Cell Phone Tower Hearing, Vote Set for Tonight
Proposed tower will be at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Plans for a cell phone tower at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church will get a public hearing before a vote at Thursday night's meeting of City Council at City Hall. The public hearing will be at 8 p.m., before the start of the council meeting. A third reading of the ordinance on the tower is on the agenda the meeting, followed by a vote. Westlake's Planning Commission approved the plans for the tower in December. The 100-foot tower would be built on the western end of the church property. It would be almost 300 feet away from the nearest residence. The tower was propsed because of poor cell phone service in the southwestern part of town. At a public meeting in October, Verizon attorney Bob Grant said other options were explored, such as parks…
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Mick
4:29 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
Again, I don't have a problem with my service, and I live right in the area that's affected. And while this is apparently a problem for people, there have to be better solutions than this. There are other options, and Verizon really ought to be looking for find the best possible solution, not the easiest. They themselves even say they'd really rather put the tower someone else. At the hearing, it… more ›