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Residents tell court they were not notified about proposed cell tower on small strip of private land
Summary
A resident said a cell tower is planned for a narrow 50-foot strip between two houses and that neighbors received no prior notice about height, health, or land-use questions; she named the landowner and asked county staff to investigate.
A local resident, recorded in the meeting transcript as Elena Cantu, addressed commissioners during open forum to raise neighborhood concerns about a proposed cell-phone tower planned on a 50-foot strip of land that sits between two homes.
Cantu said she and neighbors received no notice of the tower's installation and that they do not know its height, whether there are health or noise impacts, or whether required land-use notifications were made. She said the underlying property owner is David Torres and that the owner has several acres behind the strip where the tower could instead be placed nearer to an existing paved road.
Cantu asked the court to look into why residents were not notified and to determine whether the zoning change (from residential to commercial/industrial, as she said) and related approvals had been processed correctly. She said she had visited an office associated with the project and spoken with a staff member identified as Amitra Champion but had not received the information neighbors sought.
The court acknowledged the comment; no specific action was taken at the meeting. Commissioners or staff who handle permitting and land-use matters were not recorded making a commitment during the public forum, but the comment was entered into the public record for follow-up by county planning and permitting staff as appropriate.
