CUP23-0002/MIMD123-0001 500 E Illinois St Tower Extension and Collocation

Smartlink for AT&T has submitted an application to the City of Newberg requesting an extension of an existing cell tower, collocation of AT&T antennas, and an expansion of a wireless facility compound located at 500 E Illinois Street.  You are invited to take part in the City's review of this project by sending in your written comments. The applicable criteria used to make a decision on this application for a variance is found in Newberg Development Code 15.215.040. 

The development would include extending the existing tower by fourteen (14) feet to allow AT&T to collocate on the tower. The application is an Eligible Facilities Request as governed by Federal Law under Section 6409.

We invite you to participate in the land use hearing scheduled before the Planning Commission on March 9, 2023 at 7:00pm at Newberg Public Safety Building, 401 E Third Street . If you wish to participate in the hearing, you may do so in person or be represented by someone else. Oral testimony typically is limited to five minutes per speaker.

If you mail your comments to the City, please put the following information on the outside of the envelope:

Written Comments: File No. CUP23-0002/MIMD123-0001    
City of Newberg                                           
Community Development Department
PO Box 970
Newberg, OR  97132

All written comments must be turned in by noon on Monday, March 6, 2023. Written information received after this time will be read out loud at the hearing subject to time limits for speakers, and will be included in the record if there are further proceedings.

You can look over all the information about this project or drop comments off at Newberg City Hall, 414 E First Street. You can also buy copies of the information for a cost of 25 cents a page.  A staff report relating to the proposal will be available for inspection at no cost seven days prior to the public hearing. If you have any questions about the project, you can call the Newberg Planning Division at 503-537-1240.                                                                                                           

If you participate in the public hearing process, either by testifying at the public hearing, or by sending in written comments, you will be sent information about any decision made by the City relating to this project.

Additional information and updates such as public hearing schedules and other project information will be posted as evaluation of the project advances.

STATUS: Prep for Hearing

HEARING DATE:  Thursday, March 9, 2023; Newberg Planning Commission. 

APPLICANT: Smartlink, Debra Griffin

TELEPHONE: 480-296-1205

PROPERTY OWNER: Newberg Industrial LLC

LOCATION: 500 E Illinois Street

TAX LOT NUMBER: R3218DD-01000

STAFF CONTACT:

Clay Downing, Planning Manager

Direct Phone: 503-554-7728 / Newberg Planning Division: 503- 537-1240

Email: clay.downing@newbergoregon.gov