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Commission unanimously approves variance to reduce tower access easement in Wendell
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Commission approved a Variance allowing Horizon Tower to reduce a required 30-foot service easement to 20 feet for the access drive to a proposed tower at 3100 S 1400 E; commissioners found statutory and county variance standards met.
Gooding County commissioners voted unanimously on May 19 to grant a Variance requested by Renee Fontaine on behalf of Horizon Tower that reduces the required service easement from 30 feet to 20 feet for a long access drive to the proposed telecommunication tower at approximately 3100 S 1400 E in Wendell. The applicant presented a narrative during the public hearing and staff read agency comment letters into the record.
In rolling through Idaho Statutes Title 67 Chapter 65 Variance criteria and Gooding County Ordinance 104 variance standards, commissioners made motions that each relevant criterion and standard had been met. Commissioner Daret Lamm made the motion on multiple criteria, and Commissioner Johnscott Cutler moved that Standards for Variance 1–4 were met; the motions passed unanimously. The commission also determined Idaho regulatory takings were not applicable before voting to approve the Variance.
