Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit to Allow for Telecommunications Tower Uses, Located on the North Side of Hidden Haven Drive and Approximately 640 Feet West of Independence Parkway
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: April 12, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Kaitlin Sheffield, Planner II
Caitlyn Strickland, Planning Manager
Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the May 3, 2022, meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed specific use permit request with the following special ordinance provision(s):
1. The property shall generally develop in accordance with the attached specific use permit exhibit and all applicable development requirements of the city.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: March 21, 2022 (Original Application)
ITEM SUMMARY: A specific use permit is being proposed to allow a telecommunications tower use located on the north side of Hidden Haven Drive and approximately 640 feet west of Independence Parkway. Specifically, the telecommunications tower is proposed to be constructed as a 80-foot monopole with a 5-foot lightening rod.
In an associated item on tonight's agenda, the City of McKinney has requested to rezone the subject property from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District with a "GC" - Government Complex District base zoning and a telecommunications tower by a Specific Use Permit request.
As such, contemporaneously with the rezoning request, a SUP is being requested for a telecommunications tower use. As part of the specific use permit request, an exhibit has been submitted, which det...
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