On October 6, 2015, the Town Council directed the Town Manager to explore amendments to the Town Code that would provide for a procedure to authorize the location of communication facilities on Town owned property. Site planning on governmentally controlled properties is provided by the GP, Government Property District, regulations which provide for the required review procedures. However, a close examination of the Code found three deficiencies that needed to be addressed. The first relates to an automatic rezoning provision which automatically changes the zoning of land upon the purchase or sale of a governmental entity. The second deficiency that the provisions do not provide for is a minor administrative site plan adjustment procedure as would be afforded to a privately held piece of land. Third, the permitted uses needs to be expanded to include communication facilities and other necessary uses that serve the Town's residents.

The attached ordinance remedies those deficiencies.

On November 14, 2017, the Planning and Zoning Board, acting in their capacity as the Local Planning Agency, voted to recommend approval of the ordinance to the Town Council. The item was moved on first reading at the Town Council's regular meeting of January 16, 2018.