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The Role of Government today

In Relation to Regulating the Siting of Wireless Facilities and Towers

  • Facilitate the growth of business and competition

  • Protect existing the Business Base

  • Develop the Needed Infrastructure

  • Protect the Public Safety

  • Protect the Aesthetics, Nature and Character of the Community

In Our Experience in more than 700 communities in 33 states and the National Park Service . . .

~50% of the wireless communications towers built since the 1996 Telecommunications Act don't need to exist.

~60% of the towers built since 1996 to provide cellular and PCS service are much taller than is necessary.

Every community needs and wants wireless service to be as ubiquitous and seamless as possible

Why? For reasons of

  • Economic Development

  • Public Safety and Welfare

  • Public Convenience & Constituent Desire

The Issues: How to . . .

  • Actually Facilitate Deployment of the Technology

  • Assure a Rational, Orderly Deployment of the Technology that is Sensitive to the Character and Nature of the Community

  • Minimize the Visual Effects vis-a-vis Protecting the Character and Nature of the Community

  • Eliminate the Threat of the Proliferation of Towers

  • Assure that any Wireless Facility (including co-locations) are structurally sound

  • Increase Non-Tax Revenue

  • No one wants more towers, but

  • Everyone wants ubiquitous and seamless wireless service.

However, achieving this can be complicated and requires

  • a significant amount of technical knowledge and personal (industry) experience;

  • a working knowledge of applicable law;

  • a thorough knowledge of options and alternatives needed to achieve the goals; and

  • the technological state-of-the-art of the concealment industry and the capabilities and limitations of each alternative.