Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Sign Up is Open for the Montgomery County Council Public Hearing on ZTA 18-11 Cell Towers in Our Front Yards.

Friends and Neighbors,

The Sign Up is Open for the Montgomery County Council Public Hearing on Cell Towers in Our Front Yards. 

September 25th Public Hearing on ZTA 18-11. 

 This Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) favors the wireless telecommunications developers. 
If passed by the Council it would :
  • Allow short Cell Towers and antennas in front of our homes, on utility poles and streetlamps. 
  • Allow (next to these poles cabinets holding the electronic equipment of up to 20 cubic feet in size (so large that a person could stand inside the cabinet), and some of the equipment produces noise and vibrations. 
The Public Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT
at the Third Floor Hearing Room, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850

To sign up to testify, follow this link https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/phsignup.html#signup
or phone Jackie Hawksford, at 240-777-7803.

You may also submit written testimony to the entire County Council. Send your thoughts to: 'County Council' County.Council@montgomerycountymd.gov