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((c O) <br /> <br />LOCAL ZONING AUTHORITY OVER <br /> <br />CELLULAR ANTENNAS AIgD TOWERS <br /> <br />aesthetic character of the community and grant again~ new <br /> <br />To a great extent, ~c 1996 Telecommunicatiom Act <br />spec~lly pmtec~ IocaI ~oning authority ove~ the placement <br />of cellular t~wers. At the sara¢ time, however, the law places <br />~me new federal restri~dom on that atvJaor/w. <br /> <br />The Act addaesses the issue of local zoning authority over <br />wireless telecotm'aunications facilities in three ss. ap. Fu:sr., it <br />~lbhe~ a general principle chat kx:al tuning authority b <br />pre.eyed, subject to certain conclitiov& Second, ic llg~ the <br />conditions ~ local ~ning requizemenu mu~: ~atiffff. Thiv~ <br />it klentifie~ which disputes will be handled by the coux~ and <br />which will be handled by the FCC. <br /> <br />If local zoning requirements sadsfi/cermln conditions, nothing <br />in the 1996 Telecommunications Act limits or affec~ the <br />~ning au~rity of local, govemmer~ over r. he phcemet~, <br />comtruction, ax~ modification of wi~ele~ ~elecommunic~tio~ <br />facilide& In order to maintain their ~oning authority over <br />wireles~ telecommtmications facilities, local governments mu~t <br />satiffy five conditions. <br /> <br />I. Local ~ming requirements may not unreeuone~ly <br /> <br />chat cvn~ece c~gc~n~t one anoth~. <br /> <br />This requirement docs not mean &ac'loca[ govemmenc~ mu~t <br />treat competitive provider~ in exactly the ~ame way it' their <br /> <br />pmpo~ facilities present different mr~tg concerns. '~~ <br /> <br />law ~, for ~le. ~ a pro~ <br />~idential d~ct p~ d~erenc c~ce~ <br />tower h a ~rci~ d~ct, ~ ~ ~e ~ ~ ~ ~. <br />~ off~ ~ ~t ~te wi~ <br /> <br />~ ~u~ ff k h for ~ <br /> <br />~ ~n~ d~ ~t ~ve one provid~ ~~ ' <br />ifa l~ gov~nt hm ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a <br /> <br />p~vid~ ofw~ ~c~ ~ c~ a ~w~ ~ a <br />~cifl d~ ~c pr~[bi~ ~e ~m~ ora <br />simi~y s~M row~ b~ ~ pm~d~r in <br />~ercial d~ct M~ no o~ dh~able d~ <br />i~a~, ~ probably ~vit~ a ~lie~e <br /> <br />~b ~ui~mcnc ~ d~ to p~ent <br />kom ~i~ ~c ~ on wirel~ tetecommmi~6~ <br />s~ic~ How~, l~l ~dinmc~ m~ limit ~e nu~ ~d <br />plac~ent of hciliti~ ~ tong <br />have ~, e~ct of prohibiting a wircl~ telecomm~i~om <br /> <br /> <br />