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Grayson County planning commission recommends special-use permit for Verizon cell tower in Flatridge area
Summary
The Grayson County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a special-use permit for a Verizon Wireless communications tower at 573 Chestnut Ridge Road in the Flatridge area and forwarded the application to the Board of Supervisors with conditions.
The Grayson County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a special-use permit for a communications tower proposed by Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, for property at 573 Chestnut Ridge Road in the Flatridge area and forwarded the application to the Board of Supervisors with conditions.
Planning staff summarized the application and recommended approval, saying the project meets the county’s zoning requirements for communications towers and would expand wireless coverage in the northwest part of Grayson County. "For the purpose of public necessity, convenience, general welfare, public safety and health, and good zoning practice, I recommend approval of the special use permit application," planning staff said in their recommendation to the commission.
The applicant described the site and design details. Laurie Schweller, representing Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless, said the proposed tower would sit on a wooded parcel west of Flatridge Road and that…
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