Some Eagle Brook residents posted their opposition to a proposal for an 85-foot cell tower on a property between Bent Tree and South Randall Road.
Courtesy of the city of Geneva
A second applicant is seeking permission from Geneva to build a Verizon Wireless cell tower in the city.
In 2022, TowerNorth Development LLC filed the zoning request for a 100-foot tower at 1800 W. State St. After the city council denied its application, TowerNorth filed a federal lawsuit that is still pending.
The new application is from Verizon Wireless and Dolan Realty Advisors LLC of Kirkwood, Missouri. It’s for an 85-foot cell tower on a strip mall property at 1749 S. Randall Road.
The proposed tower would have antennas and cables concealed within the pole.
A balloon test on April 18 was to illustrate how unobtrusive this cell tower would be, according to the application.
Still, some residents in the nearby Eagle Brook subdivision posted signs stating “NO 85 FT TOWER HERE.”
The pole could support four wireless carriers, reducing the need for other cell sites in the area, the application says.
The proposed site is within a trash receptacle area away from the parking spaces and drive aisles at the strip mall, where a New Balance shoe store and Tricoci Salon & Spa are located, between Randall Road and Bent Tree Drive.
Ground equipment would be concealed behind a brick wall, according to the filing.
Mature trees east of the property line would screen residents in the Eagle Brook subdivision, and the other three directions have commercial uses.
The purpose of the additional cell tower is because neighboring Verizon cell sites are on the verge of capacity, and this site is equidistant from two other existing cell sites a mile north and south, according to the application.
The space would be leased, according to the filing.
Geneva Christina LLC, based in Mokena, Illinois, owns 1725 and 1749 S. Randall Road, property records show.
The Geneva Planning and Zoning Commission will review the application during a public hearing scheduled for 7 p.m. May 23 at City Hall, 109 James St.