Planning Commission approves Verizon facility on Aqueduct Road

The county's Planning Commission approved a Major Use Permit for a Verizon wireless telecommunications facility in the 32000 block of Aqueduct Road.

The Planning Commission's 5-0 vote Feb. 5, with Doug Barnhart and David Pallinger not present, allows for the mounting of 12 panel antennas, 12 remote radio units, two global positioning antennas, and a microwave dish on a 35 foot tall false mono-broadleaf tree. The Planning Commission also granted a height exemption for an associated concrete masonry unit equipment enclosure which will have an average height of 12 feet.

The 19-acre parcel has A70...