Chartiers Township Denies Cell Tower

The Zoning Hearing Board of Chartiers Township met Monday and denied a controversial proposal to erect a 150 foot tall cell phone tower in a residential neighborhood. The board voted unanimously to deny Vogue Towers Partners VII permission to build the tower for Verizon Communications on Ridge Road. Vogue Towers tried to acquire conditional use for the tower on four different scenarios including a substantive validity challenge and special exceptions in the R-2 zoning district. Each one was voted down 5-0. The plan has come under fire for reasons of health, adding to possible landslides on property that is adjacent to the proposed site and residential property devaluation. Roughly a dozen residents turned out for the meeting and all were pleased with the decision. The zoning hearing board had no comment on their decision. Attorneys for Vogue Towers Partners indicated that they will appeal the decision to common pleas court.