Lanier Road 129-foot Verizon monopole tower

4:58:14Let's get that. And we are at speech twelve. Okay.

4:58:21There we go.

4:58:29That's right.

4:58:41All right. Amy Toll,

4:58:43Planning, Development and Economic Growth. The item before you is PDE 26-CU03, it's a conditional use request. It's located in an AR agricultural residential district and it's in a residential six or RISC residential six dwelling unit for gross acre future land use. The request is to construct a 129-foot above ground level closed mount monopole. in accordance with the LDC section 1002

4:59:14Wireless Communication Facilities. It is located on the west side of Lanier Road, approximately 1,300 feet south of Chansey Road. So a couple of findings of fact. On July 29, 2025, the applicant held a neighborhood meeting in accordance with section 305 of the code. As a result of that neighborhood meeting, the original proposal was to construct a 155-foot tower, which included a 150-foot tower with a five-foot

4:59:44lightning rod. As a result of that meeting, they actually voluntarily reduced the tower height. So the tower height is now being proposed at 129 feet. With a 125-foot tower and a four-foot lightning rod. They are also reducing the co-location from three to two. The primary service provider for this tower is going to be Verizon. And they actually included an enhanced buffering that will also establish

5:00:16slash pines on there as well. So, in that additional buffing standard, we worked with the arborist to determine what the best type of tree would be in that area. The arbor pine was selected, and within about 30 years, it will be mature. I do have some visuals to show. Show you what that would look like. This will access to the wireless communication facility, compound lease areas proposed through a 30-foot-wide non-exclusive easement. It will be on a 100 by 100 fenced-in compound

5:00:46leased area, which is equivalent to 10,000 square feet, and it will be located off of Lanyar Road, which is a county-maintained residential roadway. This aeronautical study that was conducted revealed that the structure does not exceed or obstruct structures and would not be a hazard to the air navigation. And then pursuant to review of public use airports in the area. Proposed tower does not appear to impact the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, which is the low the nearest airport, which is over five nautical miles

5:01:16east of the subject site, as previously stated. The Verizon is going to be your anchor tenant and the co-location is going to be a minimum of two additional communication providers. Here's your general location in the South Market area and urban expansion area. The subject site being the aerial imagery, it is located north of the two rivers MPUD. The existing zoning is AR Agricultural Residential District. The

5:01:47existing future land uses were as six residential six dwelling units per gross acre. Here's a context map just to show where the lease area is going to be located within the subject site as well as its proximity to two rivers and beauty.

5:02:04Here's a coverage map of what the current coverage would show, and you can see where the subject site is proposed. And with the new tower, you're going to have a significant increase in coverage capacity in this area.

5:02:21This is what the 20, 129-foot mount would be proposed as. As you can see on the left, there are three arrays, with the Verizon being at the main array.

5:02:35So as previously stated, they will be subject to a type A buffer. However, this was their original site plan or landscaping plan. As a result of the neighborhood meeting, they did offer an enhanced landscaping plan with a double row of landscaping in the slash pines to the south, west, and north of the compound. So this is going to be your map key for the photosimulization or sim photosem simulization, excuse me. There are six locations

5:03:05that I will show you. So the first location is going to be your view looking east from Bohanet Road. This is your existing view.

5:03:16This is the visual with the vertical brick or vertical tower of 125-foot monopole being 129 feet with the top of the lightning rod. So this is just at your proposed landscaping, initial landscaping. Once the trees are matured within the 30-year time frame, this is what the landscaping is projected to look like. So photosimulization review two. Looking south-southwest from Lanyar Road, um as

5:03:46you can see. It's pretty open. And then you'll have the 125-foot vulnerable tower. with the existing lands or with the initial landscaping and then landscaping up charity.

5:04:00View three is going to be looking from southwest from Lanyar Road. 125 foot monopole tower with initial landscaping. And mature landscaping.

5:04:14View four, looking north-northwest from Linear Road. This was existing.

5:04:21This would be the proposed landscaping with the initial landscaping.

5:04:28No problem. Okay, second.

5:04:31Yeah, and I can have the applicant speak to that. But um I'm I'm not sure what the status goes of trees. It could be just proposed based on the age and if it's a viable entry. And it comes up. Processes.

5:04:48This is what it would look like. Adamateur. Uh view five looking west from Lanyar Road.

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5:04:59proposed landscaping and the entryway. Mature landscaping and entryway. And view six, looking from uh north from north of Percher Drive. This is initially so the purpose of us uh having this presentation because we did receive opposition, letters of opposition emailed to us. Um, unfortunately, here somebody showed up today, but that is the general location of where the opposition was. Captured from So

5:05:30we had them go out just to do a civilization of what that would look like there. So north of Kirchho Drive. Proposed landscaping at planning. And then the maturity. And with that we would recommend approval and the applicants can speak to the book tree.

5:05:46One quick question, Angie. Um so you mentioned that it was amended from Um three users on the tower to two. Correct. Uh, but you show on the plans there was three antenna RAs.

5:06:00Sure. So there's three total. One of them is Verizon. So previously it would have been four total. So Verizon as your anchor tenant with three additional, correct. So as a result of the reduction of the tower height, they reduced that anchor tenant.

5:06:15Thanks.

5:06:21Hi, good evening now.

5:06:22Uh I feel like I've run a marathon here with you guys. Um James Johnston, Lachatz and Bowen, 300 South Orange Avenue. Um in Orlando for the applicant. And just to quickly answer your question on the oak trees, those trees aren't being removed. I think that was done so you could see through to the compound. from that same view so they you know they they magically took them out so you could then see the compound. Just for purposes. For purposes.

5:06:51They don't control mainly the three years. So in here you're on phone rooms and I couldn't move in the control. Correct, yeah. So they're they're showing the landing control rooms.

5:07:01Right. But but that explains what it disappears in the you know, proposed um views. But uh again, I mean we're here to answer any questions. Uh I also have Mill Compton with Verizon Wireless and Dave Talby with Lee Pallardy. Um and um we appreciate staff's hard work on this and working with staff. We think we worked hard with the neighbors to try to address some of their concerns and so we're just uh hoping to get a recommendation of approval. And again, here to answer any questions.

5:07:33piece the parcel that you control does not have any existing Heritage Oak or anything

5:07:37like that. Correct. It just Right.

5:07:45Anybody else to speak on this one?

5:07:48Mr. Sure, I'd like to compliment both the applicant and stab on this one because This could have been impact. All right. Well I mean no I mean this application could have resulted in a fact ordering. Based on the initial comments they got. I mean From neighborhood meeting and so The fact that it's now empties. is an indication that they did a good job of addressing some of the concerns the British had raised. So Yeah, we appreciate that.

5:08:22Although nobody wants them, we need cell phone towers like we probably need data centers. Well the good news is things are gonna start moving to satellite and these are gonna be dinosaurs that we aren't gonna need any Elon's gonna start needing data centers to this this space anyway, so Um call is right if you have this.

5:08:42And apparently people like cell towers better than data sets, right? Yeah. It is how times have changed.

5:08:51Well will they give the point any further? We have a motion. Make a motion to approve.

5:08:57Did I have a second? Yes. Okay. I think somebody said please. Okay. All in favor favor signify by saying aye. Um The motion to adjourn, Mr. Chairman M