- Target:
- City Of Chandler Planning and Zoning and City Council
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.sunbirdconnect.com
The Sunbird Golf Club, 6250 S. SunBird Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85249 has contracted with Atlas Tower to construct a cell tower on golf club property and is seeking a Use Permit with The City of Chandler to install a 65 foot high wireless communications cell phone tower with a proposed location on the northeast corner of the maintenance shed, from which it will only derive monthly revenue of $1,500/month with a bump of 3% yearly, with a 35 year lease agreement. Because the tower could be within 160 feet from any home within the Sunbird Community, the fact that a 65 foot cell phone tower is not architecturally compatible with the neighborhood, 20 more feet can be added after construction without community or city approval, and the value of Sunbird homes will be negatively affected, a petition to oppose the Use Permit and the construction of the tower in Sunbird is being circulated.
We are opposed to approval of a Use Permit and construction for a 65 foot high cell phone tower, within the Sunbird Golf Resort/HOA, 6250 S. SunBird Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85249. We oppose this based on the following concerns
1) This current proposed facility is proposed to be located at 160 feet (for health concerns) from homes within the Sunbird Community,
2) A 65 foot cell phone tower is not architecturally compatable with the neighborhood. Trees will be removed for the construction of the cell tower and replaced with a false looking pine tree,
3) Once the cell phone tower is constructed, another 20 feet can be added without any permitting processes or cummunity consent due to the passing of Section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012,
3) Atlas made a concern that the reserve south of Sunbird was not suitable because it was too far from houses, but the proposed tower will be less than 1 mile away from that area of concern for Atlas,
4) The installation of such a tower will negatively impact home prices in the immediate vicinity and could affect the community as a whole based upon comparable home sales. According to REALTOR, "Home buyers and renters are less interested in properties located near cell towers and antennas, as well as in properties where a cell tower or group of antennas are placed on top of or attached to a building. 94% said a nearby cell tower or group of antennas would negatively impact interest in a property or the price they would be willing to pay for it". HUD requires its certified appraisers to take the presence of nearby cell towers into consideration when determining the value of a single family residential property,
5) Sunbird is a residential community that should not have commercial equipment such as a cell tower located within the community and
6) At completion, Sunbird will be the only residential community with a cell phone tower in the middle of it. Approval of a cell phone tower located in a middle of residential community will set precedence for the ability to have cell phone towers errected in residential communities in the city of Chandler.
For more information please go to: https://www.sunbirdconnect.com/cell-tower
There is a facebook group: Say No to Sunbird Cell Tower, https://www.facebook.com/groups/190088897122829
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The No to Sunbird Golf Club Cell Phone Tower petition to City Of Chandler Planning and Zoning and City Council was written by Helen Mortimer and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition.