"The Ocean Point skyline will remain towerless, at least
for now. On January 28, the Boothbay Board of Appeals denied Mariner
Tower a variance to build a 120-foot tall cell tower in East Boothbay.
Mariner Tower’s
attorney John Springer made his opening statement at the Boothbay Town
Office. Springer told the appeals board that a cell tower would be an
essential part of the Ocean Point area in order to cover a “significant
coverage gap” in wireless service. Although cell towers are prohibited
in the special residential district where the proposed tower would go,
Springer said that the 120-foot tower would have a low visual impact on
the surrounding area and provide AT&T and other wireless service to
the community.
“I think it’s
important to keep in mind that although communication towers are not
permitted in the special residential district, essential services are,”
Springer said, citing a list of communication facilities that the
Boothbay ordinances define as “essential services.”
“I will be the first
to admit, I don’t think we are an ‘essential service’ as that phrase is
defined in the ordinance,” Springer said. “But we are an extremely
popular service that people use for essential phone calls all the time.”"
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