Downtown Menomonee Falls will keep its skyline just the way it is, at least for now.
The Menomonee Falls Village Board this month voted to deny a conditional-use permit that would have allowed AT&T to put up a cellphone tower in the heart of downtown. The proposed monopole, roughly 80 feet tall, was slated for a spot behind the Menomonee Falls Professional Center at N89 W16785 Appleton Avenue. The decision caps a contentious application that had already been through multiple rounds of local review.
The Village Board took up the issue at its July 6 meeting and ultimately voted to deny the permit, according to the Village of Menomonee Falls July 6 meeting packet. That vote followed earlier recommendations from village advisory bodies: the Plan Commission recommended denial on June 2, and the Architectural Control Board followed suit on June 23, per the same packet…