GEISMAR - Plans to build a 125-foot cell tower will go before the zoning commission for a second time in Ascension Parish. It would practically be in the backyard of two schools: Dutchtown Primary and Dutchtown Middle Schools. Many people living near the proposed location say they want it built elsewhere.

The Ascension Parish Zoning Commission denied it unanimously in August. AT&T is reapplying, and it'll be up for public hearing again in October. The 125-foot tower would be built off of Highway 73 and 74 in Geismar, sandwiched between two schools and a neighborhood. AT&T has a signed lease with the landowner and it has staked out the property.

Chip Leyens of Baker Donelson, who is representing AT&T, says the company looked and spoke to at least five different property owners in the area

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