Questions Answers I Mtlcelrrowertawyemcom <br />212114 10^36 PM <br />CAMPANELLI SIB ASSOCIATES, P.C. (516) 746-1600 <br />i <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 oppose 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 petition government for the redress of grievances. <br />Under -fts-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 pro)dmity to your <br />`PfqP• <br />You can exercise these rights to protect yourself, your family, friends and neighbors against the <br />dangers of Cell Tower collapse, and to flght 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 factuW grounds upon which a respective application should' be denied, <br />and all legal grounds upon which a respective Cell Tower application should be denied, or In some <br />.,cases,.must be denied as a matter of law. <br />To exercise such rights, of course,. you will.need to recognize both the factual and legal grounds upon <br />whiff td-dWer ' a• Cell Tower applIcatlooi, and ft manner in wNch•to-as`sert such challenges. <br />ttP://www.andcelttoweriawym.com/questions-answers/ Page 1 of 2 <br />