Neighbors Upset Over Cross-Shaped Cell Phone Tower

Some residents are trying to stop a church from putting up a giant cell phone tower that would look like a cross next to a church near Longwood.

More than a dozen people living off State Road 434 just east of Interstate 4 protested outside the Rolling Hills Moravian church Friday night.

Neighbors are worried the tower would cause property values to fall.

“We need to protect our neighborhood and our home values,” said neighbor Jonanne Elefante.

T-mobile wants build the 13 story high structure. If the tower gets approved, T-mobile would pay the church a monthly fee.

“They're doing it for all the wrong reasons. It's greed,” Elefante said.

Cell phone towers are commonplace in neighborhoods across Central Florida. Some companies try to blend them in with the landscape. Some towers are shaped to look like trees.

The church and T Mobile declined to talk with WFTV about the proposed tower.

The county will consider the tower at a meeting at the end of the month.