Hearings set on a permit for a telecommunications tower on city-owned land along FM 121

Gunter residents will get two chances next month to speak on a proposed telecommunications tower on land the city owns along FM 121.

The city posted a public hearing notice Thursday, Oct. 22, for a specific use permit that would allow the tower in an A-Agricultural zoning district. The site is described as city-owned property generally east of J.C. Maples Road on the north side of FM 121, on a parcel identified as abstract G-0645 of the John A. Jennings survey.

When and where

Planning and Zoning Commission: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
City Council: 6 p.m. Nov. 19, a Thursday.

Both hearings are at the Gunter Public Safety Building, 105 N. Fourth St. The notice's headline lists the council hearing as Nov. 19, while the body of the notice gives the year as 2027. Residents who plan to attend can confirm the date with City Hall.

How to comment

Anyone can appear at either hearing and speak, according to the notice. Written comments can go to the city secretary before the hearings, either mailed to P.O. Box 349, Gunter, TX 75058, or dropped off at City Hall, 105 N. Fourth St.

What the notice leaves out

The posting does not say who would build or operate the tower, how tall it would be, what kind of service it would carry or whether the city would lease the land for it. The commission's and council's agendas for those meetings have not been posted yet.

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