1999-11-23 BOA
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MEETING
SUMMARY
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Adjustments meeting to order at
1999 Board of
called the November 23
Chairperson Walker
7:00 p.m,
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CALL TO ORDER - Chairperson
Board of Adjustments, November 23
1999.7:00 p.m
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CHAIRMAN, MEMBER AND STAFF ATTENDANCE - Secretary.
Chairperson Jerry Walker
Board Member Dawn Hoover
Board Member Thomas Keller
Board Member William Ledferd
Board Member Christopher Mavroides
Board Member Douglas McCoy
Board Member Frank Mueller
Alternate Daniel Creech
Alternate Sandra Jones
Attorney John R. Cook
Secretary Beatrice Castorina
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the Summary of
to dispense with the reading and approve
1999; seconded by Member Mavroides.
Member Hoover moved
Action for September 21,
Board Action
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Motion to dispense with the reading and approve the Summary of
for the September 21, 1999 meeting
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Walker - Yes
Hoover - Yes
Keller - Yes
Jones - Yes
Mavroides - Yes
McCoy - Yes
Mueller - Yes
Motion Carried
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Attorney Cook explained to the Board Members why the City Council put
Telecommunication Towers, but stated it would not effect this application.
Planning Consultant Jim LaRue stated in the Staff Report he denied the approval because of
the moratorium, but in order to get a variance the applicant has to show hardship to why the
variance is needed.
Allen Gabriel, Attorney for Nextel Communications address the Board stating they comply with
the set backs and the structure was designed to comply with other community requirements
and regulation. The structure is capable of providing for three users. He showed a picture of
the monopole to the Members explaining they are different from guide towers and lattice
towers. The need in this area is to handle the capacity and need to overlap the cell for
communications. A letter was distributed to the Members prior to the meeting and requested
it be entered into the official record. The antenna needs to be one hundred fifty feet' because
of a structure North of this site. If the variance is not approved, another tower would have to
be placed to overcome the difficulty.
Consider Variance Application No. 99-004-V by property owner,
William H Freeman and applicant Nextel. Request is to allow an
increase of height from 100' to 150' in an Industrial Zoning District
on East half of Lots 15 and 16 inclusive of Block 58, City of
Okeechobee, located at 119 B Northwest 8th Street. Planning
Consultant (Exhibit 1).
NEW BUSINESS
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Charlotte Mo~orn of Nextel provided the Board with a map Indicating where the other towers
were located in Okeechobee.
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the Board stating he had a problem with the
Citizen Thomas Hoover addressed
moratorium
Mr. George Sweat, (S & S Towers) addressed the Board wanting to know the issue on
antennas. Asking for clarification, whether the moratorium was on cellular antennas or all
antennas? Attorney Cook stated the moratorium was only on cellular telephone towers
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Member Hoover moved to approve Variance Application No. 99-004-V by property owner
William Freeman and Nextel and to allow the increase for height from one hundred feet to one
hundred fifty feet in the Industrial Zoning District and has meet the issues discussed regarding
the collapse; height and the FFA regulations and the fact that they have shared capacity for
three users on the tower by showing hardship the variance be approved; seconded by
Member Keller.
NEW BUSINESS
Consider Variance Application No. 99-004-V by property owner, William
H Freeman and applicant Nextel. Request is to allow an increase of
height from 100' to 150' in an Industrial Zoning District on East half of
Lots 15 and 16 inclusive of Block 58, City of Okeechobee, located at 119
B Northwest 8th Street. Planning Consultant (Exhibit 1).
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Walker - Yes
Hoover - Yes
Keller - Yes
Jones - Yes
Mavroides - Yes
McCoy - Yes
Mueller - Yes
Motion Carried
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Walker adjourned
the agenda. Chairperson
further items on
There being no
8:00 p.m,
ADJOURNMENT - Chairperson
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE AND BE ADVISED that if any person desires to appeal any decision made by the Board of
Adjustment with respect to any matter considered at this proceeding, such interested person will need a record of the
proceedings, and for such purpose may need to ensure a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes
the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. City Clerk tapes are for the sole purpose of backup for
official records of the Clerk.
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BEATRICE CASTORINA. SECRETARY
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