Politics & Government
Montville Planning and Zoning Commission Approves Communications Tower Replacement Plan
Town Will Be Allowed to Install Its Equipment on the Tower
The first item on the agenda at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Montville Planning and Zoning Commission meeting was an application for a site plan modification to allow KT Tower Enterprises and Wireless Solutions, LLC to replace an existing communications tower on Cook Drive with a new one and construct two telecommunications buildings on the property.
Montville's Fire Marshal Ray Occhialini requested that the applicant provide space on the site to accommodate town emergency communication equipment. The applicant agreed to allow the town to install the equipment on the site at no cost to the town.
Commission member Robert Barron asked if the new 170-foot tall-tower, which would be built 90 feet from the closest property line, would pose a hazard to the neighboring property if it were to collapse. Assistant Planner Tom Sanders responded that there would not be a hazard since the plans submitted called for a tower design that would collapse upon itself if it were to fail.
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The application was approved by a unanimous vote.
Sanders then presented the commission with copies of proposed changes updating language in the Special Flood Hazard Requirements of the Zoning Regulations to bring them into compliance with federal regulations. He said that the special flood area maps “ have not been changes to any great degree” and added that there were “no structures adversely affected.”
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Commission members decided to study the proposed regulations before scheduling a public hearing on the changes.
The final item presented for action was the approval of a special use permit to convert a single family dwelling at 36 Bergen Drive into a two-family home. Sanders said that the applicant had met all requirements for the special use permit, except that the site plan was not signed by the surveyor who died while the application was being prepared. The commission voted to allow the application to move forward to a public hearing.
Sanders also advised that commission that he had received notice from the state of Connecticut that repair work on the Peqout Bridge was scheduled to begin in June of this year.
