BOAMin02-03-93Y of LONGW000
BOARD OF AUJUSTMFNT
February 3, 1993
Present: Dlck Skaggs, Secretary
n Runtlell
Jim Daly
Bill Culbertson, eui ltl ing Official
Martha Tyler, Recording Secretary
Absent: Sue wilder, e setl (ill)
P Chairman, excused (out of town, calletl
eek d ce)
AjmalwJami, nASSistant City Planner
I. The meeting was calletl to order by Mr. skaggs at 6:45 p.m.
2. TES: Motion by M untlell, s d by M
Daly,AthaOtV [he m of Suly 15, 1992 be approvetl oas written
Motion ca rrietl by a unanimous roll call.
4. SOUTH MOBILITY, TNC. VARIANCE REpUEET )V- 7-92)
APPLICANT: BELL SOUTH MOBILITY, INC., THOMAS E. FRANCIS, ESQ
hearing. Skaggs opened the public hearing a if anyone
pies ent wishetl to speak an favor of the v Thomas E
Francis, ney Eor Lowntles, ostli<k, Dos tere eetl,
spoke in afa ~or of cell South Mobility, 2nc. eFapassetl o
ha ntlbook to all BOA members present, the Huiltling Official antl the
sr[e; 2) Eell South srte plan by Slater-Paull and Ass octates; 3
Mr. Francis s tetl [hat m C juristlictions no longer impose the
"Fall Zone requirement. xe exp lainetl the "call Zone" requirement,
opinions of their engirt antl o ongwootl's Huildtng code that i
in effect. He statetl thervarrance they are requesting is from the
call Zone requirement.
e gave a nalogy t imposing the fall z this t ould
be the s imposing i a flue s orynoffice builtl ingv
i ntlicatetl rhea cha nces of the t er falling woultl be no greater Chan
a five story bu.i ltling falling~w
Tne t tal onla be locacea from the swtn
eminole sHOS pitalto ethe n r[hern edge of alndus trial Park.
Francis Lntlicated t uctute would be a three sided lattice
ith a orysn tied m shed. They plan t
plant sod around sine towern antl make ether area around the shed
attractive.
expressetl Che need for [his t o hantl le the loatl
for cellular phones to the I.ongwootl a order t improve o
[heir system. sattl the t s designed t i[hs Land 11o miles
per h indsHe ted during H Antlrew only t of
their of tai tied any tlamage a that w sed from tlebrts,
refrigera [ors, roofs, c , tc. that vas being blown through
the air and into their towers rs
Mi. F ncis presented a map that showetl s other t s in [he
general of which had oiigi al ty been Installed
Seminole aCOUnty oand have w been xed the City of
Longwood. Most of these t e 100 ato e150 fee[o[all. He said
these is a tlefinite eetl far a atltlitional [his
because there is heavy traffic antl lots of people using cellular
Francis said the transmittal tower would be south of SR 434 across
be west of the tower and the Longwood Business Center woultl be
. Daly asketl the representative from Bell 5 uth if [hey have any
plans of leasing m space o the t She said they a
t to the business of leasing [ space oand m of their towers
operate under 100 of power. It would be tiara to fintl
ething compatiblewwt th them, e cept for a ergency purposes for
Fire and Police. Daly then asked if He1lm SOU[h hatl any t
of this n where they lease space fox t e hanging of m
repeatersa on their towers. She statetl she vas not aware cof want'
the southeast antl Ln some cases they may have other uses on their
Daly told the B attl the r n he asketl Bell South to clarify
his que because theyaa asking foe for
particular un e1for [he u of cellular phones, but there i a great
tlemand for mlciowave repeaters. She saitl each of their towers are
Daly asked t ottli ng s art' [ wrl to into the mina tes
that Bell South's repiesentaYivecstatetl a this poi n[ [hey a
ending any commercial use on the ptoposetl tower except forrthelr
. Culbertson intiotlucetl h.i ms elf a [he Builtling Official for th<
City of Longwootl. He asked Mr. Francis, regarding Bell Souths'
arty other buildings left and ing antl she aid arly
y[hi ng else w s blown away. undell a ketl when the tlebris
hl trthelr t s Mow they w effected. she s e buckl etl and
another vas sltced in half due to houses bei ng ablown into them.
. Skaggs inquiretl about hov [he t ould be a mbletl. She
aid i self supporting [ iChout guide w The base
approximately 35' % 38' antl the s eel t wt11 be a sembletl i
cttons and s t In c e pters. ez CUlberts on said t
ral plans would be ec hec ketl t the ground i
tableuto hold the t also m ned that the placement of
the will be m netl; gu.i tlelines have been forth
wi nq of the a arbei ng m iutainetl with shrubs, la ntlscaping,
andsY rigation pcov itletl by sell South which shoo ltl improve the
appearance of SR 434.
Mi. Daly as ketl if any of the previous ings anyone had
objected to the reques [. e knew of any tlisapproval of the
regu es C. Mr. L. Totaio of 134oMango T ail saitl he i adjacent
property o antl has n t heartl of any rcomplaints. The only thing
he i ned about i that i s properly s ned for Chat u
The B a~d eof Adjustment onlyyt approve or disapprove Che
ailance they a requesting antl theoCOntlitional Use portion will
go before the City Comm tssion for their approval.
o[t on by M Daly, s detl by M undell [ the variance
ith n ceptions e eept those [ha[Rw e dis~uss edeand presented
by the Land Pla nningx Agency. Motion carrietl by a unanimous roll
call vote.
4. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Mr. Skaggs a [he Board if they
ould 1 D delay election of Dfftcers unill [here w a full
d pies ent. n by Mr. dell, ondetl by Mr as Daly t
postpone the ele [ion of oEf icers nt the snext schedul etl meeting.
Motion carried by a unanimous v01ce vote.
5. ADDITIONAL DSSCUSBION ITEMS.
6. Meeting atljournetl a[ "1:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
rtha Tyler
Recording Secretary