Aliya Schneider is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media the Hudson Planning Board June 23, approved on a vote of 5 to 2, Verizon’s application for a special use permit to install six antennas atop Providence Hall on lower Columbia Street in the city. Providence Hall is a privately owned low-income apartment building for seniors and people with disabilities, owned by Arbor Management. The antennas will be covered with fiberglass structures painted or treated to look like an extension of the brick building. The building currently has a 19.6-foot penthouse structure on one side and a planned concealment structure will add another 10 feet of height on top, according to the site plan. The other end of the roof will have a 10-foot high concealment structure added to the flat roof. The company must provide a final plan to be approved by a board-designated architect. The board spent four and a half hours June 22, considering the application, refining the resolution and completing the state environmental review, but by the end of the night, board members were not ready to take a vote. A special meeting was then scheduled for 5 p.m. the following night to finish up and to make a decision. The meeting lasted for two hours and ended in permit approval. The final version of the five-page resolution contained various conditions, including naming the city as insured for the project and submitting annual radio-frequency emissions compliance reports. Deed restrictions are required that prevent access to the building roof by any other wireless providers for the next 20 years. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.