Moratorium Extended on Wireless Antennas
No wireless communication antennas for cellular telephones will be erected in town for at least another 10 months as the city staff continues to work on design and development standards.
The City Council agreed on Tuesday to extend a 45-day moratorium on the antennas imposed in February. Planning services manager Andrew Perea will report back to the council in two months with an interim policy that would allow applications to be processed.
Perea said that the number of cellular communication users is growing and that the city’s existing zoning ordinance does not adequately address design and development standards for wireless communication antennas.
The city has received 10 requests for wireless communication facilities, and nine of those have been approved.
City officials are concerned that the antennas, typically mounted on high poles, may be incompatible with residential areas.
Planning Commissioner Nancy Cooper told the council that of the approved poles, “three are horrible looking.”
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