To the Editor

Special Meeting January 23rd: Planning Commission Drafting Zoning Code re: Towers

To the Editor:

We the Planning Commission are drafting a zoning code update to propose to the Borough Assembly to regulate communication towers locally. Our current code was written before cell phones and so does not contemplate tower locations. We are hoping to remedy this. Drafting this code is difficult and complicated because of binding FCC regulations — if we draft conflicting or illegal code, it can and will be struck down by the courts and then we'll be back to square one, without local protections.

While...