6/15/13 - Handy Township approved a zoning amendment Wednesday making it easier for telecommunication companies to place new antennas within the township. Supervisor Hank Vaupel tells WHMI the amendment removes the required special use permit for cellular providers to place new antennas on existing cell towers. By passing the amendment, the township is now in compliance with recently-passed state legislation. The mandated change reduces the amount of control local municipalities have over the number and placement of cellular antennas, but Handy Township officials have not objected to the change. According to Vaupel, piggybacking is already the preferred method of adding cellular coverage to the rural community. He says this will make it easier for cellular companies to provide coverage to parts of the township that currently lack broadband while discouraging the construction of new cellular towers. (TD)
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