2020 annual report - adirondack park authority

https://apa.ny.gov/Documents/Reports/2020APAAnnualReport.pdf - 47
pages - the word 'fire' does not appear anywhere in this document

they are just planners apparently - and zoning code enforcers - pretty
much - a staff of about 30 people

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Telecommunication Projects 2020 was another busy year for
telecommunications projects in the Adirondack Park. The Agency issued
39 telecommunication permits consisting of seven Major Project
permits, nine General Permits, and 23 amendments (all as General
Permits). One of the Major Project permits authorized two towers (AT&T
and T-Mobile) in the Town of Long Lake, Hamilton County. In 2020, 10
new towers were authorized. Of those 10 new towers, two were next to
existing towers (i.e., horizontal co-locations authorized by General
Permit) and eight were raw land sites. Of those 10 new towers, six
were unconcealed towers and four were concealed as simulated trees. Of
those 10 new towers, seven involved AT&T, two involved T-Mobile, and
one involved Verizon Wireless. The 10 towers were authorized in the
following towns: Duane, Elizabethtown (2), Horicon, Lewis (2), Long
Lake (2), Newcomb, and Webb. The 30 General Permits and amendments
issued in 2020 were for antenna replacements and co-locations on
existing towers, buildings, and a water tank.

P2020-197, New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (AT&T) – Virginia Yamrick
presented a project involving the installation of a new
self-supporting 150-foot-tall monopole telecommunications tower within
a 36-foot by 60-foot leased area adjacent to the existing Town of
Newcomb water storage tank, Essex County. The Board unanimously
approved the project. (July 2020)

P2018-211, Vertical Bridge Holdings, LLC; New Cingular Wireless PCS,
LLC; TMobile Northeast, LLC – Virginia Yamrick presented a project
involving the installation of two self-supporting monopole towers, one
concealed as an 85-foot and the other as a 90- foot-tall simulated
tree, with each tower supporting on single array of cellular panel
antennas at an 83-foot and an 88-foot centerline height in the Town of
Long Lake, Hamilton County. The Board unanimously approved the
project. (February 2020)