Inside Towers
on Tuesday reported how the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals
on Long Island, NY pointedly disagreed with its Springs Fire District
over an already erected 150-foot communications tower. While none of the
equipment had been put on the tower early last week when the two sides
met, the Zoning Board voted 4-1 to revoke the tower permits issued in
2014, rejecting the fire district’s argument that the tower is
desperately needed at its Fort Pond Boulevard property. And it began
making noise that the freshly-built structure might have to come down.
This past weekend, crews mounted
antennas on the tower, urged by District Board of Commissioners Chairman
Pat Glennon. Glennon told 27east.com
that the tower is a communications tower and that the antennas are
needed to improve emergency systems. The zoning board had argued the
permit was issued in error by town building instructors and that the
fire district as a municipal entity must “submit its application for
further consideration by the town to determine if the project warrants
exemption from zoning.” For now, Glennon urged crews to proceed, as
“commissioners and their attorneys discuss how to proceed following
Tuesday’s revocation of the tower’s building permits,” reports 27east.com. Continue Reading
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