Thursday, May 9, 2013
T-Mobile is looking at an alternate site for its cell tower.
A T-Mobile balloon test scheduled for May 11 at the Bridgewater Township Library has been cancelled because of expected bad weather, according to a post on the township's website. A new date has not yet been announced. The T-Mobile balloon test had first been scheduled for May 4, but was also cancelled because of forecasted high winds. With a settlement possible, T-Mobile will be conducting a balloon test to determine if there is a possibility for constructing a cell tower in a location other than the Green Knoll Fire House. The zoning board, in May 2012, denied an application from T-Mobile to build a cell tower at the fire house. T-Mobile subsequently filed suit against the township. According to a letter filed April 5 with the United …
Friday, February 22, 2013
It just won't be at the Green Knoll Fire Company.
A letter filed with the United States District Court Thursday indicates that a settlement could be imminent in the litigation between the Bridgewater Township Board of Adjustment and T-Mobile—but if it is, a cell tower will be built. According to a letter filed with the court in Trenton, Bridgewater, in January, offered to make an alternative location available to T-Mobile for building the proposed cell tower. The land offered is public property owned by the township, not the previously proposed fire company. The letter does not indicate where exactly the property is. In May 2012, the board of adjustment denied an application from T-Mobile to build a 125-foot cell tower at the Green Knoll Volunteer Fire Company. T-Mobile filed suit later …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Rumors of an approval are not true, township administrator says.
Despite rumors to the contrary, there has been no word that the cell tower proposed for the Green Knoll Volunteer Fire Co. has been approved at this time. The zoning board denied the application for a 125-foot cell tower in May, and, several months later, T-Mobile filed suit against the board for its denial, saying that the decision was arbitrary and capricious. T-Mobile said the denial violated the federal Communications Act, and was unlawful under New Jersey law. The township, in its response, said the denial was not unjust, and denied all the charges filed. T-Mobile is seeking an injunction from the court to require the zoning board to approve the application at the proposed location. But with so much time having passed, township …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The lawsuit was filed a little more than a week ago.
T-Mobile has filed a lawsuit against the Bridgewater Township Zoning Board of Adjustment over the denial of an application to build a 130-foot cell tower at the Green Knoll Volunteer Fire Company on North Bridge Street. According to the lawsuit, as filed with federal court, the board’s denial of T-Mobile’s application violates the federal Communications Act and is “arbitrary, capricious and unlawful under New Jersey law.” T-Mobile is seeking an injunction from the court to require the zoning board to approve the application for the tower at the proposed location. “The board failed to properly evaluate or weigh the positive and negative criteria related to T-Mobile’s application consistent with New Jersey law and explain how, on balance, …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The T-Mobile hearing will be continued to May 22.
After residents had finished questioning T-Mobile's appraiser Mark Tinder concerning property values of homes near cell towers, the resounding request from the about 40 people in attendance at Tuesday's zoning board meeting was clear—do not approve the tower. "This tower would forever alter the character of the neighborhood, and is in great contrast to the amenities of the neighborhood," said Overlook Drive resident Janelle Bryant. "The view from the neighboring properties, the public footpaths surrounding the site, the roadways, the neighboring places of worship and the neighboring preschool and kindergarten would be altered in a way that is incompatible with the existing landscape." The hearing began with continued questioning of Tinder…
Mike Umbris
12:04 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
I think we all owe George Jones and his Green Knoll Fire Company buddies a thank you for the $100,000+ in legal fees this has cost BWT. I will never give another red cent to his Fire Company. I send all my donations to the police and EMTs now. more ›