Huge, bulky telecommunication towers on top of tall buildings is not an uncommon site in the major cities these days. But there is a possibility that these towers may not be safe for humans living near it in ways more than one.
There is a widespread apprehension among people that some mobile operators have constructed the towers on top of structurally weak buildings in the city and any physical damage caused to the buildings by these towers may put the lives of the people living in and around such installations at grave risk.
It is with urgency I write this, because on Monday the Shelby City Schools Board of Education will vote on a proposal from a cell phone company offering a 25-year contract to erect a 189-foot cell phone tower on the high school grounds, behind the school. If passed by the board, it will go to the Shelby Planning Commission for approval; if passed, then to City Council for passage. Shelby residents will have no vote. The time to act is now, before these votes are cast.
Parent asks church to reconsider cell tower proposal
6/26/2008 - West Side Leader By Letter to the Editor
To the editor:
Faith Lutheran Church in Fairlawn is in the beginning stages of a building expansion. As part of their “financing” for their project, they are considering leasing part of their property to T-Mobile for a cell phone tower measuring 140 feet high and 3 feet in diameter. The tower is to be built on the edge of their property adjacent to the St. Hilary Church parking area and St. Hilary School soccer fields.
Huge, bulky telecommunication towers on top of tall buildings is not an uncommon site in the major cities these days. But there is a possibility that these towers may not be safe for humans living near it in ways more than one.
THERE IS a widespread apprehension among people that some mobile operators have constructed the towers on top of structurally weak buildings in the city and any physical damage caused to the buildings by these towers may put the lives of the people living in and around such installations at grave risk.
By RYAN BRINKS, TIMES-REPUBLICAN POSTED: April 30, 2008
Fact Box IF YOU GO WHAT: Plan & Zoning Commission meeting WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Marshalltown City Council chambers, second floor of city hall
PUBLIC COMMENT: There may be an opportunity to address issues on the agenda during the meeting, but a public hearing for comments has also been scheduled as part of the May 6 Board of Adjustment meeting, when the permit will be granted or denied. A proposal to put up a cell phone tower behind the Meadow Lane Mall in Marshalltown has moved slightly to the south to the Best Vacuum Store and More property.
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