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Design Review Board approves 75-foot cell tower for Val Nova, with conditions
Summary
The Eagle Design Review Board approved a privately funded 75-foot monopole proposed by Clyde Capital Group for the Val Nova area, subject to nine site-specific conditions; staff and the applicant agreed to reseeding and erosion controls and noted the CUP will proceed to city council.
The Eagle Design Review Board on a unanimous voice vote approved a permit for a privately funded 75-foot personal wireless monopole proposed for a hilltop site in the Val Nova community.
Vice Chair Greer moved to approve Docket 202606 for Clyde Capital Group with site-specific conditions 1 through 9; the motion was seconded and the board voted to carry it. The applicant, James Hammond of Alliance Consulting, said the tower will be privately owned, constructed by Belanova and leased to wireless carriers, and that one carrier is currently committed to the first array with space reserved for up to two additional arrays in the future.
Hammond described the technical and siting rationale: the team studied a two-mile radius and found no other tower within that range, and they chose a location near a city-owned water tank and an existing paved access road so the project could tie into an easement and minimize new disturbance. "This is a privately funded and owned, monopole cell tower that the developer will own and operate and then lease to wireless carriers," Hammond said.
Planning staff member Barb Williams told the board the conditional use application was recently approved by the PNC commission on February 17 and that the CUP and design review package will go to city council together. Staff and the applicant agreed to site treatments intended to reduce visual impact—grading and terracing to meet Foothill standards, a 20-by-20 CMU equipment enclosure and consistent gate materials used elsewhere in the community.
The board’s approval included explicit conditions addressing the site improvements and sequencing of work; staff and the applicant discussed reseeding and erosion control as follow-up items. The board returned the meeting to Chair Lingman after the vote and moved on to reports.
