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MEMORANDUM
TO: HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: ANITA L. GRANT, County Counsel
DATE: June 25, 2019
SUBJECT: (Continued from June 4, 2019) - Discussion and Consideration of Amendments to Article 71 of the Lake County Zoning Ordinance, Regulations for the Placement of Communications Towers and Antennae
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Staff is making a series of recommendations for your Board's consideration regarding communications tower placement in the County of Lake. The purpose of these recommendations is to establish guidelines for the siting of all wireless, cellular, and other telecommunications towers and antennae and to distinguish, where appropriate, between macro communications towers and small wireless facilities. The goal of these amendments are, to the extent allowed by the restrictions imposed upon local jurisdictions by federal law, to:
Encourage the location of towers in non-residential areas;
Encourage the joint use of new and existing tower sites among service providers;
Encourage the location of macro communications towers and antennae in non-viewshed areas;
Encourage the design and construction of towers, antennae, and wireless facilities to minimize visual impacts;
Enhance the abilities of telecommunications service providers to deliver services to the public effectively and efficiently.
Small Wireless Facilities are defined under federal law as facilities that meet the following conditions:
The facilities are mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height including their antennae;
The facilities are mounted on structures no more than 10% taller than other adjacent structures;
or
The facilities do not extend existing structures on which they are located to a height of more than 50 feet or by more than 10%, whichever is greater.
The Order of the Federal Communications Commission issued in September of 2018, applies to small wireless facilities, but applies to all wireless communications permitting in certain r...
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