20 Ponderosa Verizon FY25 - Special Permit Modification

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF ASHLAND

The Ashland Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM in the second floor Select Board Hearing Room, Ashland Town Hall, 101 Main Street, Ashland MA, 01721. This Public Hearing can also be joined via Zoom video conference please see the Planning Board Agenda for this link. 

The Planning Board will hear the petition of Verizon, 20 Alexander Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492 requesting Special Permit Modification per Chapter 282, Sections 6.4 (Wireless Communication Facilities) and 9.3 of the Ashland Bylaws. The applicant seeks to modify the existing special permit for the removal of three (3) existing antennas, and collar mount, installing (8) new antennas, three (3) new antennas with integrated radio heads, eight (8) radio heads, one (1) OVP, two (2) hybrid cables, and one (1) new platform mount at the 123-feet centerline of the existing 150-foot tower. There is no proposed change to the tower height or compound size. The added equipment is 5G capable. The property in question is located at 20 Ponderosa Road, Assessors Map 13, Lot 35, in the Residential “A” District.

Parties wishing to be heard on this matter should submit comments to the Planning Board ahead of time and/or appear at the time and place indicated above. Materials may be viewed by appointment at Town Hall during normal business hours, or at:  

https://www.ashlandmass.com/543/Current-Cases-Before-the-Planning-and-Zo 

For more information or to submit comments, please contact Peter Matchak at (508) 532-7927 or at pmatchak@ashlandmass.com.

Tricia Kendall, Chairman

Ashland Planning Board