[Durham INC] S. Durham Residential Cell Tower meeting: Oct 11, 2012 (7 PM, South Regional Library)

[Pat Carstensen]

We have a church in our neighborhood that is maximizing the open space they keep in their latest building spree by maximizing the impact on its neighbors.  The behavior isn't limited to churches -- the private school in the neighborhood did the same.  And residential developers do it too.  The purpose of the UDO regulations is to control this conflict.
We spent an immense amount of time and effort 15 (?) years ago when we wrote the cell tower section of the UDO.  What the elected officials (and INC can ask for) CAN do is make sure that the rules don't need to be updated to curtail bad behavior that seems to be happening over and over again.  What neighbors can do is understand the rules enough to make sure they aren't being taken advantage of.  What the church needs to do is obey the rules (and ideally also the spirit of the rules.)
Regards, pat

Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:43:01 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Durham INC] S. Durham Residential Cell Tower meeting: Oct 11,	2012 (7 PM, South Regional Library)

Just want to clarify that I sent the email regarding neighbor's concerns as a FYI email. I know I would not be happy if the woods behind my house were replaced by a cell phone tower, but this is not my fight.

I do realize they have to go up somewhere...I just think that, perhaps, the immediate neighbore should be compensated in some way, because it is unlikely that it will not affect their home values.

Because the landowner is a church, I would expect them to be very sensitive to their neighbor concerns...at least if they are a sincerely Christian church. I think the beef people have with many (but certainly not all) churches lately is that they appear to be in the business of making money rather than saving souls or helping people; most of the churches that fit this bill want to have it both ways with regard to making money versus
 their entitlements that are supposed to result from the 'separation of church and state'.

I do think we should hold a church and its leaders to high moral standards because of the supposed good nature of their intentions.

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                                        I agree with Joshua.

This is clearly not something that the County Commissioners, nor City Council has any "effective" jurisdiction over, in helping block the construction of a cell phone tower.

Much like billboards - at this point, enhancing the appearance should be the primary issue.

Folks are really beating-up on churches as of late.  There is far worse going on in Durham, for folks to "make your voices heard" over.....

- Darius




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