2011-02-17 Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes

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Town of Reading ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes of February 17, 2011 Members Present: Clark Petschek, Chairman John Jarema John Miles Robert Redfern Damase Caouette Kristin Cataldo Jeffrey Perkins Members Absent: A meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, at 7:00 P.M. Also in attendance was Glen Redmond, Commissioner of Buildings. Case # 11-03 A Public Hearing on the petition of Kenneth Adams, Agent for AT&T, who seeks a Special Permit and an appeal of a decision of the Building Inspector under Sections 4.3.5 and 7.4.2 of the zoning bylaws in order to modify the existing roof top wireless telecommunications facility and to add antenna panels and other equipment on the property located at 1 Summit Drive in Reading, MA. Kenneth Adams presented AT&T's proposal to add three additional antenna panels to the existing six antenna panels to be able to offer 4G network coverage. They also will add a fagade to cover these new panels as was done before. They also want to add 6 RRH, which are small radio units mounted on the side wall of the penthouse and not visible from the street. A fiber cable will go down to the existing equipment space along the conduit that is painted to match so it will not be visible. Mr. Adams said the language of the lease with Summit Towers will allow this work to be done. The Building Inspector thought a new Special Permit was required to do this work. The Board members asked various questions about the equipment and how it works. There were no questions or comments from the public. On a motion by John Jarema, seconded by Robert Redfern, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to grant the Applicant's requested modifications to Special Permits #97-04 and #05-22 for the described changes to the roof top wireless communication facility._ Such approval is subject to the following conditions: 41.1 ZBA Meeting, February 17, 2011 1