tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post1734458594061041544..comments2024-03-28T06:11:11.441-04:00Comments on Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Weast's Cell Tower Jungle Gym Update 2010Janis Sartuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17027024806736232367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-90257081527591062652011-02-04T10:01:00.057-05:002011-02-04T10:01:00.057-05:00Clearly a hazard that MCPS has even thought of or ...Clearly a hazard that MCPS has even thought of or maybe they have and just don't care as long as they keep receiving payments! <br />Thanks Janis.<br />Jennifer KerchaertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-75216376876256000582011-02-04T09:27:10.096-05:002011-02-04T09:27:10.096-05:00We now have fire department video of a cell tower ...We now have fire department video of a cell tower fire. In the video you can see how important it is to have the base of the tower clear of debris. <br />http://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2011/02/cnn-ireport-video-of-cell-tower-fire-in.html<br /><br />Obviously, in Montgomery County if a cell tower were to catch on fire on a public school site the fire could easily spread to the growth at Janis Sartuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027024806736232367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-15096241511658043112010-12-01T20:50:20.215-05:002010-12-01T20:50:20.215-05:00Thank you Sue. I have brought those very items up ...Thank you Sue. I have brought those very items up to MCPS, T-mobile who holds the lease, the BOE and/or the host school itself. As you can see, I don't get very far as no one can even do basic maintenance on this particular cell tower compound. These pictures also don't show a "green" driveway that is nothing but a mud hole and has since been dug up because it was such a wreck (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-28681501701236802102010-12-01T10:10:22.209-05:002010-12-01T10:10:22.209-05:00It seems to me that there may be several issues he...It seems to me that there may be several issues here:<br /><br /> I read §59-A-6.12 of the Zoning Ordinance to apply to this cell site. It includes the requirement in subsection (c) "…the equipment building or cabinet must be faced with brick or other suitable material on all sides and landscaped to a height of at least 3 feet.”<br /><br /> Criteria that were approved by the Planning Sue Presentnoreply@blogger.com