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Planning commission backs text change to let cell towers be allowed by special exception in public-use zones
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a text amendment allowing telecommunications towers and antennas as a special exception in P (public use) zoning, preserving the special-exception review; site-specific approvals will go to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
North Augusta Planning Commission members voted to recommend a text amendment that would allow telecommunications towers and antennas to be permitted as a special exception in P (public use) zoning districts, while keeping site approvals subject to special-exception review by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
The change, introduced by planning staff, amends the city's use matrix (cited in staff comments as section 5.5.0.36) to resolve an inconsistency that currently permits towers as special exceptions in most zones but excludes public-use parcels. "This is…
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