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Decatur County approves 295-foot Verizon tower after rezoning and special-exception votes
Summary
The Decatur County Area Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals approved rezoning and a special exception to allow a 295-foot guyed wireless communications tower for Verizon on property west of County Road 500 South in Marion Township.
The Decatur County Area Plan Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals approved a rezoning and related special-exception requests to allow construction of a 295-foot guyed wireless communications tower on property owned by Richard Charles and Kimberly May Revellman west of 247 East County Road 500 South in Marion Township. The petitioner said the tower is intended to fill a local Verizon service gap.
Verizon representative John Marcela said the company had tried to colocate on nearby facilities but identified a “significant service gap caused by insufficient infrastructure.” "Verizon has determined within the area of a significant service gap caused by insufficient infrastructure," Marcela said. He described a tower 295 feet tall with the…
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