The Fayette

County Commission will reconsider a request Thursday night to increase

the height of a cellphone tower.

In January,

the board turned down Lee Wright's request to raise a tower's height on

Chappell Road in south Fayette County.

Wright had

asked the board to let him raise the height on the tower from 170 feet

to 188 feet on his property at to allow for better communication capabilities

for the southside of the county.

Wright runs

his own business and told the board in January that phone problems plague

his business once he gets near his home.

the size of his tower, Wright said the board could stop a proliferation

of towers that could spring up to better serve phone users on the Southside.

When it came

time for the vote, commissioners A.G. VanLandingham and Linda Wells voted

against extending the height, while commissioners Greg Dunn and Herb Frady

supported the motion.

County Commission

assistant Carol Chandler said the issue does not concern a rezoning it

can be brought