1/14/1998 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Board of Appeals Minutes - January 14, 1998 2. S rin S e trum LT. -Requests a Modification to the Special Permit application SP-97- 70 to change the applicant from Sprint ,Spectrum L.P. to Mashpee Industrial Parr Trust, Paul DeRuyter, Trustee and Sprint Spectrum L.P. The application requests a Special Permit under Sections 174-25.B.6, 174-25,D.5 and 174-25.H.6 for a 250 foot high self- supporting telecommunications transmission tower and a 40 foot by 50 foot equipment building on property located in an 1-1 zoning district at 154 Industrial Drive(Map 88, Block 31)Mashpee, MA. (Owner of record: Mashpee Industrial Park Trust, Paul DeRuyter, TRS.) The public hearing on this Special Permit was continued from November 12, 1997 to January 14, 1998, Mr. Makunas stepped down from the Board for this hearing, Members sitting: E. Govoni, C. Hawver, J. Dorgan Attorney Pat Butler informed the Board that he would like to change the Modification to have Mr, DeRuyter as the sole applicant and eliminate Sprint in the application. He wanted the owner of record to be the applicant and that Sprint would be a tenant on the tower. He said the tower would be used for a number of tenants, Mr. Govoni moved to grant the Modification of the Special Permit to change the applicant to Paul DeRuyter, TRS, Ms. Hawver seconded. All agreed Attorney Butler discussed the use of the lot for a self-sustaining tower and equipment building. 92.3% of the lot will be put in a conservation agreement for open space which is why it was chosen for the tower. He reviewed a map of suitable locations for towers which was prepared by the Cape Cod Commission. He said it was appropriate by FAA standards for the location of multiple uses and presented a sketch of possible tenants. He discussed lighting and said there would be maximum lighting at the top and reduced lighting at the bottom. Ms. Hawver asked how the tower would be handled if the technology became obsolete and was abandoned- Mr. Butler said the permit can be conditioned for on-going maintenance and operation of this facility as proposed and if there were any changes the Board would require a Modification to the Special Permit. He expects that utilization will be increasing rather than decreasing. David Maxson, a consultant on radio communications from Broadcast Signal Lab, said there should be no interference with radio signals in the area. Mr. Govoni asked who would guarantee that there be no interference and Mr. Butler responded that this could be a condition of the Permit. Mr. Dorgan questioned why this type of tower was chosen and Mr. Butler said the design of this tower was chosen to fit the lot. Mr. Govoni asked if the antennas would work on the present tower and Paul Foley said that tower was for home TV and did not have room for the cellular use.