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Pratt County approves special-use permit for 450-foot Verizon communications tower
Summary
The board approved a special-use application from STC Towers LLC for a 450-foot Verizon communications tower in an A-1 agricultural district (case SU2026-03) and adopted resolution 8-10-26 after staff found public facilities adequate and no written opposition was received.
The Pratt County Board of Commissioners voted to approve case SU2026-03, a special-use permit submitted by STC Towers LLC for a Verizon communications tower in an A‑1 agricultural district northwest of county roads (NW 30th Ave and NW 100th St). The zoning administrator explained the application, noting the leased 100-by-100-foot site and that adjacent properties are zoned A‑1; she also said her office had received no written support or opposition prior to the hearing.
Board members questioned nearby dwellings and asked about tower height; staff confirmed the tower would stand about 450 feet and that an old, unoccupied farmstead lies within 1,000 feet. After the applicant said there was no new information beyond the planning-board record, a commissioner moved "to adopt the finding factors and recommendations of the planning board on case number SU-2026-03 and approve resolution number 8-10-26." The motion passed and the chair announced the motion carried.
