City says "no" to cell tower

After many community members spoke against it on Monday night, Sidney’s planning commission voted against allowing a temporary cell tower in a residential neighborhood.

Viaero Wireless requested a conditional use permit to build a temporary cell tower at the back of the vacant lot at 2575 11th Ave., directly north of the bowling alley.

“Viaero Wireless as have the other cell phone carriers have experienced a dramatic increase in traffic as we’ve introduced high speed data services to the point where we’re having to add auxiliary towers in virtually all of our markets, including Sidney,” said H...