§ 146-1. Purpose and Intent.

The purposes and intent of this chapter are to:

(1)

Promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public by regulating the siting of wireless communication facilities, including satellite earth stations;

(2)

Minimize the impacts of wireless communication facilities on surrounding areas by establishing standards for location, structural integrity and compatibility;

(3)

Encourage the location and collocation of wireless communication equipment on existing structures thereby minimizing new visual, aesthetic and public safety impacts, effects upon the natural environment and wildlife, and to reduce the need for additional antenna-supporting structures;

(4)

Accommodate the growing need and demand for wireless communication services;

(5)

Encourage coordination among suppliers of wireless communication services in the county;

(6)

Protect the character, scale, stability, and aesthetic quality of the residential districts of the county by imposing certain reasonable restrictions on the placement of certain satellite earth stations;

(7)

Respond to the policies embodied in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in such a manner as not to unreasonably discriminate between providers of functionally equivalent personal wireless service or to prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting personal wireless service in the county;

(8)

Establish predictable and balanced regulations governing the construction and location of wireless communications facilities, within the confines of permissible local regulation; and

(9)

Establish review procedures to ensure that applications for wireless communications facilities are reviewed and acted upon within a reasonable period of time.

( Ord. No. 006-2016 , § 1(Exh. 1), 4-13-2016)