Questions 6 Answers I AntlCelfrowerl awyers.com <br />. / . <br />2/2114 10:36 PM <br />E CAMPANELLI SIB ASSOCIATES, P.C. <br />(516) 746-1600 <br />HOME KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TESTIMONIALS ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS <br />QUESTIONS & ANSWERS LINKS CONTACT US <br />Questions &Answers <br />Below is a list of the most common questions which both individuals and zoning boards often have <br />about Cell Towers. To get answers, simply click on the links. For studies and information regarding <br />the potential adverse health effects caused by Cell Towers, you can also go to the Unks section of <br />this website. <br />What is the Telecommunications Act of 1996? <br />Do property owners.have a right to appose the approval of Cell Tower applications? <br />Absolutely. Aside from your rights, under state law, to be heard at public hearings, you also have a. <br />right to submit opposition to Cell Tower applications, under the 1st Amendment to the United States <br />Constitution, which guarantees your right to petitlon government for the redress of grievances. <br />Under -.tIft-guarantee, you-.have a U.S. Constitutional right to be heard before town boards,.. planning <br />boards and zoning boards, and to make submissions to oppose any Cell Tower application pending <br />before any such local boards. <br />In exercising such state and federal rights, you have the right to fight against sustaining a loss to the <br />value of your property as a result of the Installation of a Cell Tower in dose proximity to your <br />You can exercise these rights to protect yourself, your family, friends and neighbors against the <br />dangers of Cell Tower collapse, and to fight against having the Installation of a Cell Tower which would <br />adversely affect the character or aesthetics of your neighborhood. <br />You have the right to assert all factuil grounds upon which a respective application should'be dented, <br />and. all.. legal grounds upon which a respective Cell Tower application should be denied, or In some <br />.,ases,-must be denied as a matter of law. <br />To exercise spqh rights, of course, you will.need to. recognize both the factual and legal grounds upon <br />Whld*ti-thalie!16e4 Cell Tower applicatlo".,. and ihd:manner Irr whlch-to-* <br />655ert such challenges. <br />MP:/Iwww.wWcelftawerfavyers.com/quastions-answers/ Pays 1 of 2 <br />