Susan J. Smith | Law Office of Susan J. Smith
WILLIAMSPORT – A municipal zoning board in North Central Pennsylvania counters it did not violate federal law in denying Verizon the opportunity to build a cell phone communications tower, rather that the company did not meet the proper burden of proof for obtaining a necessary variance for the construction.
Cellco Partnership (doing business as “Verizon Wireless”) of Basking Ridge, N.J. first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 28 versus the White Deer Township Zoning Hearing Board, of New Columbia.
Verizon asserted it was given authorization by the Federal Communications Commission to operate a wireless communications system in Union Township and that in the White Deer Township area, there is currently a lack of strong signal strength and cellular service.