File #: 3898    Version: 0 Name: 195 ft. monopole tower for wireless communications
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/7/2007 In control: Land Use Committee
On agenda: 5/7/2007 Final action: 6/4/2007
Title: AN ORDINANCE granting a conditional use permit in District A (Agricultural) for a period of fifteen years to construct a 195-ft. monopole tower for wireless communications on a 10,000 square feet area within a 23 acre lot.
Indexes: USE PERMIT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE granting a conditional use permit in District A (Agricultural) for a period of fifteen years to construct a 195-ft. monopole tower for wireless communications on a 10,000 square feet area within a 23 acre lot.

Intro
ORDINANCE # 3898, May 7, 2007


Body
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri as follows:

Section 1. A conditional use permit is hereby granted for a period of fifteen (15) years to construct a 195-ft. monopole tower for wireless communications on a 10,000 square feet area within a 23 acre lot, described as follows:
The 10,000 sq. ft. area is within a 23 acre lot that is located at the northwest corner of Route BB and Hanna Road and is legally described as Lot 2, Vanarsdall Ridge, a subdivision lying in the northeast quarter of Section 27, Township 50, Range 30 in Jackson County, Missouri aka 1018 N. Buckner Tarsney Road.

Section 2. The conditional use permit granted by this Ordinance is subject to the following conditions:
The commercial communication monopole shall not exceed a height of 195 feet as measured from ground level.
2.

The monopole and appurtenance shall be installed according to manufacturer's specifications using sound engineering and safety practices.

The building permit application shall include an engineering report specifying the following information:

a. Detailed structural plans for the monopole tower signed and sealed by a Missouri Registered Engineer; and

b. An engineer's certification that anticipated levels of electric magnetic radiation to be generated by facilities on site, including the effective radiated power (ERP) of the antenna, shall be within the guidelines established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Six-ft. tall white pine trees shall be planted and maintained on 10 ft. centers along the perimeter of the vinyl coated chain link fence for the tower compo...

Click here for full text