (616 McKinley Avenue). Planning staff and the commission emphasized that cabinets proposed on major thoroughfares should be relocated, if feasible, to side streets so they do not sit in the MDOT right‑of‑way or directly in front of historic resources.
“MDOT’s preference is behind the sidewalk or off the state right…
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