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Falmouth ZBA approves 130-foot Vertex/Verizon monopole at 737 Gifford Street
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit and dimensional variance allowing a 130-foot telecommunications monopole and fenced equipment compound at 737 Gifford St., citing coverage and public-safety benefits; the decision includes conditions on fall-zone documentation, fire-department approval for fuel storage and protections for nesting ospreys.
The Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals on the night in question granted Vertex Towers LLC a special permit and a dimensional variance to install a 130-foot telecommunications monopole and 55-by-70-foot fenced equipment compound at 737 Gifford Street.
The board’s decision followed a presentation by Francis Parisi, attorney for Vertex, who said the company and its wireless partner Verizon had documented coverage gaps and capacity shortfalls across the Brick Kiln Road–Gifford Street area and near the high school that affect voice and data service and, in some cases, emergency calls. Parisi told the board the Cape Cod Commission had already reviewed the project as a development of regional impact and concluded the public benefits outweighed detriments.
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