Tower ordinance approved

An ordinance creating zoning rules for the construction and placement of wireless communications towers passed its final reading before the Green River City Council Tuesday night, with some clarification regarding what the ordinance does and does not allow.

Citing incorrect information published earlier this week, Laura Leigh, director of community development for the city said the ordinance does not allow telecommunications companies to take privately owned property to build their communications towers.

“This is not an eminent domain ordinance in which the city is giving itself permissi...