04-11-11 Council Agenda & Packet

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EXHIBIT A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY SERVICE PLAN FOR ST. JOSEPH COUNTY 02 FEBRUARY 2011 The Petitioner,Charles S. Hayes Inc., is seeking a Special Exception Use to allow for a 240' lattice-type self-support telecommunication tower and equipment buildings on property classified general industrial and a Variance of Developmental Standards for the proposed tower ® from a maximum height of 200' to 240', from a monopole type tower to a lattice-type self- support tower, and from landscaping on the south side of the compound to no landscaping on the ® south side of the compound. r Reason or Need: w Charles S. Hayes Inc. has a longstanding history in St. Joseph County for communication infrastructure through ownership, construction and management of radio communication ® facilities. The company's goal is to minimize the proliferation of towers in the community while maximizing the number of various types of Carriers on them. The need for a variety of Carriers in an area, demand for cellular phone minutes and the explosive growth in usage of data transmission will only increase with the continued request for services in the City of South Bend. r Verizon Wireless would like to collocate at this site as well as potential carriers for broadband and other services. When Verizon originally inquired to locate at this site, the structure was at an r engineering rating that would accommodate their equipment. In the interim, Open Range, another cell phone and broadband provider, located their hub at this site creating capacity insufficiencies and necessitating the addition of the proposed structure at this site. The type and height of the new structure will allow ease in the placement of dishes and i specialized equipment, space to accommodate a multitude of carriers, and complement the existing guyed-typed structure. 1 There is no room to plant landscaping on the south part of the compound. A variance for this f request was granted in 2003 for the original structure. We ask that it be granted once again due to the fact that the compound abuts to another property to the south leaving no room to adequately have landscaping planted and grown. Nature of any Existing Wireless Communication Facilities Sites: There are ten towers within a one mile radius of the current facility (please refer to the "TOWERS WITHIN ONE MILE" map included in the application)of which three are facilities owned by Charles S. Hayes Inc. Urban areas are more densely populated and require more tower sites to serve the population. The Carriers require very specific land locations as well as specific heights on towers to fulfill these coverage capacity issues. Hence, the desire for Verizon(and other future vendors)to reside at this particular Garst St. location.