WILTON — The Planning Board on Thursday will review a request to mount two Internet communication antennas on a home wind tower on Walker Hill.

The board meeting is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at the town office.

Hussey Communications Inc. of Winslow is seeking the permit to add two antennas to the town Rob and Nicole Witt’s property at 360 Walker Hill Road, Code Enforcement Officer Paul Montague said.

The wind tower was erected prior to town ordinances and is grandfathered from setback requirements.

The applicant wants to add something to it, Montague said. He doesn’t foresee any issues with it.

A Walker Hill resident, whose property abuts the tower, doesn’t see it that way and thinks most of his neighbors would agree with him.

When Central Maine Power Co. put a smart meter antenna on the wind tower last month, 16 neighbors banded together in opposition.

“We were so elated when CMP backed out, dismantled their antenna and high-tailed it off the hill,” Ken Coleman said Wednesday.

Coleman hasn’t gone door to door to survey his neighbors yet but he’s considering a petition. About 12 of those neighbors, including Coleman, view the tower from the homes they’ve bought and built on the hill mostly for the views of the western mountains. The tower has a visual impact on those neighbors, he said.

Town bylaws indicate a deference to visual impact by not placing structures so there is an adverse effect on important scenic views, he said, reading from the bylaws.

The view from Walker Hill may not be important but the mountain view is one reason for the development of properties there. Additions to the tower could affect the property values of those who have spent time, money and effort on their homes, he said.

Coleman said he talked to Peter Hussey, the owner of the company that intends to lease the tower space from the Witts and sublet it to other larger communication firms.

In the eight years he has lived in Maine, the communications industry has become a big industry. Leasing tower space is profitable and the higher up on the tower, the more profitable, he said.

While Hussey indicated he intended to keep the two antennas at tree-level, the potential for more income from something higher up on the tower is a also a concern, Coleman said of the issues he intends to voice to the board.

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