The Pratt County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to disapprove a proposal from AT&T to place a new cell service tower at the Pratt Regional Airport last month, but the issue will come before the Pratt County commissioners again on Jan. 27 as the telephone company continues to pursue the project north of the city of Pratt.
“It is not that the zoning board is against the tower,” said Pratt County Emergency Management Director Tim Branscom. “It’s just that placing it at the airport violates our safety standards, compromises airspace minimums and could create a hazard for pilots.”
According to Randy Huitt, Fixed Base Operator for the Pratt Regional Airport, the proposed site location for the 260-foot cell tower is directly in the downwind pattern for landing to the south.
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