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DATE: December 20,
2004
TO: Planning Commission and City Council
FROM: Stephen C. Richardson, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Request for amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, Section
30-24B, Permitted Use Table, and Section 30-33, Special
Conditions, to prohibit telephone transmission towers within
200' of residentially zoned property.
FILE: 677-OB
STAFF REPORT
The Planning Manager recommends approval of this request.
Due to the proliferation of cellular telephone transmission towers and
the controversy that these towers have created when locating near
residential areas, staff is requesting that an amendment be made to
prohibit the construction of such towers when within 200' of
residentially zoned properties.
In July, 2004, City Council approved an amendment that only
permits cellular towers in the GC-MD, CBD, C-M, LI, and HI with a
specific use permit. However, staff feels that the ordinance needs to
be fine-tuned further to prohibit the towers within 200' of
residentially zoned properties.
The Zoning Ordinance would be amended as follows:
1. Sec. 30-24 B: Permitted Use Table:
Radio, Television, Microwave and Cellular Telephone
Transmission Towers - Add a Special Condition 24
2. Sec. 30-33 (b) 24
24. Cellular Telephone Transmission Towers shall be
prohibited within two hundred (200) feet of a
residentially zoned property. The method of
measuring the distance between the cellular telephone
transmission tower and the residential zoning
district shall be from the nearest lease or property
line of the cellular telephone transmission tower
facility to the nearest residential district
boundary.