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Home My WebLink AboutZ-6135-A ApplicationCity of Little Rock Department of Planning and Development Planning 723 West Markham Street Zoning and Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1334 Subdivision Phone: (501) 371-4790 Fax: (501) 399-3435 or 371-6863 June 5, 2003 M. David Prejean Crafton Communications 4545 Old Jacksonville Highway, Suite 100 Tyler, TX 75703 Re: Keightly Tower; Z -6135-A Dear Mr. Prejean: On July 2, 2001, your Wireless Communication Facility application was approved allowing Sprint PCS to colocate on an existing tower located at 197 Keightly Drive. That approval was conditioned upon the installation of certain landscape materials along the south perimeter of the Sprint equipment platform. As I told you in our telephone conversation on May 12, 2003, that landscaping is no longer in place and must be reinstalled. Failure to comply with that condition will result in further legal action and could lead to revocation of the WCF permit. Please accept this letter as notice that you have fifteen (15) days to install the required landscaping. If you have any questions please call me at (501) 371-6817. Sincerely, Dana Carney Zoning and Subdivision Manager Ll Li ✓ -W-H -E FRj - - - - - ---------- ---- IFT -OAK- R2 1:71 CD LrJ El Fj LIZ 17 v �j -IS R2 --j o C3 R2� EL� cl 41 .7 C3 114 2 T C'4 Q4 C� R2 Li L MF24 f L,LDLL.1'1� ;.,I �l R2 R2 C14 vicin t3 7(,- C4 J.: I Ir C4 0- -- MF24 1c, 0 F R5 Caw # MGH=Y TOWER N 197 KEIGHTLEY CT.- 22.01 TRS: T2NR13W25 0 300 Feet PD: 3 Ward 3 item TR T2NR13W25 CT 22.01 PD 3 WARD 3 Sprint PCS KEIGH LY TOWER 197 KEIGHTLY LITTLE ROCK, AR 72143 TRST2NR13W25 CT 22.01 .D 3 WARD 3 SfTt tLtVAIIUN -VF sprjn KEIGHTLY TOWER 197 KEIGHTLY NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72143 WCF.doc 2 r 09/22/00 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY (WCF) APPLICATION WCF CASE FILE NO.: Z 3 - ADDRESS: �� 43 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PAA* 6 6 Cm Ahj Ar v_Ay sas ZONING CLASSIFICATION�[�1 j ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL: YES NO PROPERTY LOCATED IN FLOODPLAIN DISTRICT: _ YES _X— NO ATTACHED: OR WITH SUPPORT STRUCTURE: j 77,1 Maximum I Setbacks: Height Front Rear I Sides Platted Building Line Allowed, WCF Tower Proposed 6124t— 1 Allowed, Equipment Structure 'j S Z ZS' O Proposed ll4 r'lr' -Aa' 91 u 1 '7' In SECURITY FENCING HEIGHT: LIGHTING: YES _)L_ NO `' DOWNSHIELDED: S LANDSCAPE PLAN ATTACHED: ��h ERP INFORMATION ATTACHED: COLLOCATION STATEMENT/AGREEMENT ATTACHED: ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARD INFORMATION: l) APPLICANT NAME: S S" lease print APPLICANT ADDRESS: 14�4 p WI D, APPLICANT PHONE NO.: FAX NO.: Cj3 �I - 00 -11 APPLICANT SIGNATURE: ` Date Received: -�,2 -al Easement Clearance: pprove / Denied Application: p roved 1 enied Any information not provided regarding easement or floodway/plain, which impacts the decision regarding this application is the responsibility of the applicant. NOTE: OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT BEFORE BEGINNING ANY CONSTRUCTION. SUBMIT COPY OF THIS APPROVED APPLICATION AND ORIGINAL SIGNED SITE PLAN WITH SUBMITTAL. COMMENTS: ��rad a lG64 k, ov �) / ), AG4,0, rt 1 DATE: -O PLANNING OFFICIAL: RAFTON communications g;WS*4�41� July 2, 2001 Mr. Dana Carney Department of Planning & Development 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201-1334 Re: LR54XC303 SPRINT PCS— Keightly Tower 197 Keightly, Little Rock, AR Dear Mr. Carney: Please accept this letter as confirmation of our telephone conversation that the WCF application for 197 Keightly has been approved, subject to Sprint Spectrum, L.P. landscaping only the southern boundary of their lease area. It was also agreed that the existing fence around the tower could remain in place in it's present condition. Please feel free to call at 903-939-0043 should you have any questions. Sincerely, �A�� (- , M. David Prejean Enclosures Mdp/ms 4545 Old Jacksonville Highway • Suite 100 • Tyler, Texas 75703 • Phone: 903.939.0043 • Fax: 903.581.7779 C RAFTON communrcotions 1-000�� June 11, 2001 Mr. Dana Carney Department of Planning & Development 723 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201-1334 Re: LR54XC303 SPRINT PCS— Keightly Tower 197 Keightly, Little Rock, AR Dear Mr. Carney: Please find enclosed a WCF application for our proposed site at 197 Keightly in Little Rock. I wanted address several issues regarding the placement and construction of this site. 1) Sprint PCS is requesting a waiver of the 6' landscape strip as required in Ordinance No. 18,173. Sprint PCS is locating on an existing tower and the compound has been in existance in excess of 30 years. 2) Sprint PCS is also requesting a waiver of the 8' opaque fence as required in Ordinance No. 18,173 for the reasons mentioned above. Sprint PCS proposes utilizing the existing 8' chain link fence surrounding the site. Please inform me of our scheduled hearing date regarding the waivers and direct any questions regarding the submitted plans to our A&E firm contact, Larry Vincent (817) 347-7932, all other questions are to be directed to my attention. Please feel free to call at 903-939-0043 should you have any questions and I look forward to working with you. �) I l 31 Sincerely, V �t' '--9 V4,h� M. David Prejean Enclosures Mdp/ms 4545 Old Jacksonville Highway 9 Suite 100 • Tyler, Texas 75703 • Phone: 903.939.0043 • Fax: 903.939.0071 AFFIDAVIT I, Arkansas Media, L.L.0 certify by my signature below that I hereby authorize Sprint Spectrum, L.P._ to act as my agent regarding the zoning and permitting_ of the below described property. Property described as: Part of the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 25, township2 North, Range 13 West, in Pulaski County, Arkansas. 1-11 >5 ure of Title Holder Date Subscribed and sworn to me a Notary Public on this rear OFFI AL SEAL +: Constance Vaughn NOTARY PUBLIC Pulaski Co., AR My C M Comm. Exp. 2-16 005 I - J& /1 day of LaC- Notary Public 4545 Old Jacksonville Hwy Suite 100 Tyler, Texas 75703 Memo To: Dana Camey From: Laurie Marten CC: Date: 6/15/01 Re: Effective Radiated Power (ERP) letter Mr. Camey, We inadvertently omitted the ERP letter from our WCF application for a tower located at 197 Keightly in Little Rock. The name of the applicant is Sprint PCS/ Crafton Communications. We hope that this doesn't impede the WCF process. Please continue to keep us informed of our scheduled hearing date. If there are any questions, please feel free to call. Thanks. i CRAFTON communications WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY STATEMENT OF EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER Site Number: Number LR54XC303 Site Name: 197 Keightly Little Rock, AR 72143 Type of Installation: Sprint Spectrum, L.P. — Collocation on existing tower The measurement of Effective Radiated Power (ERP) for this installation is 500 watts or less. The current FCC standards permit up to 1,000 watts ERP for this type of installation. Please reference the attached document regarding RF exposure safety and compliance for this cell site. This installation as designed meets the FCC standards. M. David Prejean (�. I ?_ 2oc Date 4545 Old Jacksonville Highway • Suite 100 • Tyler, Texas 75703 • Phone: 903.939.0043 • Fax: 903.581.7779 Sprint PCS — RF Engineering - Regulatory Compliance 11880 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210 Date: 6/15/01 Ph(913)315-2639 Fax (913)315-2542 Subject: RF Exposure Safety and Compliance for Cell Sites _7sprip to Sprint PCS The purpose of this letter is to demonstrate compliance with FCC standards in regards to the electromagnetic energy from Sprint PCS antennas, and to recommend safety procedures for the general public and occupational workers concerned with exposure issues related to RF Emissions. The FCC, in regulating electromagnetic energy, applies a modified version of the standards developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to include the NCRP standard for Specific Absorption Rate or SAR, for PCS bands. These standards, when converted over to the more familiar power density specification, set a maximum power density level for public areas at 1.00 mW/cm2 (milliwatts per square centimeter) for general population exposure and 5.00 mWlcm2 for occupational exposure. As a measure of safety, this level is set 50 times lower than levels the standards committees felt could potentially be harmful for constant exposure. Our antennas are designed to concentrate the majority of their signal power out of the front of the antenna in a very thin beam. These installations consist of three antennas each designed to cover 120 degrees for a total of 360 degrees of coverage. Signal strength coming from the back of an antenna and from positions well below an antenna is typically hundreds of times lower than the signal in the main beam at the front of the antenna. PCS technology uses very low power transmitters especially when compared with TV and Radio broadcasting which can be hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than a PCS station. Through software modeling techniques, we can calculate the power density from a Sprint PCS installation at a variety of locations around the proposed site. Sprint PCS evaluates all sites to determine the percent of exposure incurred by the general public and occupational exposure resulting from the operation of our antennas. This is an issue that we take very seriously with much effort and manpower going into maintaining NEPA compliant sites. In addition to this, regular audits are conducted to ensure accuracy and completeness. We have developed several proprietary software programs exclusively used to determine power density levels and to compute maximum exposure limits. It is also our policy that when a site is changed in any manner that would impact exposure levels, a new analysis is performed. All data is saved and available to the FCC upon request. Current FCC -adopted Exposure Limits In FCC 96-326, the FCC adopted new exposure guidelines. The guidelines are given in terms of mW/cm^2 and the maximum limits are termed "Maximum Permissible Exposure" (MPE) for both occupational and general cases. Because these guidelines are based upon the same SAR limits as those in the IEEE/ANSI and NCRP guidelines, they also include the safety factors of 10 and 50 for occupational and general public scenarios respectively. The graph in Figure 1-1 shows the current FCC MPE guidelines. The two arrows indicate the cellular (-850 MHz) and PCS (1900 MHz) frequencies. The exposure limits for PCS, expressed in terms of more readily determined "power density", are 1.0 and 5.0 mWknm for general public and occupational cases, respectively. Figure 1-1: FCC Exposure Limits. Current FCC Rules/Regulations The current regulations are contained in CFR Title 47, Sections 1.1307 and 1.1310. A brief summary of the current regulation is as follows: R In general, all facilities, operations and transmitters regulated by the Commission must comply with the exposure limits put forth in the NEPA rules of Title 47, Part 1, Section 1.1307 and 1.1310. • Applications to the Commission ... must contain a statement confirming compliance with the limits unless... categorically excluded. • Technical infor?hation showing the basis for this statement must be submitted to the Commission upon request. • In the case of multiple fixed transmitters, any action necessary to bring the facility into compliance is the shared responsibility of all licensees whose transmitters contribute more than 5% of the exposure limit applicable to that transmitter. Exposure Modeling Using Spherical and Cylindrical Modeling, it is the policy of Sprint PCS to perform sufficient analysis on each site to secern +h.4- #k— ., 4.n.i`+ ---4.;--- .4 Crlti D-1— --A --4- Cnrin4. Or'C ;n used to model RF exposure conditions on rooftops and towers and in any other areas that our antennas are used. Software modeling allows us to perform a worst case scenario for our antenna sites. This is accomplished by inputting the maximum power being transmitted into the antenna and determining what safe working distance is required to remain under the FCC limits established for General Public and Occupational Workers. Safety Procedures and Guidelines Under normal conditions, the general public and occupational worker are well protected. Sprint PCS provides a wide safety margin for areas around the antenna. Individuals working around or near the antennas should be informed that the radio frequency antennas exist on the site (this is indicated by signs located at the antennas). If for some reason the worker needs to approach within the designated area of the front of the antennas, the tower manager should be contacted as indicated on the sign posted near the antenna. For these rare situations the regional RF Manager can facilitate a decrease in power at the site. Health Risks and Issues Sprint PCS cell sites transmits non -ionizing emissions. Non -ionizing emissions occur from all known communication transmitters. Non -ionizing emission is non -cumulative, which means no re -occurring effects from the emission exist. Non -ionizing emission has the potential to increase molecular cell movement, which can cause an increase in body temperature. Currently, there have been no links to cancer from the effects of non -ionizing emissions. Ionizing emissions occurs at frequencies above UV light (2,420 GHz and higher). This type of emission can cause electrons to tear from their atoms, and create tons. This effect causes permanent biological changes to molecular structure of cells, and DNA damage of the twisted strands. Ionizing emissions are cumulative, which means that the effects of the emissions will continue to damage good cells. A known ionizing emission that we typically confront is direct sunlight exposure. Summary It is Sprint PCS's policy to make sure that each site is within compliance to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) regulations in regards to radio frequency exposure limits to general and occupational workers. Maximum exposure levels occur in the front lobe of the antenna beam. The area in front of the antenna is normally inaccessible to the general or occupational workers). Exposure levels behind the antenna are much less than levels set in the standards, and typically require distances less than an inch for maximum exposure. Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields is of great concern to Sprint PCS and we evaluate all sites for compliance to current FCC rules and regulations. We are continually striving to improve the quality of our modeling techniques through continuous improvement of our software tools and training procedures. We recognize our role as an industry leader to place the health and welfare of the public and occupational workers in high regard, and will continue to do so through mandatory modeling and measurements as required. We determine the hazard that is present and inform both the general public and occupational workers through appropriate signage and inaccessible restriction areas. If you should have any questions, or you're in need of any further information regarding the RF emissions from this site, then you may contact me at the below listed number. Sincerely, David Kirk Manager National Regulatory Compliance man MIA -19I -"-A- CALLER INFORMATION Na M/i Of Phone Ext. SUBJECT ❑ Telephonedlease phone ❑ Returned your call ❑ Will phone again ❑ Came to see you ❑ Urgent RON J 1 � I'