![]() Representatives for the tower developer did not attend Wednesday's meeting. It was viewed as inappropriate by the planning commission from the onset." "I'm very, very pleased that common sense ruled the day," said Leopold Zappler, one of the neighbors who led the charge against the tower. After the zoning board's ruling was announced on Wednesday, they called the decision a victory for their community. The hearing began in April 2009 and soon a group of neighbors, who all live within a few miles of the proposed tower site, organized opposition to the tower plans and hired Stroudsburg attorney Brett Riegel to lead the legal challenge during the hearing. SNYDERSVILLE - The cell phone tower that developers wanted to build in a field off Pensyl Creek Road in Hamilton Township was rejected on Wednesday evening when the township zoning hearing board ruled that the tower would harm property neighbors' property values.Īfter more than a year of testimony during the often-continued hearing, the board ruled against granting a "special use" application that would have allowed the 250-foot tower to be built.
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