HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-6043 Staff AnalysisSeptember 25, 1995
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Description:
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Variance Requested:
Justificati n:
Present Use of Pr ert :
proposed Ugg of Propert
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A. Engineering issues:
No issues
B. Staff An 1 i :
Z-6043
William Brandon; Hunter Stuart,
Agent for Cellular One
8120 Scott Hamilton Drive
Part of the SE 1/4, NW 1/4 and part
of the NE 1/4, SW 1/4, Section 32,
T -1-N, R -12-W, Little Rock
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Variances are requested from the
height regulations of Section 36-
320 and the height restrictions of
Section 36-201 to permit
construction of a 150 foot tall,
monopole cellular telephone tower
and an associated equipment
shelter.
Current cellular technology
requires a tower of the requested
height at this location to provide
adequate area coverage and customer
service.
Multiple building industrial site
Same, with the addition of a 150
foot tall tower and an accompanying
equipment building
Cellular One, a cellular telephone communications company,
proposes to construct a 150 foot tall, monopole tower on a
750 square foot lease area within this 11± acre, I-2 zoned
site. The I-2 district has a height restriction of 45 and
the tower regulations of Section 36-201 limit metal, ground
mounted towers to 75 feet in height. The applicant states
that the proposed tower height and location are necessary to
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provide cellular telephone coverage to this area of the
City.
The proposed tower site occupies a very small portion of an
11 acre I-2 zoned site which currently contains 6 large
industrial buildings. All properties nearest the tower site
are also zoned I-2. A large, vacant, I-2 zoned tract is
adjacent to the south. The Arkansas Electric Cooperative
Corporation complex occupies a large, I-2 zoned site to the
west.
Metropolitan Vocational -Technical School is located on a
large, R-2 zoned tract across Scott Hamilton, to the east.
A tower with a height exceeding 100 feet is located on the
southern portion of the school site.
The tower site is "tucked in" a corner of one of the large
warehouse buildings on the site and will have no effect on
the site's parking or driveways.
The proposed tower should have no impact on the surrounding
properties and staff is supportive of the request.
C. 5taff Recommendation:
Staff recommends approval of the requested height variance
to allow construction of a 150 foot tall, monopole tower and
the associated equipment shelter.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: (SEPTEMBER 25, 1995)
The item was moved to the end of the agenda as the applicant was
not present when the item was first called up.
The applicant, Hunter Stuart, was present. There were no
objectors present. Staff presented the item and a recommendation
of approval. Mr. Stuart offered no additional comments.
A motion was made to approve the requested height variance. The
motion was approved by a vote of 7 ayes, 0 noes, 1 absent and
1 abstaining (Alderfer).
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