Wireless
phone carrier, AT&T, is suing Corrales, NM in U.S. District Court claiming
that the village council violated the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 in
denying AT&T’s request to construct a 65-foot tower on a commercially zoned
site. Last week the village planning and zoning commission denied AT&T a
special use permit for the tower.
AT&T is required by the federal
law to provide service, and in order to do so, the company must “consistently
update its technology, facilities and network to keep up to date with its
customers’ ever-growing demand for mobile services,” the complaint said.
The
Corrales Planning and Zoning commission denied the application for a permit back
in April because they believed the proposed tower wasn’t compatible with nearby
residential properties and the agricultural character of the village.
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