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Sams, Larkin, Huff, & Balli, LLP on behalf of Municipal Communications
Wireless Telecommunications Tower
Variance - Residential Distance and Landscape Buffer
3215 New Macland Road LL 735
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The law offices of Sams, Larkin, Huff, & Balli, LLP on behalf of Municipal Communications, LLC, at 3215 New Macland Road, Land Lot 725, 19th District
PETITION: Variance to reduce the residential distance from 300' requirement to 259.9'; and to reduce the landscape buffer requirement from ten (10) foot wide to 0 foot for the construction, operation and maintenance of a Wireless Telecommunication Tower and Facility
Background:
The law offices of Sams, Larkin, Huff, & Balli, LLP on behalf of Municipal Communications, LLC has requested variances from Section 4-415(b) and (c) of the City's Unified Development Code (UDC) to reduce the residential distance from 300' requirement to 259.9', and to reduce the ten (10) foot wide landscape buffer requirement to 7.5 feet in one area and to allow existing vegetation for the construction, operation and maintenance of a Wireless Telecommunication Tower and Facility.
The subject property is located at 3215 New Macland Road, north of the intersection at New Macland and Macedonia Road. The property area is 187,308 sq. ft. and 4.3 acres. The site is a heavily wooded area. Staff notes that a rezoning request from NRC to CRC and a special use approval to allow for construction, operation, and maintenance of a Wireless Telecommunication Tower and Facility are being sought simultaneously with this request.
Currently, the property is zoned Neighborhood Retail Commercial (NRC) and is within an area identified as Neighborhood Activity Center (NAC) in accordance with the Future Land Use Map. Properties surrounding the subject site are both residential and commercial establishments zoned Residential (R20) 20000 sq. ft. and Community Retail Commercial (CRC).
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