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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
There was an air of almost calm resignation in the high school auditorium even before the hearing began. A near capacity crowd came to hear Sprint PCS’ second application for wireless communications facilities in Rappahannock County, and many expressed quite strong views on the issue, but there was not so much of the anxiety that has marked recent meetings and hearings on the towers, on sludge, and on the draft lighting ordinance.
Certainly many of those who made public comments revealed strong emotions—whether they expressed dismay for the prospective loss of a view or for the prospective loss of income expected before Sprint PCS changed the location of a tower—but perhaps recent events changed the context of issues such as cell tower siting, for there was more accommodation, at least in spirit, than there was confrontation, and applause for those who commented seemed to issue even from County neighbors who held opposing opinions.
The net result of the meeting was approval by the Planning Commission of four of the seven towers, and the tabling, for thirty days, of consideration for the other three.
Those four sites that passed the mark (the 80 foot “Nicholson Slope” monopole in the Amissville area, the 80 foot “Eastham Slope” monopole in Ben Venue, the 90 foot “Rose Hill Silo” at Massies Corner, and the 80 foot “Welch Slope” monopole south of Flint Hill) will be heard by the Bo$rd of Supervisors at 7 p.m. on 0£t. 1 in the high school auditorium.
The other three facilities (theJ“ 199 foot “Duxbury Isthmus"i' monopole in Amissville, the’QO foot “Miller Silo” south of Washington, and the 100 foot “Huntly Sifo” near Wakefield Manor) will again be considered by the Planning Commission at their October meeting (10/24) which will be held, presumably, in the high school auditorium.
Consideration of these facilities was tabled, largely at the initiation of BZA representative Butch Zindel, so that additional citizen input can be obtained and so that 48-hour balloon tests can be conducted by the applicant. The balloon tests involve floating a weather-type balloon at each site, to the maximum elevation of the proposed
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