Planners weigh a 155-foot cell tower in the Walmart parking lot and an auto repair rezoning Monday

Princeton's Planning & Zoning Commission will take up a request Monday to put a 155-foot cell tower in the parking lot of the Walmart on West Princeton Drive, one of four public hearings and seven plats on a busy Nov. 2 agenda.

The commission meets at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at the Princeton Municipal Center, 2000 East Princeton Drive. Speakers get five minutes during the public appearance portion.

Tower in the Walmart lot

Wal-mart Real Estate Business Trust is seeking a specific use permit for the tower at 701 W. Princeton Drive. According to the agenda, the structure would stand 155 feet high inside a fenced area measuring 30 feet by 85 feet, with related utilities, in the part of the parking lot that sits next to Beauchamp Boulevard.

The posted agenda lists a site plan, a project narrative and property owner notices for the request. Those staff files sit on the city's Granicus document system and could not be opened without a login, so the carrier, the tower design and any staff recommendation were not available.

Auto repair shop on Longneck Road

Two linked hearings involve 1.14 acres at the southeast corner of Monte Carlo Boulevard and Longneck Road, at 1523 Longneck Road. McAfee Investments LLC asks the commission to rezone the land from Single Family Estate Residential to General Commercial (C-2) and to grant a specific use permit for major automobile repair. The agenda says the use would be a Christian Brothers Automotive shop.

Office and retail in the business park

A third hearing covers 1.49 acres at the northeast corner of South Beauchamp Boulevard and Myrick Lane in Princeton Business Park. Retail at Princeton 9 LLC wants the property moved from light industrial zoning (M-1) into Planned Development 47 so it can hold professional offices and retail or commercial businesses instead of industrial uses.

The commission will also consider a replat from JB Princeton I LP that would split about 9.4 acres at the northwest corner of that same intersection into four commercial lots inside the business park.

Subdivision and commercial plats

Other plats on the regular agenda include:

• A final plat for Phase 2 of KB Home's Princeton Estates, a residential subdivision of about 29.8 acres at the southeast corner of County Road 456 and South Boorman Lane.
• A preliminary plat for 1.37 acres at 107 W. Princeton Drive on U.S. 380, about 65 feet east of Town Park Avenue, for a proposed restaurant.
• A final plat for about 4.1 acres on the east side of FM 75 between Monticello Drive and East Monte Carlo Boulevard, listed as the Shoppes at Monticello.
• A preliminary plat for 4.77 acres at the northwest corner of U.S. 380 and Princeton Meadows Boulevard.
• A conveyance plat for 8.8 acres at the northeast corner of Forest Grove South and West Princeton Drive, plus a replat of 1.7 acres near Monte Carlo Boulevard and U.S. 380.

The City Council's next regular meeting is Nov. 9, according to the city calendar.

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