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WELD The Board of Appeals on Tuesday sent AT&T’s permit to build a 190-foot cellphone tower back to the Planning Board with instructions to provide more information.
Ted Small, attorney for AT&T, speaks Tuesday at the Weld Board of Appeals meeting.
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Among the issues it cited are determining if the company has right, title and interest in the property, and clarifying its written findings. Planners are also instructed to hold further proceedings as it deems necessary or appropriate.
The 190-foot tower would be across from Lost Cove, just before Fire Lane 17 and beyond the Weld Inn on the Phillips Road. AT&T has leased the site from Kevin and Holly Cochran.
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WELD The Board of Appeals will meet at 6 p.m. Monday via Zoom regarding a Planning Board approval in September of a building permit for a cellphone tower.
The permit submitted by AT&T/New Cingular Wireless PCS is for a 190-foot tower across from Lost Cove, just before Fire Lane 17 and beyond the Weld Inn on the Phillips Road. AT&T leased the site from Kevin and Holly Cochran in the spring of 2020.
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The Weld Cell Tower Information Committee appealed the Planning Board’s decision and retained a lawyer to help get the tower moved to another site.