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Historic review board seeks design changes, more detail before approving two small-cell installations

5959222 · October 16, 2025
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HARB continued consideration of two Verizon small-cell antenna installations at Tokes Place parking lot and near 69A Cordova Street, directing applicants to supply lower-height options, clearer scaled renderings and equipment-placement alternatives that reduce visual impact.

The Historic Architecture Review Board on Oct. 16 continued review of a request from Verizon (HP2025-0011) to replace two existing light poles with taller combined streetlight/telecommunications poles — one in the Tokes Place parking lot and one adjacent to 69A Cordova Street — and asked the applicant to return with clearer, scaled drawings, alternative lower-height options and documentation showing where power and equipment will be concealed.

Julie Seymour, historic preservation staff, told the board the proposed locations fall inside St. Augustine’s National Register Historic District and the National Historic Landmark Area; the Cordova location sits across from the Ponce de…

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