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Petersburg planning commission debates wireless tower overlay and whether to include data centers
Summary
Commissioners agreed to begin drafting a wireless communications overlay to streamline where cell towers may be sited but were split on whether to include data centers in the same overlay, citing differing impacts on noise, heat, and utility consumption. Staff will research model codes and return with draft language.
The Petersburg Borough Planning Commission on an otherwise routine agenda opened a lengthy discussion on a proposed wireless communications overlay, with members agreeing to start drafting code but disagreeing on whether data centers should be handled in the same zoning overlay.
Chair said the overlay would identify properties where wireless carriers would have a buy-right to install towers, avoiding the conditional-use process on those parcels. "I do think doing an overlay zoning, for wireless communication, is a good idea," the Chair said, urging the commission to identify locations away from dense residential areas.
Several commissioners proposed candidate sites including borough- or state-owned land around the airport, the Baylor…
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