The Deal is Dead

Municipal Communications pulled their proposal to place a communications tower at the Kinsley Racquet and Swim Club in Dunwoody, Georgia. Last Thursday, the company presented the tower project to Kignsley Residents and club members, but Friday morning the company pulled the application due to zoning issues. The company wanted to build a 150-foot tower disguised as a pine tree near the club’s pool and an existing tree line. According to the Dunwoody Crier, “The [concealed] tree tower was to be the second built by the company; the first one was completed in early 2015 at Hurt Road Baptist Church in Smyrna.” The club officials voted before the meeting, and decided to support the tower because it would bring them additional revenue. Municipal Communications would have paid them a one-time fee of $40,000, and then monthly payments for the next 50 years. However, the tower needed more than the club’s approval, it needed the Dunwoody ordinance amended. Currently, towers are not allowed in residential areas. “City Councilman Doug Thompson attended the meeting and told the group that a city council member would have to sponsor the initiative, followed by a majority council vote to change the law. ‘This could be an uphill battle,’ said Thompson, as city council members voted to prohibit cell towers in residential areas,” the Dunwoody Crier explained.