Commissioners send antenna and land-alteration language to revisers committee

Commissioner Moynihan reviewed relevant ordinance provisions and urged the board to update the county code so similar conflicts do not recur. He said the land-alteration ordinance requires permits when more than 500 cubic yards are moved and the antenna/support-structure ordinance allows an administrative permit for structures up to 130 feet, but that the code lacks specific rules for satellite earth stations.

"I would like to make a recommendation that we send this to the revisers to create either a specific ordinance or a subsection of 155 that talks about these Earth satellite stations so that this doesn't happen in the future," Commissioner Moynihan said. The board approved a motion to send the matter to the revisers committee and asked that the committee act quickly.