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Petersburg commissioners begin drafting stricter rules for communication towers, recommend land-swap option
Summary
After public concern about new towers, the Planning Commission directed staff to refine ordinance language on setbacks, signage, maintenance and permitting for commercial communication equipment and voted to recommend a land swap to relocate a proposed tower to lower-impact borough property.
The Petersburg Planning Commission on Dec. 9 began drafting a suite of zoning changes aimed at tightening rules for commercial communication equipment and asked staff to pursue a recommendation to the borough assembly for a land swap to relocate a planned tower.
Public commenter Judy Ulmer opened the discussion, saying the new towers “hit Petersburg in a way that our ordinances…we're not prepared.” Commissioners cited concerns about safety, aesthetics, permit transparency and the potential for future leases of tower space to change a tower’s use.
Commissioners reviewed proposed ordinance language adapted from Haines that would recast modern cellular and…
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