Thursday, March 8, 2012
Scheduled hearings scuttled, planned for later
Two applications scheduled for a hearing before the Board of Adjustment Wednesday were postponed. An application to put a 120-foot cell tower on the property of Clayton Concrete on Old Mill Road was carried to a future date because a scheduled witness was unable to attend, board members said. And an application to install a pet crematorium on the property of Orender Family Home For Funerals at 2643 Old Bridge Rd., also was postponed to a future meeting, members said. No reason was given. However the board approved the application of William and Rebecca Wells, who pitched the idea of building a 1,080 building with a heated, 2nd floor loft on their Atlantic Avenue property area after a short hearing. William Wells testified before the …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Board of Adjustment scheduled to continue hearing
An application to put a 120-foot cell tower on the property of Clayton Concrete on Old Mill Road is among those to be considered by the Board of Adjustment Wednesday. The board also is scheduled to hear an application to renovate the empty Budget car rental facility near the Allaire Circle on Route 34. A realty company is scheduled to make a pitch to turn the building into an appliance showroom and sales business. Cellular carrier T-Mobile wants to build the tower at 1817 Old Mill Road. T-Mobile, like all cellular providers, is under orders by the Federal Communications Commission to provide a reliable network and the tower would fill current gaps in its coverage, thereby satisfying the company's federal mandate, T-mobile representatives …
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Move by cellular carrier cancels Board of Adjustment meeting
The Board of Adjustment meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled, officials said. The township planning office said T-Mobile, which wants to build a cellular telephone antenna on Old Mill Road, requested a delay. The application’s new hearing date is Jan. 18, 2012. The T-mobile application -- which targets a parcel of land at 1817 Old Mill Rd. -- was the only slated for the meeting, which was then canceled, according to the planning office. T-Mobile recently suffered a defeat when last month the cellular carrier was denied permission to put a 150-foot tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard, just west of Route 34. That application faced stiff opposition from neighbors, many of whom said the proposed tower was too close to the flight path …
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Zoning board denies 150-foot tower on Belmar Boulevard
After nearly 18 months of testimony and opposition from residents, the Board of Adjustment on Wednesday rejected an application to build a cell tower near Monmouth Executive Airport. In a 5-2 decision, the board rejected plans pitched by cellular carrier T-Mobile to build a 150-foot tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard, just west of Route 34. Representatives for the company had previously testified that the tower was needed to close gaps in the company's coverage area. But T-Mobile representatives were unable to convince the board that the tower woud pose no danger, despite providing evidence from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics that the tower would not impede air traffic from …
Friday, June 17, 2011
State agency says tower could be airplane hazard
The State Department of Transportation is not keen on a proposal to build a 150-foot cell tower on Belmar Boulevard. Jack Taylor, manager of the Monmouth Executive Airport on Route 34, presented a DOT letter to the Board of Adjustment at its regular meeting Wednesday that may threaten to derail plans that T-Mobile has to build the tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard. No decision was made on the application Wendnesday. The next hearing is scheduled for September 2. The letter, from the DOT’s Division of Aeronautics, says that if built the tower would pose a safety threat to banner planes and helicopters that use the nearby airport. It also takes issue with an earlier determination by the Federal Aviation Administration that the tower would pose …
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
150-foot tower proposed for 5100 Belmar Boulevard
An application to build a cell tower on Belmar Boulevard is scheduled to be heard Wednesday at the Board of Adjustment’s regular meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at town hall, 2700 Alliare Road. T-Mobile, based in Bellevue, Wash., wants to build a 150-foot tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard, just west of Route 34. Representatives for the company have previously testified that the tower is needed to close gaps in the company's coverage area. T-Mobile has two other open applications for proposed towers at 3304 Belmar Blvd., near the Glendola Firehouse, and at 1817 Old Mill Rd. The company has eight cell towers either existing or proposed in town. T-Mobile, like all cellular providers, is under orders by the Federal Communications …
Thursday, June 2, 2011
T-Mobile proposes 120-foot tower on Clayton Concrete property
The Board of Adjustment at its Wednesday meeting heard continued testimony and agreed to schedule another meeting on a proposed cell tower on Old Mill Road. Cellular carrier T-Mobile, based in Bellevue, Wash., wants to build a 120-foot tower at 1817 Old Mill Road — on the property of Clayton Concrete, Block and Sand — and continued its testimony from the April 13 board meeting. T-Mobile attorney Frank Ferraro, from Northvale-based Ferraro and Stamos, called three witnesses to testify before the board, and one resident spoke against the proposed tower. The resident’s attorney, Timothy Middleton, of Wall-based Middleton and Aikins, pelted T-Mobile witnesses with questions pertaining to the carrier’s decision to choose the location as its …
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
One of three active cell tower applications by T-Mobile
The Board of Adjustment is scheduled to continue testimony on an application to build a cell tower on Old Mill Road that has been unpopular with some neighbors of the proposed site. Cellular carrier T-Moblie, based in Bellevue, Wash., wants to build a 120-foot tower at 1817 Old Mill Road. At previous meetings, residents living near the proposed site have publicly panned the idea. Representatives for the company have previously testified that additional towers are needed to close gaps in the company’s coverage area. T-Mobile has two other open applications are for proposed towers at 3304 Belmar Blvd., near the Glendola Firehouse, 5100 Belmar Boulevard, just west of Route 34. The company, which just weeks ago withdrew a fourth application to…
Thursday, May 5, 2011
After explaining coverage gaps and answering public concerns, application is carried to June 15
Cellular carrier T-Moblie continued to push for one of three cell towers it wants to build during the Board of Adjustment meeting on Wednesday. T-Mobile wants to build a 150-foot tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard and called one witnesse to support its case before requesting another date for the hearing. It is scheduled to be heard again on June 15. Board members Mary Burne and Nance-Ellen Draper recused themselves from hearing the application. No reason was given. Frank Ferraro, a T-Mobile lawyer from the Northvale-based Ferraro and Stamos, called radio frequency expert Joseph Menio of Lincoln Park-based PierCon Solutions, who presented his findings from several tests determining how to best fill gaps in the cellular carrier’s coverage. …
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Lack of quorum to hear application forces postponment
The Board of Adjustment on Wednesday postponed a hearing on an application to build a 15-story cell tower on Belmar Boulevard because it lacked a quorum. Cellular carrier T-Mobile wants to build a 150-foot tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard, just west of Route 34. The application was scheduled to be heard by the board last night, but only three members of the nine-member panel were eligible to hear the application. Of the five present Wednesday, board member Mary Burne and Nance-ellen Draper had recused themselves from hearing the application. No reason was given. The application is scheduled to be heard again on April 6. Representatives from T-Mobile, based in Bellevue, Wash., have previously testified that the tower is needed to close gaps…
DoubleM
8:29 am on Friday, September 9, 2011
Good news for the pilots towing banners, who otherwise apparently can't avoid a tower with a light on it. Bad news for the folks in Wall who currently have crappy cell service. So, who did the politicians in Wall serve best? What will you say to a T-Mobile customer who needs to make an emergency call, and can't get through? more ›