The Petersburg Borough Assembly on June 15 unanimously approved two separate tower-related proposals — despite previously rejecting each measure. The Assembly will continue considering the new zoning ordinance for regulating towers, and hold a public hearing for the measure, tonight at 6:00 in the Assembly Chambers. KFSK will broadcast that meeting live.
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The Petersburg Borough Assembly on June 1 rejected both a controversial land sale to Tidal Network and an ordinance updating Petersburg’s zoning code for wireless communications facilities. But both items are being brought back for the Assembly’s consideration tonight (June 15).
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Petersburg’s Borough Assembly directed staff to start rewriting part of its zoning code so that it can be implemented beyond municipal limits. Officials say it’s a big project that will take several years, but a wide-ranging ordinance about communication towers will roll out as part of the process, and property outside of Petersburg’s town proper will be part of a temporary “holding district.”
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Petersburg Borough assembly members and Tidal Network officials struggled to find strong alternative locations for two planned communications towers during a late February work session. The group met in response to community pushback over the broadband company’s towers, which some residents say are too close to homes.
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The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s broadband venture, Tidal Network, is building three communications towers in Petersburg with money from a large federal grant. The project has received some community pushback, with some residents questioning the process.
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