Owners of an Elm Street property have retained town approvals granted five years ago to construct a cell tower on their land. The Duxbury Planning Board voted last month to approve changes to a 2011 site plan for a T-Mobile monopole cell tower at 421 Elm Street.
The property, which is now owned by Stuart and Leslie Lee, had gained previous approval from the town for a special permit for the cell tower but it was never built.
According to minutes from the Planning Board’s March 9 meeting, Native American artifacts had been discovered in the area originally proposed for a roadway leading up to the cell tower.
The new site plan shows a different position for the tower access road and also requires less tree cutting in the area. No changes to the home’s street entrance or the monopole were proposed.
Duxbury Planning Director Valerie Massard said she did not know if the Lees had any plans to move forward with the monopole but that they came before the town to make sure the permits for it didn’t expire.