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Siting Cellular Towers: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do <br /> <br />provid~r'$ abili~ to offer service. An ordinaru:~ might incluclc <br />such severe m~ctioas on r. he placement and number cat towers <br />in a community tha~ they interfere wi& the reception da <br />signal and make it impo,s[ble to deliver servio:. In such a case, <br />the f'~r tl~t a tot. al govm'n/t~nc o~irtan~ permits the <br />cellular tower~ is inm~ienr to meet the requiremenm of the. <br />Act if the community remains tmable to r~eive <br />service. <br /> <br />cellular to~ TI~ Acc ay, thac thct~ d~ould be no .. <br />prohibition on the ~'vio~; it ~ay~ noO~'ing about (he <br />f, cilit~ Th~'o~e, a eo.mmuni~ or.nail gecgmphic <br />mighc b~ able co Iimic cM nurab~ oRo~er% or avoid a cdl. l~r <br />tm~er cort~h~y, ff ir can demon.mate that ml:.xiber~ can <br />te~i~,e adequate ~rvice flora to~,.~ lo~a~l ou=id¢ the <br />Jurlsdicrion's corporate boundari~. <br /> <br />Some local govemm~ts have insrlmted temporary <br />moratoria on tl~ granting of facili~ siting permits in order <br />review ch~ requiremera~ of the 1996 Act, develop rdevanr <br /> <br />Cellular Tehcommu~cadom Iru:lu~w/Pmochtion h~ <br />challenged ~ moratoria before the r-CC, claiming that they <br />are a barrier w market entry ar~l violate the Act. At lem-t one <br />court has deummined that a short moratorium iz not a <br />"prohibition on wi~lms f'adli:ies, nor doe~ it have a proh~itory <br />dTect. Ir is, rather, a &orr term ~on of penmic L~uing <br />while the city gathe=; Lnformarion and proce~ applications." <br />Sf~n~ Specrnan, L.E ~. C~ 0fMC, <br /> <br />Instituting moratoria on r.~ proces~Lng of appIicatiom and the <br />granting of tm~r siting pm'mits shouM not bo:om a regular <br />practice by local go',%'mmenm Ifa locality detem~m that a <br />brief moratorium is nec~_~._ry in order to develop a procedure <br />for the eff~dve handling of siting requests, the FCC (in <br />Fact Sheer on National Wireless Facilities $i~ policies) <br />recommends that the locality commtmieam with wirele~ <br />~xvice providem aborn the intend~ duration of the <br />moratorium, the rinks the locality wishes to accomplizh during <br />the moratorium, and th~ ways - such ~s by providing addlrional <br />inforrrmtion al:out facilities and s~rvices- in which the <br />providers can mbt the kx:al{w in crating the moratorium. <br /> <br /> c{me mkeu to ~ ~ an ~lication will ~ co~er~ <br />~ble if k g ~ lo.er ~ the ~ ~e 1~1 gov~n~ <br /> <br /> ~ c~pa~ble ~imde <br />~l~uni~fiom ~cilirim ~e ~ ~ ~t ~quire l~t <br />gov~n~ to ~ve ~d~tia[ <br /> <br /> k ~ not ~ to ~ mv~ up ~e 1~. <br /> <br />'~c ~ ~d ~ ~e ~ a ~ r~d ~ ~ ' <br /> <br /> r~~c ~y nec~i~te <br />pmcd~ for mm 1~[ gom~, <br /> <br /> m ~ d~e by hav~ <br /> <br />~vemmmt ~ m~ ~ ~t my ~ or ~menm on <br />~i~ ~e ~[ or ~ ~y <br /> <br />~ ~e FCC ~. <br /> <br />~ri~ m d~ w~ sm~& wi=l~ fi~lirim m~ <br />m~ m emre tha~ &e~ mdi~u~ <br />hmam or the m~r~ment. <br />r~uire hcilides ~o cowry wi& the ~C em~iom s~nd~ <br /> may nor adopt their o~ <br /> emi~iom s~nda~ contra a~u~ &e ~ec= of <br /> <br /> <br />