From
Chris Hartmann
Title
SU180605/S180604 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - Verizon Wireless Cell Tower (City Council District 5). Specific Use Permit to erect an 82 foot monopole tower at 202 W Tarrant Road. Tract 3, Michael Farrans Survey, Abstract No. 469, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, 4.89 acres zoned PD-217 within the Belt Line Overlay District, approximately 450 north of the intersection of Stadium Drive and W Tarrant Road and addressed as 202 W Tarrant Road. The applicant is Peter Kavanagh, Zone Systems, Inc. and the owner is Madie Vernon, First Christian Church. (On June 4, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 8-0).
Presenter
David Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve with modifications
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Specific Use Permit to erect an 82 foot monopole tower. Tract 3, Michael Farrans Survey, Abstract No. 469, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, 4.89 acres zoned PD-217 within the Belt Line Overlay District, approximately 450 north of the intersection of Stadium Drive and W Tarrant Road and addressed as 202 W Tarrant Road.
ADJACENT LAND USES AND ACCESS:
North - PD-217, undeveloped; Interstate 30 is approximately 561 feet from the proposed site
East - PD-217, developed as GP High School
South - PD-217, developed as First Christian Church (across Tarrant, zoned GR, MF-2)
West - PD-217, developed as trade organization facility
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The applicant proposes to erect and operated an 82 foot monopole tower for wireless communications facilities. Within the Belt Line Overlay Corridor/PD-217, cellular communications towers may only be approved by Specific Use Permit.
The proposed tower and associated equipment enclosure would occupy a lease area measuring approximately 20 feet by 35 feet in size (approximately 875 square feet) in the northeast quadrant of the site. The tower would be set back approximately 53 feet from the curr...
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