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187 CELL TOWERS CELL TOWERS 188 You will need to know which, board is responsible for writing such An Ovm,iew of Zoning: regulations. It may not be tho same board as is given the siting powers, or What It Can -And CatmotDo-According To Fed~alLa~. later --- enfOrcement powers. For instance, in Massachusetts, tho planning board may.write the regulations, but a Special Permit Granting Authority The parameters of zoning for "personal wireless servi~e ($PGA) may be the board of selectmen or the zoning ~d of appeals are set out in federal law, in the Telecommunicnttions A~t of 1996, Section (ZBA). 704.' Once you've determined the specifics of your situation, find out '"~:,, Cutting through the le_g~eso of the Telecom Act, a community when and where the decision-making board meets. Attend some meetings still regulate many aspects of tower siting, Where a tower is located, how to get a flavor for the personalties of the board members and a s%se of tall it can fl~, what can go on the tower, and how stroh installatio~ am tho way they approach their work. i monitored or radiofrequency (RF)'omi.nsions to make ~ ' · .: ---' tl~ are m It helps to contact other municipalities for information, or local! comphance .ws? ..the. FCC_ standards ~ among many other things, still fall nc'wspapers that have run articles about other tower*siting scenarios. under l?cal j_unsdwtion. But, there are better and certainly worse ways of Network. You will find that people who have been active in this field love going about the exercise of'that control. . to share their stories, expertise, and resources. Consider placing an ad in . ' .The Tei .c~. m .A~ also stipulates that.communities must be th~ local ~*wspaper to attract other citizens who.are concenled. An ad as'' . m denying permits. Denials should be for substantial reasons ct~nlted ma simple as: "Interested in the issue of cellular towers in our neighborhoods? written rcco~ of thc p~. The better the zoning regulations are, Call me at...' .will cost only a few dollars and may help you begin a .thc bett~ will be the' template for denials when siting requests are srou that the wor oad: are It's fair to Say one person cannot'do this alone. Few people have acuons, snomo mat come to pass. the spare fi~e, energy,, or tenacity to move SUch issues onto center stage . , Vvrhat. a comm~. 'ty cannot, do is to completely ban personal and pressure public officials to act constructively. Plus, there is power in. vnremss service i~om that commumty. Does that mcan it must allow numbers... No city council, or planning board can afford to ignore a room .~ tower or base station wi~ia thc conanunitY? Not ncc~ly. If th~ full of' people who have a clear agenda. But they have little problem ~....~ company could provide service from another adjacent comm-n'_qy, and is ignoring one citizen (or even a small group) whom they can dismiss as .~..:'ialready located on a tower in that ncarhy town, whcr~ by adding . By organizing your neighbors and others throughout the ~ antenn~as they could also cover your town ~ then you might be abl to keep that company from building a new tower in your town.a The basic community, you will develop a larger voice that will attra_c~ the local legal argument is that your town is not preventing tl~ company fi'om media. When you attend municipal' meetings t° speak about the issues, 'i~i providing service to the community but rather disallowing.a n~w base you will be-heard in a very different way than before. .:~ ~, station to bc erected within town boundaries. The reason for doing so is Om* local group in Great Barrington, Massacbusetts ~ Folks for ~:* that the company can already provide ser-~ce from an existing tower to Appropriate-Cellular Tower Sites, or FACTS .~ became a force to bc '' .', which the company already has legal accel. reckoned with when it could consistently, and .on very short notice, get ' ~ Under the Telecom Act, conanunities cannot "unreasonably'* fifty or .so people to any meeting where the .tower issues were up for * discriminate among providers. This means the town cannot block one discussion, It did not matter than only about three or four of'those people ~ cellular company from providing' service in the community if' oth~ were really wo~i-g diligently on the iSSU ~ Thc.grOup took on a force far gte, am' than the individual effoms of the members. / ..... : ~,. 2Recent case law supportsthis~ Sa~ Jan~ Hobsou's ~ ~T.'~lm~