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Resident tells council Verizon tower was installed without required local review; asks city to declare structure nonconforming
Summary
A nearby homeowner said a new Verizon antenna structure bypassed local review and asked the city to declare it nonconforming, require a new application and enforce retrospective compliance with local ordinances and historic review requirements.
Ben Adams told the Lake Oswego City Council on July 15 that a Verizon telecommunications structure adjacent to his family’s listed historic home was installed as a new tower without required local conditional‑use review and public notice.
Adams said Ordinance 21-44 requires a conditional‑use process for new towers and that, in his view, the structure was not a simple collocation on an…
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