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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY, 1900 S. TAFT HILL ROAD - PDP - 20-01 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESUtility Plan, continued Water Tan Plan: This is an unmanned telecommunications facility. Water utilities will not be brought to the site. The site has been placed so as not to encroach upon or interfere with existing water utility easements on the property. Wireless Telecommunications Facility Application Sprint PCS Project Development Plan without Subdivision Plat Planning Objectives and Utility Plan Page 3 of 3 Planning Objectives, continued corner of the parking lot, so the light pole is also useful to the property overall, as there is no source of lighting in this location of the parking lot. Landscaping: This site is located on the property in such a manner that the ground equipment will be highly blocked from public view. Therefore, Sprint is proposing that the ground equipment simply be concealed with the proposed wooden fencing, to be no taller than 6 feet in height. Airport and Flight Paths: Sprint will always comply with any FAA and federal regulations concerning this telecommunications facility. With every site, Sprint files with an FAA consulting firm, ASAC, to determine if there are any special FAA requirements for a particular telecommunications facility, including painting and lighting. In this case, the facility is proposed in a location a considerable distance from the airport and is only a total of 60 feet in height, so the likelihood that any FAA requirements will be imposed on the current design of this tower are minimal. Telecommunications towers under 200 feet in height do not require FAA filing, unless the location is in close proximity to an airport or there are special terrain conditions. This site does not meet any special FAA filing requirements. If in the event that ASAC recommends that this telecommunications facility be filed with the FAA, Sprint will of course file for a determination immediately. If the FAA were to determine .that the facility must have lighting, Sprint will reconsider this design and work with the City of Fort Collins to redesign the site to meet both City planning and site coverage objectives to the greatest extent possible. A filing will be made with ASAC and a recommendation letter from ASAC should be available for the public hearing. Susan Cunningham will make that information available to the planning department at the hearing or before the hearing, if possible. Historic Sites and Structures: This facility is not located on and will not have any effect on any historic sites or structures located in the area. Collocation on Other Structures in the Area: Sprint makes an effort in all communities to collocate on existing structures as often as possible. Unfortunately, after looking in the area under the coverage guidelines provided by Sprint's RF engineering on this site, there were no existing structures that would afford Sprint a collocation opportunity for this site and still meet the requisite coverage objective. Sprint did make every attempt to conceal this facility as much as possible in its design, while still meeting the coverage objective to minimize the coverage gap in the area. UTILITY PLANS, INCLUDING WATER TAP PLAN Sprint has researched title on this property, and Sprint has identified all existing utility easements and public or private access easements on the property. Sprint placed the site so as not to encroach upon any of those existing utility easements, access easements or public right-of-ways. Please refer to page Al of the Site Plans to see the existing easements on the property according to the title report. Wireless Telecommunications Facility Application Page 2 of 3 Sprint PCS Project Development Plan without Subdivision Plat Planning Objectives and Utility Plan TELECOMM ACQUISITION GROUP Susan M. Cunningham 1918 Logan Street Mobile 720 985-8424 Denver, CO 80203 FAX RO 294-1423 PLANNING OBJECTIVES TO: City of Fort Collins, Colorado Current Planning Department FROM: Susan Cunningham, Agent for Sprint PCS DATE: June 28, 2001 RE: DN54XC 125A — Immanuel Church — Zoning Application — Planning Objectives Project Name on the Application: DN54XCI25A - Immanuel Church Applicant: Sprint PCS Agent for the Applicant: Susan Cunningham Planning Objectives: Sprint PCS respectfully submits this application for a concealed, free standing telecommunications facility to be located at 1900 S. Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins, Colorado 80528, owned by the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Fort Collins. Sprint's FCC Licensing Mandate: Sprint, as with all telecommunication carriers holding FCC licenses, is mandated by the FCC under the licensing guidelines to provide continuous and seamless coverage to the communities and the clientele that it serves. Under this licensing mandate, Sprint will be adding new telecommunications facilities to its Forts Collins market to meet increasing market demand, increasing market traffic, and close gaps in existing coverage. Each site is designed to provide the best quality service possible to this Sprint market and meet this FCC licensing mandate. Desian: The facility has been designed as a light pole to conceal the antenna array on this pole. The light pole design is 60 feet in total structure height. It will be painted to match the existing parking lot light poles and a lighting fixtures, similar to the existing light pole boxes, will be attached to the pole no higher than 22 feet on the pole, per section 3.8.13(C)(9) Lighting of the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code. Location: The pole will be placed on the property so as to have a 1:1 fall zone radius of more than 60 feet to all property lines. Placement of the facility is such that from S. Taft Hill Road, the main church building will block some of the pole from the public's view on that roadway, providing additional concealment. The light pole will be located in the northeast Wireless Telecommunications Facility Application Page I of 3 Sprint PCs Project Development Plan without Subdivision Plat Planning Objectives and Utility Plan