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Planning panel recommends new tier to allow taller monopoles to address Brentwood coverage gaps
Summary
The Brentwood Planning Commission voted to recommend a City Commission amendment to Chapter 78 that would add a Tier 4 allowing monopoles up to 160 feet—with strict criteria, third‑party propagation review and certified notice to residents within 1,000 feet—to address wireless coverage gaps in the city's east side.
The Brentwood Planning Commission on Feb. 2 voted to recommend that the City Commission amend Chapter 78 to add a new Tier 4 for personal wireless service facilities, a change staff says is aimed at closing wireless coverage gaps in the eastern part of the city.
City presenter (Todd, Speaker 7) told commissioners the existing PWSF ordinance, adopted in 2001, uses a three‑tier approach and has made it difficult for the wireless industry to invest in Brentwood. "We have significant wireless gaps in our coverage, specifically in the East, East Of Wilson Pike area of the city," Todd said, noting those gaps can affect emergency calls, business activity and routine resident uses. Under the proposed change, the city would retain Tiers 1–3 but add a Tier 4 to allow new monopole structures not to exceed 160 feet "subject to very defined criteria," Todd said.
The ordinance would allow taller towers only when applicants demonstrate a technical need in a propagation study, which the city would…
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