SUP16-0013 – Milestone T-Mobile Telecommunications Tower (Chancellor Voting District)

Staff recommends approval of the proposed Special Use Permit.

County consultant Atlantic Technology Consulting, Inc has also recommended approval of the proposal. 

Staff will present the Cable TV and Telecommunication Commission's recommendation at the Planning Commissions meeting. 

The applicant requests a special use permit to place a 150-foot tall monopole communication tower with a 6-foot lightning rod (156 feet total height) within a 2,590 sq. ft., fenced equipment area on a 13.46 acre parcel addressed as 11100 Gordon Rd.  The property is located approximately 1700 feet west and behind the Salem Fields Community Church located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Gordon Road and Salem Fields Boulevard.  Approximately 660 feet further south is the neighborhood of Ni River Village. The property is currently improved with an electrical substation, zoned Rural (RU) and has a Future Land Use designation of Institutional per the Comprehensive Plan.  Tax map parcel 21-A-93A.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 prohibits local jurisdictions from denying communications facilities requests due to radiofrequency radiation concerns.