UPDATE The Hagerstown Board of Zoning Appeals (Maryland) decided that opponents of the 115-foot cell tower proposed for North Hagerstown High School by Milestone Communications must appeal it themselves with the Washington County Circuit Court, according to Councilman Austin Heffernan.
Resident Nancy Allen, who is among the opponents of the project, doesn’t believe residents should have to bear the legal expense of filing an appeal, reported Herald Mail Media.
Opposition stems from health and aesthetics concerns, especially regarding the intended signs for the tower. Resident Marsha Fuller said she didn’t think the design for her neighborhood envisioned “a massive sign looming over it.”
Heffernan did question whether the board of zoning appeal’s decision failed to address the city’s sign-height law. Milestone Communications sought a variance to increase the maximum height of a sign allowed from 10 feet to 115 feet, to place on the camouflaged tower, and the zoning board approved it. Although the city could appeal the zoning board decision, opponents who want to see the decision reversed should take their case to circuit court, Heffernan said.
“And I will contribute to that,” he added.
April 20, 2018
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