Palo Alto lets Verizon install new cell towers atop utility poles [telecom]

Residents appealed city's approval of devices, calling the towers an eyesore that should be placed underground

The Palo Alto City Council on Monday night allowed Verizon to install

11 new cell towers on telephone poles in four neighborhoods despite the opposition of some residents who had appealed such a move.

The council voted 6-3 - with Karen Holman, Lydia Kou and Greg Tanaka opposed - to approve Verizon's plan, which had been endorsed by the Architectural Review Board and approved by the city's planning director in March.

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Posted 5 years ago by Bill Horne in General Telecommunications Forum

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