The City released their first draft of their wireless ordinance a bit more than 2.5 weeks prior to the Planning Commission meeting and fairly complex checklists that accompany it a week later. There are three (3) separate ordinances and three (3) separate checklists, each intended to clearly regulate a different type of wireless facility application.
Our initial reading of this ordinance wasn’t positive and little seemed to be taken from the strong Best Practices ordinance that the STOP group sponsored for the City. We have now gone through these long and complex documents to analyze their effectiveness and provided some initial feedback to the City. You can see our comments here.
Because of our comments and several in-person meetings that we have had with Brandon Swanson, the City has paused the workshops that were to be held at the next Planning Meeting on September 14th.
You can get the three draft ordinances below. These are complex documents, made more complex by splitting them into three subjects.
- 17.45 – Covers applications for wireless facilities on private property (both commercial and residential) (DRAFT ONLY)
- 17.46 – Covers applications for wireless facilities within the City’s Right-of-Way (ROW) (DRAFT ONLY)
- 17.47 – Covers applications for wireless facilities that fall under the “Existing Facilities Request” regulations (DRAFT ONLY)
There are also three Draft Wireless Ordinance Checklists intended to accompany the City’s Draft Wireless Ordinances. SCTCN also took the time to review them and our overall impression of the checklists is that they lack consistency, clarity, description, direction, enforcement, and oversight as they relate to the ordinances. You can take a look at them below.
- CH 17.45 – Private Property Facilities (DRAFT ONLY)
- CH 17.46 – Right-of-Way Facilities (DRAFT ONLY)
- CH 17.47 – Existing Facility Requests (DRAFT ONLY)
To review the much stronger Campanelli Best Practices draft ordinance click here.
Remember to send in your postcards expressing your support before the next Planning Commission meeting. It appears that we need to be vigilant and stand ready to make it clear that CBTS residents need a strong ordinance.
