[Massplanners] Fwd: Underground cabinets for small wireless installations?

[Duperault, Joy (DCR)]

Watch out for floodplain sites: “Electrical conduits and cables and protective enclosures installed below the design flood elevation shall be sealed to prevent the entrance of floodwaters into electrical conduits and electrical service components.”
MA Building Code 780 CMR referenced standard ASCE 24-14, chapter 7, page 23.

Joy Duperault, CFM
617-626-1406 or joy.duperault at mass.gov


From: MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces at masscptc.org> On Behalf Of Danielle McKnight via MassPlanners
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 3:44 PM
To: massplanners at masscptc.org
Subject: [Massplanners] Fwd: Underground cabinets for small wireless installations?

CAUTION: This email originated from a sender outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts mail system.  Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

Good afternoon,

Have any communities included in their design guidelines for small wireless installations a requirement that cabinets be placed underground wherever feasible? One of my Planning Commission members observed this practice in another state and asked if I could see if anyone was doing this here. We are aware that if physically not possible, we couldn't deny the installations, but wanted to know if anyone was trying to do it.

Thank you!

Danielle McKnight, AICP
Town Planner/Community Planning Administrator
235 North Street
North Reading, MA 01864
(978) 357-5206
dmcknight at northreadingma.gov<mailto:dmcknight at northreadingma.gov>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://masscptc.org/pipermail/massplanners_masscptc.org/attachments/20211119/9dbce57f/attachment.htm>