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27.

Meeting Date:	06/30/2009
Submitted By:	Jay Schade, Information Technology
Department:	Information Technology

Agenda Item

Discuss and take appropriate action on City of Taylor Zoning Change Application for a Special Use Permit to allow Communications tower height on Taylor Annex to be extended by 10 feet.

Background

Currently we have a 15-foot-tower (pole) on the roof of the Taylor Annex which holds a radio that communicates back to Georgetown (Rabbit Hill tower) which ties the County Offices in Taylor into the County data network. Trees have begun to encroach on the line-of-sight between that pair of radios which necessitates putting a taller tower on that roof. The taller tower will be a non-penetrating roof mounted tower on the general roof level and will stand 29 feet tall, for a total height from the ground -- including the building height -- of 55 feet. Taylor's zoning ordinance requires a special use permit if the total height exceeds 45 feet (the current height of our our radio. We have already received a temporary permit for 120 days to allow us to move forward with replacing the radios since one of the radios was damaged in the recent storms. The application being considered is for the permanent permit.

No additional funds are being requested. The permit fee is $125 which will come from the ITS "Miscellaneous" line item.

Fiscal Impact

From/To	Acct No.	Description	Amount

Attachments
Permit

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
County Judge Exec Asst.	Wendy Coco	06/25/2009 09:02 AM
Form Started By: Jay Schade		Started On: 06/24/2009 03:36 PM
Final Approval Date: 06/25/2009