HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Use Permit to Operate a Wireless Communications Tower at 310 South 17th StreetCFI'Y OF AMES, IOWA
ZONIN(11 BOARD OF ADJLJSTMEN
IN THE MATTER OFTIIE
APPLICATION OF SI,
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�NT, AND VERIZON
NVIREA4 SS FOR A SPIJ AAL USE
IIE'RMIT, § 29.1307, AME'S MUNICIPAL
CODE', TO OPEIRATEA WIRELESS
COMM UNICATIONST'ONVER ON
TIIE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
310 S. 17 "" STR EET
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ASE No. 14-30
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CITY OF AVE-S, IOWA
GEOC'ODE' NO. 09-14-126-06-5
DECISION & ORDER
Selective Site Development, represcritillo Vel-iron Wireless, is Seeking a Special Use Permit to
C011StI-UCt a IlCvV 111011OIX)IC Cell tovver oil the property located at 310 S. l7th Street. The new
tOWCI- alld aS'SOCIatCd equipment shelter would be located in a lease area approximately 50 feet
north 01' the SOUtllCrIl boundary Of the property. The SOL1thCrIl hOL111dal-V of the Site abuts the
right -of' -way 161- the llkhWay 30 011-rall1l) t'011l DLI1Y Avenue. The property is Zoned as 110C
(I lighway Oriented Commercial). Mr. Trevor Wood represented Selective Site Develol-,mlent.
and Verizon Wireless.
The property at 310 S. l7th Street is 90 feet wide. 402.56 fect (feel) alonul the west property 1111c.
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5.58 tect deep along the cast property line, and includes approximately 0.79 acres
(34,412 square 1ect). The property has access I'l,0111 the south side of'S. 17th Street. ']'lie property
is currently vacant with a few existing trees on the south portion of the site. The applicant
proposes to lease a portion of the property as the site for construction of the proposed 90-foot
cell tower and associated equipment structure. Boundaries of` the lease cll-Ca IrlCaSLIrc 80 feet On
the north, 85 tcet on the west, 91.57 IcCt On the SOLIth and 30 f`eCt Oil the Cast. The ]case area for
the cell tower site includes approximately 4,640 square f'cct. A 20 1`6ot wide access casenicilt is
located on the property abutting the cast property line, 300 S. 17th Street, to be used by
maintenance vehicles to access the cell tower and CCILlillillCilt shelter. An 840ot high wood fence
is proposed to identify the extent of the lease area and for security of the facilities. Crushed
stone is proposed to cover the ground inside the fence of" the lease area. Maintenance vehicles
visiting the Site would park on concrete In a parking Space to be constructed outside the fence,
but Inside the lease area. The location of the electric ureter and disconnects is shown north of the
lease area, OUtSidC the f`CIlCCd area for service access. 'I'lic height of the tower and the
dimensions of the property do not allokv, for the proposed towel, to Illcet the Inillimuni dilliclislOils
From the, tower to the (-,List property line without adjusting the location of` the castt property lille of,
the subject property. The applicant believes the irltCF1t IS Met without LlStill() adJ'the line as the
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impact ofthe rcdLlCCd setback is currently to the sarric property owner of'the SLib.*cct site and the
eastern site. The applicant, in a separate action, "us dcWcd a vadaiwe iwemsmy to coinviod the
pole. Staff noted Zoning l3oard of AQ ummem MUSt deny the application Im- Special I Jse Permit
Or the proposed cell tower because the she plan does not nicet the ininimurn requirements of the
Zoning ('ode.
'I'lic Board considers the facts above and the standards in Anics MUHiCipal (-'OdC SCCIiOu
211 50X4yal (b) Lind (e), and I inds that the application dOCS not Meet the standards' because file
site plan does not. meet the n1ini1nU11-1 requirements of the 14ming Code, and that the Special Ilse
Permit shall be denied.
ORDER
1XIIEREFORP" 11' IS; ORDINED that the applicant is DENIM a Special Use Permit, section
29J 307 of the Anics Municipal Code, to construct and operate a WirCICSS COMMUniCatiOFIS tLmver
for the property kwated at 3 10 S. 171 Shect.
Any person desiring to appeal this decision to a court of record may (h) so wilin 30 days NO
the filing of' this decision.
[)one this 14th day Of'JaIlUcAry, 2015.
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Win Chibi
Secretary to the Board