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STAFF REPORT <br /> Decatur City Plan Commission <br /> COMMON NAME: 2320 North Oakland Avenue <br /> GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> Hearing Date March O1, 2001 <br /> Calendar No. O1-14 <br /> Property Location 2320 North Oakland Avenue <br /> Requested Action Special Use Permit to allow a cellular communications tower <br /> Petitioner Nextel Partners, Inc. <br /> Property Owner Sim's Lumber Company <br /> LAND USE AND ZONING <br /> Direction Existing Land Use Zoning Comprehensive Plan <br /> Subject Property Light Industrial - lumber yard M-1 Light Industrial <br /> North Residential, church R-1 Office <br /> South Commercial B-2 Commercial <br /> East Low-Medium Density R-1 Mixed Use -Planned <br /> Residential Development <br /> West Low-Density Residential, B-2, R-3 Commercial <br /> Commercial <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> 1. The subject property currently houses a lumber yard and several associated buildings. <br /> Property to the south is utilized for a car dealership and two vacant lots are located to the <br /> west of the proposed tower site. <br /> 2. There is one tower near this property. This tower is a 400 foot guyed tower owned by <br /> American Tower Corporation. This tower cannot take on additional capacity. In fact, the <br /> tower failed a structural analysis for additional load. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 3. The petitioner proposes to construct a 190 foot monopole cellular communications tower on <br /> the site. The proposed tower would accommodate five camers in addition to Nextel's <br /> proposed equipment. <br />