Preserve Orlando's Neighborhoods
Support Responsible Citing of Cell Phone Towers
"Picture this."
You moved into this community, fully aware of the practical realities—proximity to the county waste facility, the highways, and even the power plant. These were compromises you willingly made because of something greater: a promise. A promise of a community surrounded by nature. A promise of parks where your children could play, where families could gather, and where we could all find spaces to connect, breathe, and thrive.But today, that promise is at risk. A centrally located green space that could one day fulfill the vision of parks and preserve the natural beauty of our neighborhood is being considered for a cell phone tower. If this land is converted, it will never become a playground, a gathering space, or a place that enriches our lives. Instead, it will stand as a permanent industrial scar on the landscape—towering over our homes, replacing beauty with cold steel, plastic litter, and broken trust.
This isn't what we moved here for. We chose this community because we believed in the vision of parks and nature as defining features of our future. To take that away for something so out of place, unnecessary, and detrimental to our health and wetland environment — especially when unused county land sits just beyond our borders, where the tower could be built with minimal impact—is a decision that ignores not just our needs, but our hopes for what this community could be.
This is more than just a zoning issue. It's a question of values, of promises made and whether they'll be kept. It's about whether we'll protect what makes this place special or trade it away for an outside companies convenience, profits, and lack of due diligence.
View the Opposition Documents
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Addendum 1 adds content for environmental, due diligence, visual, and compliance concerns regarding the proposed communications tower:CUP2024-10001 - Addendum 1 to Opposition White Paper
The initally submitted white paper underscores property value declines, tax revenue losses, aesthetic and environmental impacts, health and safety concerns, and governance violations:
CUP2024-10001 - Opposition White Paper