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Fulshear council revisits a cell-tower permit for 27500 Fulshear Bend Drive near Jordan High School

Fulshear City Council revisits a cell-tower permit for 27500 Fulshear Bend Drive, near Jordan High School, at its Oct. 20 meeting.

By Fulshear Local Staff

A generic monopole cell tower in an open grassy field under a blue sky, with equipment cabinets at the base. Not 27500 Fulshear Bend Drive or Jordan High School.
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Key facts

  • Who: The Fulshear City Council, Planning and Zoning, and Diamond Towers.
  • What: Ordinance 2026-1549 would grant a specific use permit for a cellular antenna. Diamond Towers proposes a guy-wire-free monopole meant for co-location by other carriers.
  • When: The regular City Council meeting is Oct. 20, 2026, at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 draft minutes in the packet show the tower came up earlier.
  • Where: 27500 Fulshear Bend Drive, zoned Semi-Urban Residential, at Jordan High School. The meeting is at the Fulshear Municipal Complex, 6611 W. Cross Creek Bend Lane.
  • What it means for residents: Planning and Zoning recommended approval on the condition that the applicant files an annual safe-site report with the school district. Staff says the access road should be concrete or asphalt.

Fulshear City Council will revisit a permit for a cellular antenna at 27500 Fulshear Bend Drive, near Jordan High School. Ordinance 2026-1549 would grant a specific use permit for the antenna on land zoned Semi-Urban Residential. It is Item IX.I on the regular agenda for Oct. 20, 2026.

What Diamond Towers proposes

Diamond Towers proposes a guy-wire-free monopole at Jordan High School. The tower is meant for co-location by other carriers.

Why the tower needs a specific use permit

City rules since March 2024 allow towers in every district only as a specific use. That rule is Ordinance 2024-1454.

What Planning and Zoning recommended

Planning and Zoning recommended approval on the condition that the applicant files an annual safe-site report with the school district. Staff adds that the access road should be concrete or asphalt, per the Coordinated Development Ordinance. The packet includes a Planning memo from Josh Brothers.

What the Sept. 15 minutes show

The item came up earlier as well. Sept. 15 draft minutes in the packet show residents commented against the tower.

When and where the council meets

The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Fulshear Municipal Complex, 6611 W. Cross Creek Bend Lane. The agenda item is in the city's Oct. 20 regular agenda, Item IX.I.

Questions and answers

What would Ordinance 2026-1549 allow?

It would grant a specific use permit for a cellular antenna at 27500 Fulshear Bend Drive, which is zoned Semi-Urban Residential. Diamond Towers proposes a guy-wire-free monopole at Jordan High School, meant for co-location by other carriers.

Why does the tower need a specific use permit?

City rules since March 2024, Ordinance 2024-1454, allow towers in every district only as a specific use.

What conditions did Planning and Zoning and staff add?

Planning and Zoning recommended approval on the condition that the applicant files an annual safe-site report with the school district. Staff adds that the access road should be concrete or asphalt, per the Coordinated Development Ordinance.

Did residents comment before the Oct. 20 meeting?

Sept. 15 draft minutes in the packet show residents commented against the tower.

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