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lower limit] to have the least impact and the least number of towers?” John McCarthy responded that “there is no finding that less towers but taller is of no more impact than more but smaller,” but expressed his opinion that fewer taller towers would be better than more smaller towers. Peter Luke addressed the impact issue, noting that the ordinance defines four types of facilities, the first three of which (the placement of antennas on existing structures, disguised towers, and the use of existing facilities like power poles) would have the least impact and are promoted by their relative ease of permitting.
Jeff Light presented a petition signed by 56 “citizens and friends of Woodville” who requested that the board restrict the ordinance by ensuring that “no telecommunications tower . . . be permitted on any property which borders our main street (Route 522) between the Woodville welcome signs.”
Light noted that the talk of a Sprint tower at the Burke store precipitated local concerns, and hoped that such an amendment to the ordinance would eliminate the prospect of neighborhood divisiveness.
Peter Luke responded by noting that the ordinance requires a 110 percent setback to protect adjoining properties from in the event of tower collapse, as a result of which it would be unlikely that a tower could be sited in such a residential area.
Newly elected Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection President Jim Gannon remarked that the ordinance “lays down the ground rules for fights to come” and expressed his hopes that the board will work to “minimize the impact that these towers will have on this beautiful county.”
Supervisors’ response
After the public hearing was closed, Hampton District Supervisor Mike Massie commented that the “only practical way (to deal with further restrictions) is case-by-case.” Stonewall-Hawthorn District Supervisor Robert Anderson said that he “doesn’t want towers, but thinks that Peter, John and the board have minimized the impact.” He added that he “wants some protection for the villages, and doesn’t think that anyone on the Board would approve a tower in Woodville. Wakefield District Supervisor Roger Welch said that he “doesn’t like the Federal government telling me what I can do and can’t do ... I don’t want to look at a tower, and I don’t have a cell phone, but I’m ready to vote tonight.” Jackson District Supervisor Ron Frazier suggested adding a restriction to prevent the siting of towers in new county-designated historic districts, by Chairman Pete Estes recommended the passing of the ordinance and “amending it in the months ahead.”
On a roll call vote, the Supervisors unanimously agreed to adopt the Telecommunications Ordinance.
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