More Little Falls Cell Tower Drama

Monday, Dec 28, 2009 9:00am | COMMENTS (10)

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The Little Falls cell phone tower saga continued last week.
As of last Wednesday a state superior Court judge agreed to permit Little Falls lawyers and T-Mobile subsidiary company Omnipoint to file written arguments to see if the tower was built legally, northjersey.com reported.
The original plan was to have the 110-foot cell phone tower by Great Notch Fire House on Long Hill Road tower look like a flagpole.
Judge Anthony J. Graziano told both sides that there would be a hearing if a ruling isn’t made based off of the paperwork alone. Graziano, who also overturned the Little Falls Planning Board’s denial of the tower’s application last year, said a decision should be made by the end of February.
Photo by Arnie Korotkin.

10 Comments

POSTED BY Chris Porter | December 28, 2009 @ 11:16 am
There’s lots of ugly in the accompanying picture, but the cell tower is the least of the problems.
I would prefer that more towers were builts so that service was better and there were many competing cellphone companies. My backyard would be a great place for a tower.
POSTED BY walleroo | December 28, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
I would allow a tower built on my property, too, but I would prefer it under my house, with a long spiral staircase down to the ground.
POSTED BY cybrarian | December 28, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
The issue is the design of the cell tower…..and yes there are alternative structures that can blend into the community – you can view some possibilities at the following links:
Examples of alternative designs can be viewed at these two sites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQYan_-CTQ
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/faketree.htm
POSTED BY Chris Porter | December 28, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
Arnie: I think these stealth antennas are stupid. Antennas should look like antennas. It is part of a visual cacophony that adds to our lives.
Build more antennas higher.
POSTED BY kyle41181 | December 28, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
“Gregory Czura, a lawyer for Omnipoint ‚Äî a subsidiary of T-Mobile ‚Äî said by speakerphone that the township fully participated in the design and construction of the monopole cell tower, and that he has a paper trail to back it up.”
For some reason I believe this individual, not the hack politicians looking to secure a few extra votes………
P.S Arnie, aesthetically pleasing/blend into the community = MORE COSTS
POSTED BY frankgg | December 28, 2009 @ 8:02 pm
The fake tree antennae are just awful‚Ä¶.they all look like big hair dryer attachments and seem like a booby prize awarded to whomever opposed the cell tower being constructed in the first place.
POSTED BY Sandy | December 28, 2009 @ 11:41 pm
Whoa… Now the Baristanet covers Little Falls?
I think I went thru there once, a decade or so ago. Somewhere near Wayne, I believe…
POSTED BY Geoff Gove | December 29, 2009 @ 3:22 am
Nice little town, Sandy. 1/4 the size of Bloomfield with a nice walkable downtown, great High School, a good chunk of MSU, and MUCH lower property taxes.
POSTED BY Sandy | December 30, 2009 @ 8:31 am
It’s Morris County… Yes ??? I think. I recall the center area. It looked like a very old town. but very clean.
POSTED BY monongahela | December 30, 2009 @ 10:23 am
Little Falls is Passaic County,somewhere near Montclair too Sandy.

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