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DATE: September 19,
2011
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Consider a request for a specific use permit to allow a cell tower
in a LI (Light Industrial) District
FILE: 2108-P
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval.
Global Tower Partners has applied for a specific use permit to allow a
cell tower in a LI District. The property is located at 1375 Averill.
Global Tower Partners proposes to build a 120 foot tall tower with a
supporting compound within a 2,500 sq. ft. lease space. Access to
the cell tower site will be by a 20' wide access easement connecting
the site with Averill St. Cricket will be the primary tenant and the
tower will provide communications coverage along the Interstate 10
and Martin Luther King areas of Beaumont. The proposed facility
will be engineered to allow for additional wireless tenants.
The subject property is located in an industrial area and immediately
adjacent to a railroad yard. The nearest residentially zoned property
is approximately 800 feet away.
Exhibits are attached.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
Notices mailed to property owners 7 .
Responses in Favor . Responses in Opposition
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR ORDINANCE PURPOSES
st
Being Lot 1 and 7/8 of Lot 2, Block 11, McFaddin 1 Addition, City of
Beaumont, Jefferson County,
Texas, containing 0.11 acres,
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
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 eight conditions necessary
for approval. Comments on Conditions 1 and 3 follow:
1. The proposed site is surrounded by industrial uses and
a railroad yard. The cell tower will have no negative
impact on surrounding land uses.
3. Public Works states that the property shall drain towards
the street and shall not drain onto adjacent properties.
GENERAL INFORMATION/PUBLIC UTILITIES
APPLICANT: Global Tower Partners
PROPERTY OWNER: Phillip T. Kojak
LOCATION: 1375 Averill St.
EXISTING ZONING: LI (Light Industrial)
District
PROPERTY SIZE: 0.11 acres, more or less
EXISTING LAND USES: Industrial
FLOOD HAZARD ZONE: A X @ - Areas determined to be
outside 500-year floodplain
SURROUNDING LAND USES: SURROUNDING ZONING:
NORTH: Industrial LI (Light Industrial) District
EAST: Industrial LI
SOUTH: Railroad yard, vacant LI
WEST: Railroad yard LI
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Conservation and
Revitalization
STREETS: Averill Street - Local street with a
60' wide right-of-way and an 18'
pavement width
DRAINAGE: Open ditch
WATER: 2" water line
GENERAL INFORMATION continued
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE: 36" sanitary sewer line
PROPERTY OWNERS
ATMC INVESTMENTS INC
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE % PROPERTY TAX DEPT
CITY OF BEAUMONT
KOJAK P T
MODERN INDUSTRIAL SERV INC
PHELAN H D TRUSTEE