CS1-97 Proposed AT&T Cellular Phone Tower on Sauvie Island
March/April, 1997. “A request for a Community Service permit for the siting of a cellular monopole.” The proposed 160-foot cell tower would be placed on property owned by the Sauvie Island Grange adjacent to the Sauvie Island School. It would include a monopole with associated antennas and an 11′ x 27′ equipment building, all surrounded by a fence. A group calling itself “Charlton Road Residents” mails an island-wide memo alerting islanders.
Multnomah County Planning Staff Report recommends denial.
A revised permit application is issued.
County planning staff again recommends denial.
May 21, 1997. Final hearing date originally scheduled, then delayed.
August 20, 1997. Hearing. Hearings officer does not make a decision and allows time for applicant and opponent rebuttals.
October 15, 2007. Final decision to be announced.
[The cell tower was never built.]
—compiled from public documents and island newsletters