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10 Pianning December 1996 Given that situation, my advice to lo- cal governments is to get a handie op, the ey elemen:s of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,, which lays out the ground rules for industry and local government in the area of land-use law. \.Vhat is required The law creates a presumption that needed wireless facilities can be sited in a com- munity. Flat refusals to grant permit ap- plications are no longer allowed. The lax,,, also requires that requests for pern'ds- sion to build must be acted on promptly. It forbids regulations from favoring one sort of wireless service provider over another. And it prohibits local govern- m3nts from regulating radio frequency emissions. A federal standard has been set in this area and demonstrated compli-' ance with that standard is alt a locality can seek from ti~e permit applicant. Regular con'~munication witi; the car- tiers serving a community is also essen- tial. At least once a year every locality should invite the telecommunications car- tiers serving the area to a regular meet- lng. Use this time to review the contents of permit applications. Place special em- phasis on the type of information that is expected fi'om the applicants. Identify the parts of the application that can be left blank, which n'mst be filled out, and under what conditions an application will be rejected as incomplete. Also, ask ser- vice providers where they ma)' want to build facilities in the next },ear. Increasingly telecommunications com- panies are teaming up with local govern- ments to sponsor regional wireless semi- nars. These educational forums usually last a full da}' and bring together local What the l 7ireless Revolution Means ,~. t this moment, . thousands of ~' are standing at planning counters /...' t~, everv~,here in the U.S., demand- , ".'..~ing l~ermits--now. In most com- .,,unities, however, there is no plan for accommodating the sites over the long haul. Both city, and county governments typi- cally categorize personal wireless facili- ties as special or conditional uses. Yet they often rely on outdated radio trans- '' mission and satellite dish zoning p'rovi- ':.' sions to regulate them. - But some communities have instituted ' multitiere~"review 'pr0~e-dui'es. ' Undei- ....... some of thes~ procedures, residential zones get one approach, commercial and indus- trial zones another; monopoles require review While mounts 50 feet and less are ': ". The advantage to a'zonihg ordinance ' ' approach 'is that each cell. site 'is"dealt '".-.:.:?::~ with consistently and unifgrmly. The dis- · .' ', advantage' is that the jurisdiction 'deals '-'%%- with cell sites one at a tim~YAs a result, wireless carri ers are asking f0r;' ahd lodal governments are approving, %st'systems Some. ~itidk.. gn'd. comat~S2knb~',i~a~ t~at the}, are running out'o( good'¢~'ll .Sit~s~ ' ...... ' .... "' .' ". - - :Some communmes leasej~ubhc Iand--mcluding water tanks to San Ffax~cis~'h'igi:~ b}0;l~"'~f ~ui'ddiii"~'~. ;:!:.: the':lSa~{'gixiddih~s' d6n"t provide.th~ 'cer- fact'that' S0m~' '~omnsunities are leksing for"planrfiii~ '~0mmis~i~i~r~ t'o' ~i'k~e."ig. ': ~ai/at2/"0f a g6od Plah. '~ ': '": '" ...... : ..... public land--gcater tanks, parkland rights- review_~g_c~e!! s.i!e, hpp_li, fatisr~..B.ut.~r?-' ',:,The. Situation._-is complicated bv the . of-way--to wireless carriers Leasinor>ublic