Fayette

County's Planning Commission will continue its

discussion with cell phone companies about the

county's rules for construction of communications

towers March 16.

Company

representatives told the commission last week

that no applications for tower permits have been

submitted since the ordinance was approved last

year, because the restrictions are impossible to

meet.

Of

particular concern are requirements that towers

be at least 1,000 feet from the nearest house and

that they be two miles apart except along state

highway corridors, where they must be one mile

apart.

The

rules have essentially regulated the towers out

of existence, representatives said. Commissioners

will talk again at their regular monthly work

session, March 16 at 7 p.m. at the County

Administrative Complex.

Commissioners

last week also recommended denial of Johnie E

Williams' request for a change in zoning from

R-70, a subdivision category, to A-R

(agricultural-residential) for 78.4 acres on Hood

Road.

Williams'

plan to graze goats on the property could be

destructive to its sensitive wetlands,

commissioners said.

The

group's recommendation will go to the Fayette

County Commission for consideration during its

March 23 meeting, 7 p.m. at the County

Administrative Complex.

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