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Posted: April 25, 2024
Rapid City
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Agenda Item Ref. #: 24VA004 - Mann Subdivision

Agenda Item Title:

24VA004 - Variance to omit parking and paved access and reduce landscaping from 37,537 to 11,850 points

Origination Group:
Planning Commission
Origination Meeting Date:
04/25/2024
Petitioner:
LCC Telecom Services for VB BTS, LLC
Staff Contact:
Tanner Halonen, Current Planner II
Location:
3220 W. Chicago Street
Agenda Item Summary:
The applicant has submitted a Variance request to omit the parking and paving requirements and to reduce the landscaping requirements from 37,537 to 11,850 points as part of a proposed cell tower development on the property addressed as 3220 W. Chicago Street. The property is comprised of 0.95 acres of land zoned General Commercial District in which cellular communication stations are listed as a Conditional Use. The applicant has submitted a Conditional Use Permit (#24UR003) to be heard in conjunction with this application. The subject property currently contains an office building that is approximately 2,210 square feet in size and a storage warehouse that is approximately 1,364 square feet in size. The applicant is proposing to develop a 195-foot tall self-supporting tripod cell tower and an ancillary concrete equipment pad covered by a steel canopy on the northeastern portion of the property. The proposed development will be located within a 75-foot by 50-foot leased compound which will be surfaced with gravel and bordered by a six-foot tall chain link fence with three-strand barbed wire at the top. The facility will be shared with T-Mobile and with other communication carriers that need a facility in the area. The development will not have daily staff and service technicians will visit the site in a pick-up or van-sized vehicle approximately once a month. As per §17.50.270.E.1 of the Rapid City Municipal Code, cell towers require one hard surface parking space. This space must be striped and sized in accordance with §17.50.270.F.2 of the Code. No additional parking is being proposed as part of this application. As per §17.50.270.G.1.b of the Code, unpaved access to parking facilities is not permitted except for single-family and duplex uses. All commercial and industrial uses intending to utilize unimproved access for parking facilities shall bear the cost of paving the access way to City minimum construction standards. The plans submitted identify that the facility will be accessed by a 20-foot wide Access and Utility Easement. This easement extends from the driveway approach of the west adjacent property to the west boundary line of the leased area. A portion of the easement will be surfaced with gravel. No additional hard surfacing is being proposed as part of this application. As per §17.50.300.F.1 of the Code, all new development that involves the creation of a building must be in full compliance with the landscaping regulations. This property requires approximately 37,537 landscaping points and approximately 11,850 landscaping points are currently existing. No additional landscaping is being proposed as part of this application.

Funding Source & Fiscal Impact (if applicable):

Funding Cost Center

Recommendations:

Origination Recommendation Notes:
ZBOA Approved the Variance to omit parking and paved access and reduce landscaping from 37,537 to 11,850 points with Stipulations Outlined in the Project Report, Based on Special Circumstances: 4/25/2024

Attachments & Links to Download:

24VA004 Project Report 

24VA004 Attachments

Published in 2024 - PL Agenda Items
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