Update on FCC Rules on Cell Tower Zoning
Major topics will be (1) – – The September 2020 Ninth Circuit decision upholding major portions of the FCC’s 2018 Order about 5G and small cell towers in the rights of way, but restoring municipalities’ traditional discretion on aesthetic matters, and (2) – – Two FCC Orders that expand the types of changes to cell towers (notably expansions up to 30 feet outside the current cell site) which municipalities must approve. In each case we will summarize the decision, its background and provide suggestions as to how municipalities should proceed.
Speaker: John Pestle & Jonathan Kramer