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A ccording to County Attorney Peter Luke, the / \ process of cellular phone tower siting and
^approvals is not subject to any power of eminent domain. In order for a telecommunications company to erect a tower in Rappahannock, therefore, it niust first find a property owner willing to lease a suitable spot or it must purchase its own land. « The attraction of a monthly check from Sprint or Btell Atlantic or AT&T has apparently proven too njuch for some county residents - there is evidence that contingent agreements have been reached that offer tower sites on privately held land in the county id exchange for monthly fees that typically amount to $S00 to $2000.
.There are probably some sites in the county that would minimally impact the viewshed, a neighbor’s peace of mind, or property values of an adjoining parcel,; and we can only hope that the tower approval process will eliminate all but those. But the approval process is only a second line of defense against the imposition of a 199 foot monolith bn our view of the Blue Ridge - the sensitivity and good judgement of landowners is the first.
Those who are inclined to assign greater value to a monthly check than to the well-being of their ne.ghbors must renew a relationship with their consciences, and must look forward to the prospect of a feud that could linger like the legendary HatfieldMcCoy.
Come on folks . . . we all love the county, we all love its views, and we all love our neighbors. Let’s be careful!
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