Comm. tower project nixed

Planners deny special land use permit

Plans for a 200 ft. tall communication tower on Kitchen Road will not move forward after the Leelanau Township Planning Commission voted 4-2 to deny the special land use application Thursday.

Steve Kalchik, the commission’s vice chair, and commissioner Gerald Schatz, were the two members who voted against the motion, while commissioners Hugh Scott, Silvia Gans, Kristi Fischer, and Brigid Hart voted to deny the application, stating that it did not meet the standards for a special land use permit. Commissioner Brian Mitchell did not vote or take part in the meeting as he previously had to recuse himself from the process as the property owner of the tower location.