If you're a big company, you just do it. If you're a small company, you spend a ton of effort finding/talking to the local guy to get things moving forward.
On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're a certified public necessity, does that give you any leverage to > push back on local zoning ordinance making it hard to place a POP or CO? > I'm talking about either a prefab building from 10x12 to 10x20 in size, or > pad mounted enclosures. > > I've run across a few places where telecom or utility structures are not > permitted anywhere without a variance. I'm also looking at one right now > where they allow "telephone substations" in industrial zones, but there's > only one parcel in the town zoned industrial. I read about zoning > petitions with the PUC, but that doesn't seem any easier than a zoning > variance. > > Obviously the first step will be to talk to the municipality --if they > want fiber optic service then they ought to help me out here, but it seems > odd that we can be certified by the state as a "public necessity" and also > get stopped by a local zoning ordinance from placing a 10x12 building. > > -Adam > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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