By Navar Watson
The Advisory Plan Commission has approved a new monopole wireless communication tower for Crown Castle, the largest provider of wireless infrastructures in the nation.
The steel tower, measuring 155 feet tall, will replace two 101-foot wood towers at 4540 E. 146th St., just north of the power sub station. The proposal for tower includes two new equipment buildings, less than 200 square feet each.
The 13-acre property is currently zoned Single Family-3, which forbids the construction of wireless communication service facilities. The city’s board of zoning appeals, however, approved a request for such a facility on the property at their July 14 meeting, so long as the previous towers were removed, and the new one did not exceed 155 feet in height.
The new tower will accommodate additional service providers and new antenna technology.
Kevin Todd with the Economic and Community Development also said the Hamilton County Highway Department is using federal funds to install gaps in the sidewalk between 146th street and the sub station.
