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HARB continues small‑cell antenna request; board signals preference to avoid conspicuous new poles in landmark views
Summary
HARB continued review of Verizon small‑cell antenna locations in and near downtown St. Augustine and asked the company to revise site plans and materials; the board signaled preference for replacing existing utility poles where feasible and avoiding new conspicuous poles in primary historic view corridors near the Castillo and Avenida Menendez.
Verizon representatives presented revised location options for a proposed small‑cell network and asked HARB for feedback June 18; the board continued the matter to allow Verizon to refine locations and designs that will minimize visual impacts in the city’s most sensitive historic areas.
What Verizon proposed and what the board discussed: Verizon showed three candidate small‑cell locations in the downtown historic district: (1) within the Tokes Place parking lot; (2) at a Cordova Street location in front of the Ponce de Leon Hotel (replacing an existing FPL pole); and…
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