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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 96-192 <br /> November 26, 1996 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members <br /> FROM: James L. Williams, Jr., City Manager <br /> George C. Weaver, Director of Community Development� <br /> Robert A. McQueen, Senior Planner(�''�` <br /> SUBJECT: Ordinance Granting Special Permit for Communication Tower at <br /> Timari Court <br /> The subject petition requests approval of a special use permit to allow the construction and <br /> operation of a monopole communications tower and equipment building on premises commonly <br /> known as 141 Timari Court. The tract in question is vacant and presently platted as four separate <br /> lots; it contains approximately one acre and is zoned R-5 Two Family Residential. Located at <br /> the end of a cul-de-sac street, these four lots are included in a six lot subdivision (Timari <br /> Addition), which was platted in 1979. This addition was originally zoned R-2 Single Family <br /> Residential and subsequently changed to R-5 Two Family. The remaining two lots of the <br /> addition are located to the immediate east and developed with a residential care facility. <br /> While adjoining land on all sides of this tract are zoned single family residential, it should be <br /> noted that the same is relatively isolated from existing development. For example: (1) property <br /> to the north across Timari Court is the rear yards of dwellings fronting on Hill Park Drive or <br /> South Franklin Street Road, (2) property to the east is the side yard for said residential care <br /> facility with the side yard dimension being approximately seventy feet, (3) property to the south <br /> is the rear yard of a dwelling fronting on South Franklin Street Road, and (4) the subject tract is <br /> bound on the west by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad with Wildwood Park being located to the <br /> west thereof. <br /> Recognizing the land use and zoning patterns as noted, staff is of the opinion that the proposed <br /> construction is reasonable and logical at this site. The tower would be located at the southwest <br /> corner of this one acre tract, and a twenty-five foot by forty-five foot area around the base would <br /> be fenced with a ten foot high chain link fence. Aiso, the developer has agreed to provide <br /> screening trees along the east and west side of the fenced area. There would be sufficient open <br /> space azound the site that in the event of a fall, the tower would not hit any existing structures. <br /> Further, if the proposed tower would fall to the north of east, it would be on the owner's property <br />