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Board approves Verizon 199-foot monopole to improve local cellular coverage
Summary
Dinwiddie supervisors approved a conditional-use permit for a 195-foot monopole (199 feet with lightning rod) for Verizon Wireless on Namazene/Church Road, with required setbacks, landscaping and conditions to allow co-location.
The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors voted Aug. 19 to grant a conditional-use permit to Cellco Partnership (Verizon Wireless) to build a 195-foot steel monopole telecommunications tower with a 4-foot lightning rod (total height 199 feet) at a roughly 7.5-acre parcel on Namazene Road.
Planning staff told the board the site met all zoning setback requirements, was about 401 feet from the nearest residence and included a 10,000-square-foot lease compound with a 60-by-45-foot…
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