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Emmons County commissioners deny building permit for unmanned fiber-optic equipment shelters, order conditional-use review
Summary
Commissioners denied a building permit for two pre-manufactured equipment shelters, generators and fenced enclosure for a fiber-optic route and directed the applicant to apply for a conditional-use permit and public hearing; commissioners cited zoning, public information gaps and safety questions.
Emmons County commissioners on an agenda meeting declined to approve a building permit for two equipment shelters, generators and a fenced enclosure intended to support a planned fiber‑optic route, and directed the applicant to apply instead for a conditional‑use permit and a public hearing.
The shelters were described by a company representative, Linda, as “equipment shelters…that will support digital signal for fiber optic cable” with two generators and fuel tanks adjacent to the compound. Linda said the shelters are premanufactured and that fiber would be installed later.
Commissioners said the proposed work is not a straightforward building permit because…
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