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Commission denies Hunters Creek monopine cellphone tower after resident opposition
Summary
After substantial public comment and a staff recommendation of inconsistency, the commissioners rejected a developer’s request for a 126‑foot ‘monopine’ communications tower in the Hunters Creek neighborhood, citing compatibility and neighborhood concerns.
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 30 denied a developer’s request to add a 126‑foot “monopine” communications tower on a church property inside the Hunters Creek neighborhood.
Lede: Following a packed public‑comment session, including multiple residents who said the tower would harm property values and neighborhood character, commissioners voted to find the tower proposal incompatible with surrounding single‑family residential use and denied the major change to the Hunters Creek planned development.
Nut graf: The project would have required two waivers from county rules — a reduction in the separation between tower and the nearest single‑family home (from the code standard to 203 feet) and a…
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