File #: 19-0055Z2    Name: T-Mobile Telecommunications Tower Rezone
Type: Ordinance Status: Denied
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 6/16/2020 Final action: 6/16/2020
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards and to Allow a Telecommunications Tower, Located on the Southeast Corner of Virginia Parkway and Dogwood Trail, and Accompanying Ordinance
Attachments: 1. Draft PZ Minutes 05.26.pdf, 2. Location Map and Aerial Exhibit, 3. Letter of Intent, 4. Letters of Opposition, 5. Comprehensive Plan Maps, 6. Established Community District, 7. Placetype Definitions, 8. Fiscal Analysis, 9. Land Use Comparison Table, 10. Proposed Design Detail - Informational Only, 11. Unipole Renderings - Informational Only, 12. RF Coverage Propagation, 13. T-Mobile Justification Letter, 14. Fall Zone Letter, 15. Proposed Ordinance, 16. Proposed Exhibits A-E, 17. Presentation
Related files: 19-0055Z
Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards and to Allow a Telecommunications Tower, Located on the Southeast Corner of Virginia Parkway and Dogwood Trail, and Accompanying Ordinance

Summary

COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1C: Provide a strong city economy by facilitating a balance between industrial, commercial, residential and open space)

MEETING DATE: June 16, 2020

DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department

CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
Kaitlin Gibbon, Planner I

RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to concerns regarding the use of a telecommunications tower.

However, if the applicant's request is approved, the following special ordinance provisions shall apply:

1. The subject property shall be zoned "PD" - Planned Development District and shall be subject to the following special ordinance provision:

a. The subject property shall develop in accordance with the attached development regulations.

APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: June 13, 2019 (Original Application)
August 23, 2019 (Revised Submittal)
January 13, 2020 (Revised Submittal)
May 11, 2020 (Revised Submittal)

ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant requests to rezone approximately 5.3 acres of land, generally to allow for commercial uses and a telecommunications tower. As proposed, the telecommunications tower would be of a stealth, unipole design, and would be a maximum height of 95 feet with a 4-foot lighting rod.

EXISTING ZONING:

Location
Zoning District (Permitted Land Uses)
Existing Land Use
Subject Property
"PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 2001-08-089 (Residential Uses)
Revolution Church
North
"PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 2001-03-035 (Resid...

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