Montgomery County Seeks Input on Proposed Zoning Changes to Address Deployment of Microtowers and Small Cell Wireless Antennas in Front of Homes and Schools
Replacing Neighborhood StreetLights and Powerpoles With Mini Cell Towers
Monday, October 23rd
7-9 pm
Montgomery County Council Office Building
100 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD 20850
3rd Floor Hearing Room
Why citizens should care:
Neighborhood streetlights will be replaced with mini cell towers: All street lights and power poles in all Montgomery County neighborhoods can be converted to mini cell towers /wireless antennas.
- Eliminates public notice.
- Eliminates protective setbacks to single family homes
- Eliminates public notice and community hearings
Yes...Mini cell towers can be built in front of your home without public notice and without public hearings or community input.
Yes, we can stop this ridiculous plan by attending the meeting and telling our councilmember to vote “NO” on the Wireless Antennae ZTA
The meeting will be carried live on County Cable Montgomery on Verizon channel 30 or Comcast/RCN channel 6, Facebook and YouTube County.
The county says the proposed ZTA is intended to protecting neighborhoods by regulating how and where these antennas can be placed, and how they should be screened or camouflaged- like what color they will be.
However the ZTA will eliminate public notice and eliminate public hearings and the community will not be able to stop antennas from being placed in their public right of ways.
Take Action To Stop The Montgomery County ZTA on Small Cells
Come to The Meeting October 23, 2017
This ZTA can be stopped in its tracks. Here is what YOU can do: Please share this information with all community and neighborhood list serves, homeowners associations and Montgomery County groups.
1. Come to the October 23, 2017 meeting and sign up to this blog to get updates and feel free to write us at montgomerycountysmallcell@gmail.com
2. Please contact all your elected officials by letters, emails or better yet- call them:
- Tell them you do not want this zoning amendment.
- Tell then this issue needs to be addressed via better permitting- not messing with our zoning and allowing small cells built in front of our homes.
- Tell them you do not want a mini cell in front of your home no matter what color they paint it.
- Tell them you want public notice and public hearings before putting such antennas in your rights of ways.
- Tell them you want them to engage the Department of Health in Maryland to recommend the EPA develop safety standards.
Send your emails of concern about this ZTA to:
County.Council@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Elrich@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Riemer@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Rice@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Leventhal@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Katz@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Floreen@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Berliner@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Navarro@montgomerycountymd.gov, Councilmember.Hucker@montgomerycountymd.gov, Joy.Nurmi@montgomerycountymd.gov, Constantia.Latham@montgomerycountymd.gov, Neil.Greenberger@montgomerycountymd.gov, Charles.short@montgomerycountymd.gov,
We strongly recommend calling the County Executive, County Council members, ALL your elected officials- your state representative and Senator.
Set up meetings and/or send them your questions and concerns. If you send a letter with questions, please cc us at montgomerycountysmallcell@gmail.com
Find out who your Maryland representative is at this link- just type in your address to find out. http://mdelect.net
County Executive Ike Leggitt
Call and tell them your concerns.
Send email
(240) 777-2500
County Executive Special Assistants:
- Constantia Latham Constantia.Latham@montgomerycountymd.gov
- Joy Nurmi. Joy.Nurmi@montgomerycountymd.gov
- Charles Short Charles.short@montgomerycountymd.gov
Montgomery County County Council
Roger Berliner D - District 1, 240-777-7828
Councilmember.Berliner@montgomerycountymd.gov
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Nancy Floreen D - At - Large, 240-777-7959
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George Leventhal D - At - Large, 240-777-7811
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Nancy Navarro D - District 4, 240-777-7968
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Interactive Map of Wireless Antennas in Montgomery County
Montgomery County Government "Towers and Antennas" Webpage
Montgomery County Government Council "Information on Small Cell Antennas" Webpage
Montgomery County Towers Committee Web Page
Montgomery County Government "ZTA main" Webpage
Citizen Expert Analysis
NEW! Montgomery County Civic Association Newsletter on Wireless Antennas Draft ZTA
Summary of Draft ZTA Created by Community Advocate Sue Present: Excellent analysis.
Montgomery County Government "Towers and Antennas" Webpage
Montgomery County Government Council "Information on Small Cell Antennas" Webpage
Montgomery County Towers Committee Web Page
Montgomery County Government "ZTA main" Webpage
Citizen Expert Analysis
NEW! Montgomery County Civic Association Newsletter on Wireless Antennas Draft ZTA
Summary of Draft ZTA Created by Community Advocate Sue Present: Excellent analysis.
Montgomery County Citizens’ Cell Tower 5G Information Packet:
Created by Montgomery County Coalition : very important explains the ZTA.
Created by Montgomery County Coalition : very important explains the ZTA.
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