Extend 6-month ban on new cell towers and wireless facilities
In Plain English
The city currently blocks new wireless towers and facilities under an emergency law that expires soon. This extension continues that ban through March 2009. The city uses this time to develop permanent rules for where wireless companies can build towers and how they must look.
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Votes
Adopt Ordinance No. 20-08 N.S.
7 to 0
Why This Vote Matters
The council unanimously extended the city's ban on new wireless towers and cell phone facilities through March 2009. This temporary moratorium prevents wireless companies from building new towers or equipment anywhere in the city while staff develops permanent rules about where such facilities can be located and what they must look like. The extension gives the city more time to create guidelines that balance residents' concerns about tower placement with the need for wireless coverage. This is a routine administrative extension of an existing emergency ordinance that was set to expire.
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