Conditional use · Planning application
Approved: DISH Wireless adds antennas and equipment to existing cell tower
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the conditional use permit on June 18, 2025, with conditions including a $10,000 Tree Mitigation Fund contribution due by Oct. 1, 2025, and limits on construction noise hours.
From the filing
The application's description as it appears in City of Garden City's record. See the official record
DISH Wireless LLC is seeking approval to expand an existing wireless communication (cell) tower site at 8247 W State Street in Garden City. The expansion adds new panel antennas, radio equipment, and a wooden fenced equipment compound on the tower and ground area of a roughly half-acre lot.
Gary Abrahams with GMA Network Services LLC, on behalf of Crown Castle, is requesting a conditional use permit for Dish Wireless, L.L.C.'s collocation at the existing wireless facility located at 8247 W. State St, Ada County Parcel #R0719420250, in the C-2 General Commercial Zoning District.
Timeline
June 18, 2025
Approved
Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission: Approved.
June 18, 2025
Public hearing: Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission
May 12, 2025
Application filed
Documents
Staff reports
- Download Staff report for the June 18 Planning and Zoning Commission hearing
Staff recommends approval with conditions of a conditional use permit for DISH Wireless collocation on an existing wireless facility, reviewed alongside a separate AT&T application.
June 17, 2025 · 19 pages · 670 KB · Staff Report
Decisions
- Download Findings of fact, conclusions of law and decision
Planning and Zoning Commission decision on a conditional use permit for a wireless communication facility, dated June 18, 2025.
June 17, 2025 · 12 pages · 238 KB · Decision
Notices
- Download Affidavit of property posting for conditional use permit
Notarized affidavit attesting that the project site was posted with public notice for the conditional use permit hearing, at least ten days before the hearing, per Garden City Code.
Yesterday · 3 pages · 951 KB · Notice
Application
- Download Conditional use permit application packet
Conditional use permit application CUPFY2025-0010 for Dish Wireless collocation on an existing monopole, with checklist items and property details, filed May 12, 2025.
May 11, 2025 · 149 pages · 39.0 MB · Application packet
Studies and reports
- Download Wireless facility landscaping feasibility report
Tower operator explains why the conditional use permit's landscaping requirements, including evergreen heights and irrigation, cannot feasibly be met due to shade, easements and drainage.
Yesterday · 5 pages · 1.9 MB
Correspondence
- Download Idaho DEQ agency comment letter
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality general comments on air quality, fugitive dust, prescribed burning and wastewater rules, dated June 2, 2025, for the conditional use permit.
June 1, 2025 · 4 pages · 761 KB · Agency comment
- Download Fire district comments on wireless facility modification
Fire & Rescue District response to the conditional use permit for an AT&T collocation on an existing monopole, with access gate, trash, and hazard signage comments.
May 26, 2025 · 3 pages · 321 KB · Agency comment
- Download Idaho Transportation Department comments
ITD reviewed the referenced applications and reported no comments, in a May 27, 2025 email to the city planning office.
May 26, 2025 · 4 pages · 306 KB · Agency comment
