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providees ability to offer service. An ordinance might include <br /> such severe rmtfictions on the placement and number of towc~ <br /> tn a community that the7 interfere with the reception ora <br /> signal and make it impossible to deliver ~,rvice. In such a cas~ <br /> the fact ti'mc a loc. al governmeng ordinance p~rmim the siting of <br /> cellular towe~s is ~ient to meet the requirements of th~... <br /> Act he the community remaim unable to receive <br /> service. <br /> <br />There ~s no r,xtuitm"nent that ev~ty local community have.a <br />cellular towen The Act ,ay~ that there should be no . ..; <br />prohibition on the seawice; it saT~ noth/ng about the <br />facilitiz~ Therefore, a cctm.mtmity of'small geograpNc <br />might b~ able to Iimir the numb~ of towers, or avoid a cellular <br />tower completely, hei~ ~.n den, mnstrate that ~uNcribe~ can <br />receive adequate service from towem lccated outside the <br />juri~ic~ion's corporat~ boundaries. <br /> <br />Some local 8ovemmenm have instituted tetnporary freezes or .. <br />motmm on the granting of facility siting permits in order to <br />review dsc requixtm~enm oftl~ 1996 Act.. develop relev-ax~ <br />otditmtmes, ~ make long-term land use as~a~mmts The <br />Cellular Telto:mmtmica:ior~ Indumy A.~cia~n lm <br />challenged ur& moratoria before the FCC, chiming thor they <br />ar~ a battier to market retry and viola~ the Act. A: le~: one <br />court ha~ detesm~ th.~ a short moratorium is not a <br />'prohlbifion ma wireless ~acilifies, nor does it have a prohibitory <br />effect, lc ~ rather a shor~ term ~on ofpetmk issuing <br />while the ci~ gathe= in/otmation and processes applications." <br /> <br />Instituting moram on the proce~ing of al~licatioru5 and the <br />granting of tower siting permira should not become a mgular <br />practice 1~/local govemment~ Ifa locality determines that a <br />brief moratorium is nece~ar~ [n re, der to develop a procedure <br />for the effective handling ~sking requests, the FCC (irt its <br />Fact Shee~ on National Wireles~ Facilities Siting policies) <br />recommends that the locality eommuniaara with wireless <br />s~a-vice provide~ about the incend~ duration of r. hc <br />moratorium, the casks the locality wL~es to accomplish duttng <br />the moratorium, and tM ways - ~uch as by providing additional. <br />information about 5acilities and s~rvices- in which, the <br />providers can ass[st the k~alit-y in e~ing tha mora~orittm. <br /> <br /> ~ tu~e a ceUular <br /> <br />Sltlmfl C, ellular Towetm Wlmt You Heed tn Know, What You Need in Do <br /> <br /> ~e ~e token co ~c ~ an ~lication will ~ co~er~ <br /> ~mble ilk ~ ~ lo,er ~ the ~ ~e l~18ov~nt <br /> <br /> - ~ c~amble ~imde <br /> ~I~~tiom ~cilid~ <br /> gov~= to ~ve ~mtial <br /> <br /> ~t ~eir <br /> ~t it ~ not ~ to ~ mv~ up ~e 1~. <br /> <br />~ r~~r <br />p~c~ for <br /> <br />~N ~ ~ d~e by hav~ <br />gqu~ ~e ~li~g <br />~cer~ ~m~ of <br /> <br />~vemmmt ~ mm~ ~ ~t my ~ or ~menm on <br />~i~ ~e <br /> <br />~ult ~i~l~ <br /> <br />5. Ifa ~r~ t~e~~ ~ ~ t~ <br /> <br />~ ~t FCC ~-~. <br /> <br />~e Act ~v~ <br /> <br />m~ ~ e~e <br />hma~ or the m~r~m~t. <br />r~utre ~c~litt~ ~o co~ly wi~ the ~C m~l~ sund~ <br />~ may no~ ~dop~ ~eir <br /> <br />mm · OT J ~.T-C*T-- J, HLI <br /> <br /> <br />