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Board grants 0.9-foot height variance for Verizon antennas near Medora Musical parking area
Summary
Billings County zoning officials approved Verizon Wireless’s application to mount antennas on a new light pole in the TRMF parking area near the Medora Musical, granting a 0.9-foot exception to the 33.0-foot hillside/ridgeline height limit with a dark-sky lighting condition.
The Billings County Zoning Board voted April 16 to permit Verizon Wireless to install cell‑site antennas on a new light pole in the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation (TRMF) parking area near the Medora Musical and the TR library at 3422 Chateau Road.
The application noted the antenna pole would extend 10.9 feet above the light fixture, producing a total height of 33.9 feet — 0.9 feet above the 33.0-foot maximum in the Hillside/Ridgeline Overlay District. The board approved a variance allowing the 0.9-foot exceedance and attached two conditions: the height exception only and that exterior lighting fixtures be dark‑sky friendly.
Karen Putnam moved to approve application 2026-13 with the conditions; Cathy Cerkoney seconded. The board voted unanimously to grant the permit and variance. The record shows the property lies within the city of Medora’s extra-territorial jurisdiction and is zoned Recreational; the application did not record substantive public comment.
