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Murrysville council approves 125-foot Verizon tower at 4900 Lasher Court
Summary
The borough council approved a conditional-use permit for a 125-foot monopole to be built on private land at 4900 Lasher Court after an applicant presentation that cited a coverage gap; no public comment was offered and council voted unanimously.
Murrysville Borough Council voted unanimously April 2 to grant a conditional-use permit for CU-2-25, allowing the construction of a 125-foot monopole communications tower at 4900 Lasher Court on a 10.712-acre parcel (tax parcel 49-07-00-0-263). The applicant told council the site will fill a local Verizon coverage gap.
The applicant’s attorney, Joe Cortez, representing Towers LLC and Verizon Wireless, told council the application was received Jan. 23, 2025, and that the proposed monopole would be an unmanned site with a fenced 50-by-50-foot compound inside a 100-by-100 leased area. “The tower that we're proposing to develop is a 125 feet, and it basically is filling a hole in a gap in coverage that Verizon currently has in, Murrysville,” Cortez said,…
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