WELD — The Weld Planning Board will again consider the building permit application for a 190 foot AT&T cellphone tower at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 17.

On Tuesday, Feb. 2, Planning Board Chairman Naomi Doughty said the board had other business to consider at its regularly scheduled meeting Feb. 10.

The 190-foot tower as proposed would be across from Lost Cove, just before Fire Lane 17 and beyond the Weld Inn on the Phillips Road. AT&T has leased the site from Kevin and Holly Cochran.

On Jan. 19, the Board of Appeals remanded the application back to the Planning Board, with instructions.

The remand has three parts:

1. Determine whether the applicant has right title and interest

2. Clarify its written findings regarding Article 21 of the Building Ordinance, how it decides that and why

3. Hold further proceedings as the Planning Board deems necessary or appropriate

The Board of Appeals first met Jan. 11, when it was determined the Planning Board failed to take roll call votes, as required by state law, among other things.

AT&T’s application did not appear to include a copy of the lease agreement, Agnieszka Dixon, Board of Appeals attorney with Drummond-Woodsum, said then.

“The Planning Board should review it to assure right title of interest,” she noted. “Without it, the Planning Board doesn’t have sound documentation.”

While it was prepared to do so, the Planning Board never addressed each of the nine standards included under Article 21 of the Building Ordinance, Appeals Chairman Sean Minear noted during the Jan. 11 meeting. The board should have voted on criteria individually, then voted to approve the application, he said.

The meeting will be held via Zoom.

 

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