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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Mosby and Associates has submitted an application for minor site plan and special exception approval on behalf of Central Assembly of God for a 320' radio tower to be located at 6767 S.R. 60. The subject parcel is zoned A-1 and will require special exception approval to construct a radio tower. The 320' tower will serve as an FM broadcasting facility. The applicant has already secured the required FCC and FAA permits, and is in the process of securing a required Florida Department of Transportation permit or letter of exemption. Special exception uses are those types of uses that would not generally be appropriate throughout a particular zoning district. However, when special exception uses are carefully controlled as to number, area, location, and/or relationship to the vicinity, such uses would not adversely impact the public health, safety, comfort, good order, appearance, convenience, morals and general welfare and as such would be. compatible with permitted uses within the particular zoning district. In granting any special excep- tion, the Board may prescribe appropriate special conditions and safeguards to assure the use is compatible with surrounding uses in the district. At its September 14, 1989 meeting,the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion recommended 4 to 3 that the Board of County Commissioners deny the special exception request.- The Planning and Zoning Commission concluded after much discussion that the proposed tower's location was not appropriate in a developing area with existing and plan -designated residential uses (see attachment #4). At the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting,the issue of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) permitting irregularities came up. It appears as though the City of Vero Beach airport officials did not receive the standard FAA comment sheet, even though an FAA permit was issued. Since the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at which the tower request was considered, the City of Vero Beach airport officials have been in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration and have reviewed this tower application. Subsequently, the City of Vero Beach airport officials have issued a letter of no objection to construction of the proposed tower. (see attachment #5). After 'reviewing the subject request, the Planning and Zoning Commission determined that the special exception criterion K (see report item 12K) is not satisfied by the request, and concluded that the tower would have an adverse aesthetic impact on surrounding existing and future residential uses in the subject area. In the staff's analysis, proximity to existing subdivisions was given consideration in relation to safety and appearance. The proposed tower would be well set back from the Central Assembly property boundaries and would not appear to pose a health or safety threat to adjacent properties or residences. Also, staff notes that although towers do not have an aesthetically pleasing appearance, the existing WAXE and WGYL radio towers located in the South County do not appear to have adversely affected area growth and residential development. ANALYSIS: 1. Size of Development Area: 38.5 acres 2. Zoning Classification: A-1 3. Land Use Designation: RR -1, (Rural Residential) 4. Building Area: 144 square feet 17 NOV 2'1d99 BOOK. 78 F‘4,[.111.7