TOWN STAFF REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
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Hold a public hearing, discuss, and consider adopting an Ordinance to approve a Specific Use Permit for a Wireless Cell Tower to be located at 2000 Dove Road, also known as the Town of Westlake Fire Station, an approximately 5.02-acre site. The property is generally located on the northwest intersection of FM 1938 Davis Blvd. and Dove Road. (Helen-Eve Beadle, Interim Town Planner)
a. Staff Presentation
b. Hold Public Hearing
c. Discuss and Consider
d. Act
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STAFF: Helen-Eve Beadle, Interim Town Planner
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Vertical Bridge has submitted a Specific Use Permit (SUP) application to place a 130-foot stealth cell tower and wireless communications facility behind the Fire/EMS Station No. 1 at 2000 Dove Road. The cell tower and facility will solve a critical gap in wireless service for multiple wireless providers (T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and AT&T) and provide for the Town of Westlake's emergency service antennas, the water supply Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, Wi-Fi and other municipal uses. The proposed unique stealth design is architecturally consistent with the existing Fire Station Facility.
EXISTING CONDITIONS AND HISTORY OF PROPERTY
The subject property contains 5.027 acres and is platted as Lot 2, Fidelity Investments Addition, Phase 1 (PID 48447729). The property is in the shape of a triangle. West Dove Road and Davis Boulevard are designated as Town Arterials on the Thoroughfare Plan Map, containing four lanes with a median. The property zoned Government Use is currently developed as the Town of Westlake Fire Station No. 1.
The SUP application is the culmination of an agreement, approved by Resolution 22-05 on January 24, 2022, between Vertical Bridge, the company that will construct, operate and lease the wireless communication facility, and the Town of Westlake. Town Council discussions regarding a possible cell tower, on the Fire Station site, date back to December 2...
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