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Speaker B

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"they also had language saying that 110% of the height of the tower was the distance you had to be from another property, from property line. So we would want that also, right?"

they also had language saying that 110% of the height of the tower was the distance you had to be from another property, from property line. So we would want that also, right?
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Speaker B
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May 12, 2026

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So it kind of depends on—. Well, they also had language saying that 110% of the height of the tower was the distance you had to be from another property, from property line. So we would want that also, right? Okay, so we can have our two requirements be for buy right, the setback being 110% of the tower height, and the tower height being I wish I knew the number off the top of my head, but it's the FAA tower height, you know, that whatever they have— maybe 200 feet. Yeah, if it's over 200 feet, then you have to go through the conditional use process.

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