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Planning commission recommends telecom tower behind public safety building, pending airport review
Summary
The Washington County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval April 28 of a 195-foot self-support telecommunications tower behind the county public safety building, part of an eight-site emergency radio upgrade; recommendation is conditional on meeting airport-overlay requirements and will go to the Board of Supervisors on May 13.
The Washington County Planning Commission voted April 28 to recommend a special-exception permit for a 195-foot self-support telecommunications tower to be sited behind the county public safety building at 20281 Rustic Lane in Abingdon.
Fred Lau of Chaley Tower Consultants, the project's representative, described the structure as a self-support tower with no guy wires, a 50-by-50-foot fenced compound and a county-owned equipment shelter and emergency generator at the base. "This project is part of an 8 site build that we have planned to…
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