WEST CHESTER TWP — Some neighbors and developers oppose a proposed 190-foot-tall AT&T Wireless telecommunications tower at LeSourdesville-West Chester Road, where two towers and a 110-foot-high water tower already stand.

        The new tower would sit 110 feet from the nearest property line and will be enclosed by a privacy fence and some trees. The two existing telecommunications towers — one 465 feet tall, the other 150 feet — already are at or above structural capacity, according to AT&T officials.

        Township leaders require towers to rise no closer than 500 feet to the nearest property line. But AT&T wants an exception because its two towers on the site were built before the current township restrictions were put in place, said Michele Fleming, a Cincinnati attorney representing AT&T.

        “AT&T had investigated all the other proposed sites before they chose this one,” Ms. Fleming said. “Everybody who lives there moved in while those other towers were already there.”

        Residents and developers complain that the existing towers are a blight and hurt property values. They also do not want the township setting a precedent by allowing this exception.

        “If you give them that, your resolution is meaningless,” Allen Baxter, 71, told trustees at Tuesday evening's meeting. He lives near the towers. “It's not a pretty sight now.”

        Developers say they also object to another tower because 45 new homes are going up in the area, some that are being sold below their listed price because of the towers. All of the lots except for three behind the towers have either been sold or have holds on them, Prominent Builders President Greg Amend said.

        “Another tower is going to devastate the property values of those three homes,” Mr. Amend told trustees.

        The issue will come up for a vote at the next trustee meeting, April 23 at 7 p.m. Trustees and the attorney representing AT&T, however, noted that federal government regulations for telecommunications could overrule township ordinances on such matters.

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