Commission Approves T-Mobile “Pole” Project After Previously Rejecting Tower

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The Catoosa County, GA Commission recently agreed to allow T-Mobile to build a pole – after previously vetoing a 160-foot tower in 2017 – to provide service to an area currently “blacked out,” reported the Times Free Press.

The commission’s decision came after the company proposing the pole, Gulfsouth Towers, filed a federal lawsuit against the county, citing a violation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 when the tower project was vetoed last year.

Attorney Scott Taylor, representing Gulfsouth Towers, argued that the denial of the original tower project based on violations of county code including the height (exceeding 100 feet) and the proximity to homes (within 1,000 feet), were “excessive” and “unreasonable.”

“The citizens in opposition to GST’s Applications presented only generalized complaints that amounted to nothing more than ‘not in my backyard,'” Taylor wrote.

Regarding the new pole project, County Attorney Clifton “Skip” Patty said residents will only be able to see it from one direction.

March 22, 2018

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