Menifee city council denies AT&T cell tower at Wheatfield Park until a final resolution vote
The Menifee City Council after lengthy discussion, Dec. 11, voted to approve the City Planning Commission’s denial of AT&T’s request to build a 30-foot high cell tower in Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s Wheatfield Park.The action by a 3-2 vote denied Smartlink, on behalf of AT&T’s request, to permit the construction of the cell tower in the park, at 30627 Menifee Road. The planning commission earlier denied their conditional use permit 2018-078. In the Nov. 6 meeting the planning commission forwarded the denial, noting, while it had met all the necessary city building requirements and had the approval of Valley-Wide to construct the tower, it still might threaten the safety of city park visitors, interfere with city events in the park and may be better locate