Title
Use Permit Application by Virginia Electric and Power Company to Relocate and Operate a Communication Tower at 902 G Street [LRSN: 1000699]
Purpose
Background Statement:
Use Permit Application No. 24-0456 is a request for a use permit to relocate and operate a communications tower, commercial, a maximum height of 180 feet. The applicant is requesting to remove the existing 150-foot, self-supporting tower and construct a new 170-foot-tall, self-supporting lattice-style, communication tower along the northern property line, including related ground equipment. The adjacent property, which shares the aforementioned property line, is also zoned and used for manufacturing.
The existing tower, located adjacent to the rear of the existing main building, pre-dates the Use Permit requirement for such communication towers. The subject property is zoned Light Manufacturing (M-2) district, which allows for the proposed use, subject to an approved use permit.
If the use permit is to be granted, staff has identified nine (9) recommended conditions based upon the proposed use’s operational and land use characteristics. Among the conditions are site design, limitation on tower height, tower accessibility, removal of tower, public safety, and compliance with applicable laws.
The Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) recommends business/industrial for the subject site and surrounding area.
Recommendations:
Rec
Staff Recommendation:
Approve with nine (9) conditions.
Planning Commission Recommendation:
Approve with nine (9) conditions.