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MODEL POLICY ON WIRELESS TOWERS <br />(Modified from proposed Bloomington Policy) <br />City Council Policy Statement <br />Regarding Wireless Telecommunication Antennas and Towers <br />This policy is established as a guide to city staff in preparing zoning and other regulatory <br />ordinances and in the preparation of site lease agreements which would permit the location of <br />antenna arrays and towers on city -owned or controlled real estate. To the extent that a specific <br />inconsistent zoning or other regulatory ordinance is enacted or a site lease adopted or approved <br />by the council, the ordinance or lease shall control and this policy shall have no binding effect, <br />however, paragraph'2 of Article I, "Priority of Users", and any subsequent amendments thereto <br />shall control over subsequent inconsistent language in individual site leases. <br />Article I: Regulation Under City Police Power <br />City actions taken with regard to telecommunication activities, must comply with a number of <br />federal parameters established by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. For example, local <br />actions must foster rather than discourage competition, thus the city will not discriminate against <br />one or a group of providers in favor of another or another group of providers or potential <br />providers. Under the same act, local actions which result in a prohibition on provision of <br />telecommunication services are in invalid. Thus staff is directed to facilitate establishment and <br />provision of lawful wireless telecommunications services with the following local objectives in <br />mind. <br />minimize the overall number of towers through co -location requirements. <br />• insure that new towers will be safe and blend into their environment when possible <br />0 that they be placed in suitable locations with residential locations being a last resort. <br />+ that zoning ordinances and other municipal police power regulations be defensible in <br />light of federal and state laws with special attention paid to the new federal requirements. <br />• that revenue from site leases of city -controlled lands and structures be maximized <br />consistent with achievement of the four preceeding goals. <br />