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October 25, 2013 I Volume 7 I Issue 20 <br />Zoning Bulletin <br />enacted illegally and are void. These include language that was <br />designed to prohibit cities and counties from requiring developers to <br />establish planned communities as a condition of getting the necessary <br />zoning or peiunits." The remainder of the measure, which makes vari- <br />ous changes in general election laws, will take effect as scheduled. <br />Source: Maricopa Monitor; www.trivalleycentral. <br />com/maricopa monitor/ <br />MISSOURI <br />The Webster Groves City Council "approved imposing a moratorium <br />of up to six months on the issuing of permits for the development, <br />construction or placement of wireless communications infrastructure, <br />including wireless cell towers, within the city." Reportedly, the City <br />Council determined that "[t]he moratorium was needed to allow the <br />city time to study whether to update its own laws regarding wireless <br />communications infrastructure, in light of new state laws that were to <br />have become effective Aug. 28." Those new laws would have regulated <br />municipal ability to enforce zoning and other regulations regarding <br />wireless communications facilities. However, in response to a lawsuit <br />by some cities, a preliminary injunction has been issued that has <br />temporarily delayed the new laws from becoming effective. <br />Source: Webster Kirkwood Times; www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />State Senator Larry Farnese has introduced legislation aimed at <br />protecting neighborhood organizations and community groups from <br />Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ("SLAPPs"). Accord- <br />ing to Farnese's office, 27 states have thus far adopted anti-SLAPP <br />legislation. Pennsylvania passed a limited SLAPP measure in 2000, but <br />the law only applies to environmental law and regulatory processes. <br />Source: The Pennsylvania Record; http://pennrecord.com <br />A Pennsylvania state representative recently announced that "she <br />intends to introduce legislation eliminating the controversial prohibi- <br />tions on local regulation of fracking that are currently embroiled in a <br />constitutional challenge in front of the state's high court." <br />Source: Law 360; www.law360.com <br />12 © 2013 Thomson Reuters <br />