AGENDA REQUEST
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Sponsor:
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Board of Supervisors Meeting Date:
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Raymond E. Graham, Vice Chairman, Cedar
Run District Supervisor |
October 11, 2007
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Staff Lead:
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Department:
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Kimberley Johnson, Zoning Administrator
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Community Development
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Topic:
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A Resolution
Initiating a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Section
11-204 to Allow a Legally Existing Non-Conforming Cell Tower
to be Relocated on the Same Lot
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Topic
Description: |
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This proposed text amendment would allow an existing cell
tower, which does not meet the County’s current requirements
for cell towers, to be relocated and rebuilt on the same
parcel using the special exception process. As proposed,
the language would require the rebuilt and relocated tower
to be made more conforming with current requirements.
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Requested Action of the Board of Supervisors: |
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For purposes
of good zoning practice, convenience, and general welfare,
consider approval of the attached resolution.
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Financial Impact Analysis: |
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No financial impact analysis has been conducted.
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Summary Staff Report:
This proposed text amendment is being initiated to address a
specific situation at Vint Hill, where an existing 410 foot
high cell tower is proposed to be relocated within the
project. The tower exists as a legal non-conforming use.
Because the tower is located within a key development area,
there is interest in relocating it within the property.
Under existing Zoning Ordinance regulations, it could not be
moved and rebuilt, but it can remain forever as-is.
The proposed text amendment would allow the tower to be
relocated and rebuilt with approval of a special exception,
provided that the rebuilt tower is more conforming with
current regulations than the existing tower. There are
multiple ways that such a facility could be made more
conforming, to include: any decrease in height, more buffer
area, more setback from other uses, a design with stealth
elements. Under the proposed language, the Board of
Supervisors could approve the relocation provided the
applicant proposed at least one of these improvements with
the relocated tower. |
Identify
any other Departments, Organizations or Individuals that
would be affected by this request:
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Economic Development
ATTACHMENTS:
1.
Resolution |