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Commission approves T‑Mobile micro‑site after heated North Beach debate; commissioners urge a citywide wireless plan
Summary
After hours of public testimony and competing petitions, the Planning Commission approved a T‑Mobile rooftop micro‑site in North Beach while rejecting neighborhood calls for discretionary review of the company’s broader roll‑out. Commissioners recommended the Board of Supervisors and city agencies pursue a comprehensive wireless siting strategy.
San Francisco — The Planning Commission on Feb. 17 approved a T‑Mobile application for a micro‑wireless facility on a Grant Avenue rooftop but declined neighborhood requests to take discretionary review of the company’s multiple pending microsite applications across North Beach.
The decision followed an evening of emotional testimony from residents who said the company was "carpeting" North Beach with antennas and that the Planning Department had not analyzed cumulative visual impacts or CEQA effects. "Up until now cell phone antennas were not raining on our neighborhood," said Termea Yasarian, a Doctor requester for 1653 Grant Avenue. "These things need to be looked at comprehensively."
T‑Mobile representatives said drive‑test data and more than 400 petitions and emails…
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