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Falmouth Zoning Board OKs 120-foot monopole at North Falmouth church after lengthy hearing
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit to Vertex Towers LLC to build a 120-foot monopole at a Catholic Church property near Old Silver Beach, approving conditions including a removal bond, environmental protections and periodic bond review.
The Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday approved a special permit for Vertex Towers LLC to build a 120-foot monopole telecommunications tower on church-owned land off Quaker Road in North Falmouth.
Attorney Francis Parisi, representing Vertex Towers, told the board the proposed monopole would be sited in the rear of a 10-acre parcel owned by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Fall River and would be built inside a fenced compound measuring roughly 48 by 58 feet. He said Verizon is the anchor tenant and would mount antennas at a centerline of about 115 feet.
Parisi said the company referred the project to the Cape Cod Commission as required, received a positive regional decision after multiple reviews, and provided…
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