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"It would just give them the right to sell property to a cell tower and have a cell tower put in without having to go through the whole conditional use process or anything else. So, which would make it simpler and would also encourage towers to be in locations we want them to be."

It would just give them the right to sell property to a cell tower and have a cell tower put in without having to go through the whole conditional use process or anything else. So, which would make it simpler and would also encourage towers to be in locations we want them to be.
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I realize it doesn't obligate them to a tower. It's like it is now. Yeah, it's like it is now. It would just give them the right to sell property to a cell tower and have a cell tower put in without having to go through the whole conditional use process or anything else. So, which would make it simpler and would also encourage towers to be in locations we want them to be.

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