Item 3 - PH/Ord. on Cell Towers - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

CELL TOWERS CELL TOWERS Gzeat l~rdngtonPetsonal W'weless Service Facilities and Tmvers B~Lmv Services; b) tboy are not intended to bo used to um'ea~nably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent Services; 171- 120.Purposes: c) they. do not regulate Personal Wireless Service~ on. tbe basis of Tho purposes of 'this Personal Wireless Service Facilities and the environmental effects of radio frequency emi:k~ions to the Towers Article are to:. ' extent that the regulated Services and Facilities comply with the A. Preserve the. character and appearance of the Town while FCC's regulations concerning such emissions. simultaneOusly allowing Adequate Personal Wireless Services to be developed. This language allOws the SPGA to demonstrate that. B. Protect the scenic, historic, environmental, and natural or man- they were cognizant of the federal las, and are made resources of the community, striving to comply with it. C. Provide standards and requirements for regulation, placement, construction, monitOring, design, modification and removal of Ill § 171-122, Defhlitions and word usage; Personal Wireless Service Facilities. As used in this Personal Wireless Service Faci_'!_iti__'es Article, the D. Provide a procedural basis'for ~ction within a reasonable following terms shall have the meanings indicated. The word period of time for requests for authorization to place, construCt, "shall'' or "will" indicate mandatory requiremems; "may" is operate or modify Personal Wireless Service Facilities. ' advisory and indicates recommendations which are not mmut~tory. E. Preserve property.values. ACT - The Telecommunications Act of 1996. P.-.-Minimize the total number and height of Towers throughout ADEQUATE COVERAGE - Coverage'is considered to be · the community. "adequate" within that area smTo!mdlo~.o a Base Station ~ G. Locat Towers so that they do not have negative impacts, such the predicted . or measured median field slre~th of az, but not limited: to, attractive nuisance, noise and falling transmitted signal is'greater than -95 dBm- It is acceptable for objects, on the general safety, ' welfare and quality of life of the there to be holes within the area of Adequa~ Covera~ whore · · the signal is less than -95 dBm, as long az tbo ~ re~ains II..Require owners of Towers and Personal Wireless Service strength to greater.than -95 dBm fiuthm' away fi.om tho Facilities to configure them so as t° minimize and mitigate the I Station. For the limited purpose of determining ~ the use adverse visual impact of the Towers and Facilities. : of a Repeater.is n~cessary or desirable, ~ shall be deemed L Require Tower sharing and the clustering of personal Wireless ~ not to be Adequate .Coverage within said holes. Th~ outer Service Facilities Where possible. ".~ boundary of the area of.Adequate Coverage, however, is that · A insof Wo% it your Io io. which tho of Special Permit Granting Authority (SPGA) what it '"~ greater than-95 dBm. is trying to accomplish, and gives it the reasons it ~t The te!elcommunications imtusto, was upset that the needs if' it is going to deny the permit. It also to~n defined its own signal strengtl~ ,Vuc. h a right addresses one of the Telecomm Act issues ~ timely has subseque~y been reserved to the towns and cons. ideration~ upheld in federal case law in Sprint 2~eco'um v. ~llo& It is VERY important that YOU defin~ the 171- 121. Consistency with l~ederai I~w: level of signal strength that is 'adequate. Th~ is an ~ regulations are intended to be consistent with'The .engineering detaiL'DO NOT l. b~l'l~ff, CAR~IFR,V Telecommunications Act of 1996 in that: a) they do not Prohibit or · DEFINE EITHER ADEQUATE COVERAGE OR have the?~rect~ of prohibiting the. provision of Personal Wireless i i~. .... ,4DF,~UATE CAPACITY! You ham the right t~