In re Appeal of Caplan from the Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board

This is an appeal by Edward Caplan, an amateur radio operator, from a decision of the Northampton Township Zoning Hearing Board ordering him to reduce the height of his backyard amateur radio tower from seventy to 35 feet and to remove supporting guy wires which infringe on required side and rear yards. Also involved is a cross appeal by Ronald and Nan Smolow, intervenors, who agree with the decision of the board but who object to its imposition on them of the costs of the proceeding.

Mr. Caplan lives in a residential development located in the R-2 district of Northampton Township in which…