In my experience, telecom shelters are permitted or conditional uses in almost all zoning. Check your county or municipal zoning for allowed and permitted uses.
________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Adam Moffett <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 8:42 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] CPNI & Zoning 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
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