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<\/div>\nAn online petition claims an 18-meter-high (60 ft) Rogers cell phone tower is slated to be built less than 400 meters from Ellison elementary school.<\/a><\/p>\n Courtesy: Change.org\u00a0<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A proposed cellphone tower in a Kelowna neighbourhood is meeting resistance after residents discovered that its location will be less than 400 metres from an elementary school.<\/p>\n As of Sunday morning, 143 people had signed the Stop the Ellison \/ Scotty Creek cellphone tower petition. Scotty Creek is a suburban, middle-class neighbourhood, located 14 kilometres from downtown Kelowna.<\/p>\n Notably, the neighbourhood lies just outside of city limits and is part of the Central Okanagan Regional District.<\/p>\n According to the petition, the proposed 18-metre tower will be built at the back, right corner of a long lot at 3811 Old Vernon Rd. that is zoned both private and agricultural. The tower would be, in some cases, just metres away from three homes along Weston and Bulman Roads.<\/p>\n READ MORE: WATCH: Osoyoos residents oppose cell tower proposal <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The petition adds the tower would be, in a straight line, 357 metres away from Ellison Elementary School.<\/p>\n An Agricultural Advisory Commission (AAC) meeting was held in Kelowna on Sept. 13, 2018, and one of the items on the agenda was the proposed cellphone tower.<\/p>\n Notes from the meeting show that AAC planner Janelle Taylor provided an overview of the proposed tower, \u201cnoting that the proponent, Rogers Communications Inc., c\/o Medallion Wireless, proposes to install a 35-metre tall telecommunication tower on privately owned land.\u201d<\/p>\n The notes say that Kyle Shannon represented Medallion Land Services, and that \u201cthey have followed Industry Canada\u2019s guidelines process which included notification to adjacent landowners and newspaper advertisement. To date, have received only two letters of concern, which were discussed with the owners and addressed concerns were identified.\u201d<\/p>\n