Yakov Chiu wrote:
> decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>
>> Getting approval is pretty much a trivial task now. Planning
>> commissions and home owners have no more recourses to deny an
>> application.
>
>
> What the planning commission can't do, is to deny a cell tower permit on
> the basis of the alleged _health effects_. That's all that the
> Telecommunications Act of 1996 states. There are plenty of other reasons
> to deny a permit, including asthetics, that are still fair game for
> denying a permit.

One healt effect, for example, was one family in the Chautauqua County,
NY town of Kiantone tried to block American Tower from putting up a 250'
free-standing cell tower, claiming their child's cochlear implants would
squeal and be otherwise painful. The court allowed the tower to go up
anyway, like they were supposed to.

I think of _Star Trek II_ logic here: "The needs of the many [who drive
around and may have a breakdown] outweigh the needs of the few [who have
ear implants]."

I was driving in the area some time ago and noticed VZW had a nice
strong signal off the tower.
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