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UPDATE 3-27-2008
Next Scheduled Hearing
Tuesday April 15, 2008
The applicants for placement of a
Cell Tower and
base station in the midst of a Residential Zone in the Township of
Washington behind
the Washington Township Racquet Club on Pascack Road, where a
conservation easement has been established, have re-opened
their application and have requested a public hearing in order to
proceed with this application.
To date, Cingular's engineers have been
presenting their testimony on the reasons for wanting to place a
cell tower in a residential zone.
The next Zoning Board hearing for this cell tower
application will be:
DATE: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
TIME: 8:00 PM
PLACE: Town Hall
We ask all the residents of the Township of
Washington to attend these special and critical hearings so that the
Zoning Board is aware of how important this issue is to us as
residents, and to our concerns about preserving the value of our
homes and the character of our Township.
Placement of a commercial Cell Tower in the midst
of a Residential Zone ONLY 90 FEET FROM
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES is directly opposed to the planning and zoning
objectives of our Township.
Impact on real estate values of surrounding homes,
and on
the aesthetics of our town, will be significant.
This initiative must be stopped. Please
attend the April 15 meeting to express your concern
about the inappropriateness of placing commercial cell towers within
Residential zones in our Township! >>
HEARINGS TO DATE <<
January 22, 2008 hearing:
Cingular's radio frequency
experts provided coverage simulation maps and stated the
reasons they would like to add a tower at the Washington Racquet
Club in a residential zone.
February 26, 2008 hearing:
This hearing was abbreviated and no testimony was given, due to a
technical difficulty with the Court Reporter's transcript equipment.
Since no transcript of the meeting could be taken, the meeting was
adjourned after a period of discussion on how the application would
proceed.
March 18, 2008 hearing:
T-Mobile Engineer presented radio frequency testimony.
Radio frequency experts for Cingular and
Omnipoint will again be present at the next scheduled special
hearing for this application on Tuesday, April
15, at 8 PM.
At that time, a Planning Expert may also provide
testimony.
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Get EVERYONE involved!
Rivervale kept a Tower out of a residential area
only because they turned out in large
numbers to oppose it. We can do the same! They say
"Numbers did it!"
Click here for copy of Information Flyer
Click here for copy of Petition
Please print out a petition and
circulate it! Return signed petitions to:
"AACT"
743 Amherst Drive
Washington Twp, NJ
07676
The next Zoning Board hearing for this cell tower
application will be:
DATE: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
TIME: 8:00 PM
PLACE: Town Hall
Placement of even a single commercial cell tower
in a residential zone of our Township will also set irreversible
legal precedents in our town.
Such placement will mandate that all other
carriers be granted equal access if they want to apply for similar
cell tower placements within the Community.
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