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T-Mobile has filed an appeal with the City Council on a decision not to allow the company to build a cell tower in a residential neighborhood. T-Mobile applied for a conditional-use permit to build a cell tower disguised as a bell tower on the Community United Methodist Church’s property on Heil Avenue. The permit was originally approved by the city’s zoning administrator, but angry neighbors appealed it to the Planning Commission, which denied it. Residents are concerned the tower will adversely impact their health and property values and are suspicious of T-Mobile’s claims of a coverage gap after conducting their own test.

T-Mobile will appeal a Planning Commission decision to deny the company a permit to build a cell tower in a residential neighborhood to fill a coverage gap, officials said today. The commission voted 5 to 2 against a conditional use permit for a 55-foot cell tower on the Community United Methodist Church on Heil Avenue on Tuesday. The commission determined the tower would be detrimental to the general welfare and property values of the neighborhood, wouldn’t fit in aesthetically and isn’t necessary to fill a coverage gap. The permit was originally approved by the Zoning Administrator and appealed by a group of more than 300 upset neighbors.

In the latest chapter in an ongoing row about the installation of cell-phone towers near schools and parks, T-Mobile plans to sue Huntington Beach for breach of contract. The mobile phone provider filed a federal complaint last week, but City Attorney Jennifer McGrath said the city has not yet been served. The complaint claims the city reneged on a contract it had with T-Mobile to install two of the towers on city land. But city officials say the contract still stands. ?

The Fountain Valley Planning Commission voted 4-0, with one member abstaining, to postpone the vote on whether to grant a conditional use permit for a T-Mobile cell tower at a local church. The permit, submitted by T-Mobile, would allow for a free-standing wireless cell tower in the form of a 50-foot flagpole to stand on the property of Fountain Valley United Methodist Church at 18225 Bushard St. The commission also recommended that the City Council approve changing the zone of the church from agricultural to public and institutional to conform to the city’s overall plans for rezoning, a move Planning Director Andy Perea said is unrelated to, but affects, the cell tower decision.

Getting a standing ovation from concerned residents, the Huntington Beach City Council on Monday denied T-Mobile permission to install a cell phone tower in a residential neighborhood. The council, with Gil Coerper recusing himself because he lives in the area, voted 6 to 0, upholding the Planning Commission?s Jan. 26 denial of the permit. The commission voted down the tower after determining it was detrimental to residential property values and, at least in its view, unnecessary to fill a T-Mobile coverage gap. It was T-Mobile?

Plans for a T-Mobile cell tower to be built in a residential neighborhood that has residents up in arms will go back before the Zoning Administrator on Wednesday. The cell tower would be on the Community United Methodist Church’s property on Heil Avenue. The tower would be about 150 feet from residential houses, according to a city staff report. Residents are circulating a petition against the tower that has more than 200 signatures, said neighbor John Anderson. The church originally went before the Zoning Administrator on Sept.

Residents said they plan to appeal a decision Friday to allow a T-Mobile cell tower in a residential neighborhood due to health concerns and possible impact on home values. The cell tower was approved at a Zoning Administrator meeting Nov. 4. A group of residents is gathering money to appeal the decision and has 10 days after the decision to file an appeal. “This, to me, is detrimental to the general welfare, but evidently they don’t agree with me,” resident John Anderson said.

Residents are appealing a city decision that will put a T-Mobile cell tower in their neighborhood due to health concerns and possible impact on home values. The cell tower was approved at a Zoning Administrator meeting Nov. 4. A group of residents gathered money to appeal the decision to the Planning Commission and filed the appeal last weekend. “This, to me, is detrimental to the general welfare, but evidently they don’t agree with me,” resident John Anderson said.

The Huntington Beach City Council voted Monday night to revoke two of T-Mobile's wireless permits to build cell towers in two city parks, one near an elementary school. The council voted 6-1, with Councilman Don Hansen dissenting, at a special meeting to not allow cell towers at Harbour View Park, on Saybrook Lane, and Bolsa View Park, on Brighton Drive, because a significant coverage gap wasn't proven and there are viable alternatives. The vote caused the attendees to burst into applause.

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At a special meeting Tuesday night, the council voted to put an item on the November ballot asking voters whether the city should permit the installation of two mobile phone antennas at Harbour View and Bolsa View parks. The motion passed, 4 to 2, with Councilmen Devin Dwyer and Don Hansen voting against and Gil Coerper absent. The council approved license agreements in January 2009 for T-Mobile to install antennas at the two parks; but when it learned that construction costs exceeded $100,000, it insisted that voters needed to approve the projects.

The sound of a jack hammer was the first notification that something was happening. Residents in a tract behind Newland Street and Atlanta Avenue found themselves the unwilling neighbors of a 55-foot T-Mobile cellular tower disguised as a pine tree and are trying to figure out how it happened. "It was just a real surprise to all of us. Not one person knew about it," said Daniel Michalak, a resident of Mission Lane for more than 15 years. More than 50 residents near the cell tower on the Landmark Liquor store property at 8491 Atlanta Ave. are wondering how they were overlooked when the tower was being approved and are considering legal action if it can't be resolved.

The City Council approved the subdivision of an almost 40-acre mobile home park with the condition that the owners fix the park's drainage problems despite objections from park residents Monday night. The council approved the project 5 to 2 with Mayor Pro-Tem Jill Hardy and Councilman Joe Carchio voting against. The Huntington Shorecliffs Mobile Home Park at 20701 Beach Blvd. will divide its 304-space park into individual lots that can be purchased, or residents can continue renting, the applicants' lawyer, Robert Coldren, said.

T-Mobile is alleging the city violated federal regulations and its own ordinance by denying a wireless cell tower in a residential neighborhood in a lawsuit filed in April. T-Mobile West Corporation filed a lawsuit April 17 in the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana after the City Council denied the company a conditional use permit for a cell tower on the Community United Methodist Church’s property at Heil Avenue near Edwards Street. The council denied the permit March 15, upholding the Planning Commission’s determination that it would be detrimental to residential property values and unnecessary to fill a coverage gap, block the view for residents and be incompatible with the area’s uses.