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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2157-P DATE: January 28, 2013 TO: Planning Commission and City Council FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager SUBJECT: Consider a request for a specific use permit to allow a cellular telecommunications tower in a HI (Heavy Industrial) District FILE: 2157-P STAFF REPORT The Planning Manager recommends approval subject to the following condition: 1. Site and driveway shall be graded to drain towards the street. No storm water shall drain onto adjacent properties. Shep Poland, agent for Verizon Wireless, has applied for a specific use permit to allow a cellular telecommunications tower in a HI (Heavy Industrial) District. The property is located 2390 Dollinger Road. The facility will include a 180' monopole type radio tower, equipment cabinets placed on a raised platform and a generator placed on an 4' x 8' concrete pad. The facility will be placed on a 0.062 acre tract of land leased from T.C. Renfrow Companies, LLC. A security fence will enclose 34' x 36' of the leased space. An existing driveway will be used to access the site. The facility will be visited and serviced by a technician several times a month. There will be no traffic in or out of the facility other than those visits and for any emergency situations that should arise. Exhibits are attached. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION Notices mailed to property owners 9 . Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition . LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES Tract 1 - Being a certain 0.0612 acre tract of land situated in the A. Williams Survey, Abstract No. 385 in Jefferson County, Texas, being out of a called 9.93 acre tract of land conveyed to T.C. Renfrow Companies, L.L.C., by Special Warranty Deed recorded in Clerk=s File No. 2009001820 of the Jefferson County Official Public Records of Real Property, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing 0.0612 acres, more or less. Tract 2 - Being a certain 0.0707 acre tract of land situated in the A. Williams Survey, Abstract No. 385 in Jefferson County, Texas, being out of a called 9.93 acre tract of land conveyed to T.C. Renfrow Companies, L.L.C., by Special Warranty Deed recorded in Clerk=s File No. 2009001820 of the Jefferson County Official Public Records of Real Property, City of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, containing 0.0707acres, more or less. ANALYSIS CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL OF SPECIFIC USE PERMIT (SECTION 30-26.E, ZONING ORDINANCE) Application Application is in is not in Comments Compliance Compliance Attached CONDITIONS: 1. That the specific use will be compatible with and not injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property, nor significantly diminish or impair property values within the immediate vicinity; X X 2. That the establishment of the specific use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant property; X 3. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and other necessary supporting facilities have been or will be provided; X 4. The design, location and arrangement of all driveways and parking spaces provides for the safe and convenient movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic without adversely affecting the general public or adjacent developments; X 5. That adequate nuisance prevention measures have been or will be taken to prevent or control offensive odor, fumes, dust, noise and vibration; X 6. That directional lighting will be provided so as not to disturb or adversely affect neighboring properties; X 7. That there are sufficient landscaping and screening to insure harmony and compatibility with adjacent property; and X 8. That the proposed use is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. X ANALYSIS continued This application is in conformance with all of the eight conditions necessary for approval. Comments on Condition 1 follow: 2. The proposed location of the cellular tower will be approximately 260' away from any residentially zoned property. The site will be located on a vacant industrially zoned property. GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICANT: Shep Poland, agent for Verizon Wireless PROPERTY OWNER: T.C. Renfrow Companies, LLC LOCATION: 2390 Dollinger Road EXISTING ZONING: HI (Heavy Industrial) District PROPERTY SIZE: 0.13 acres, more or less EXISTING LAND USES: Shuttered steel mill FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be outside 500-year floodplain SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING: NORTH: Industrial HI (Heavy Industrial) District EAST: Industrial HI SOUTH: Industrial HI WEST: Industrial HI COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and Revitalization STREETS: Dollinger Road - Local street with a 50' wide right-of-way and a 20' pavement width DRAINAGE: Open ditch WATER: 6" water line SANITARY SEWER SERVICE: 8" sanitary sewer line PROPERTY OWNERS BABIN W C JEFFERSON COUNTY D D 6 T C RENFROW COMPANIES LLC TRANSIT MIX CONCRETE & CO