RE: WKOX from the WUNR site

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

You are absolutely correct. The 96 Telecom Act had a provision basically
telling local ZBAs and selectmen/councilors to 'shove it'.

No question had this not happened, the cell tower population would be
dramatically less.

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH
ex-ZBA, current Town Councilor
(and target of angry citizens when we allow a cell tower ANYWHERE!)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Martin
> J. Waters
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:07 AM
> To: Rob Landry
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: WKOX from the WUNR site
> >Rob Landry wrote:
> >What is this federal law? It's news to me.
>
>         I'm not good on the specifics. But, it's my understanding that
> Congress enacted a law a few years ago that regulates/limits the extent to
> which and the circumstances under which local government agencies may
> refuse to permit construction of cell phone antennas. I'm not sure if it
> covers state government action. Essentially, the local governments cannot
> be unreasonable, which amounts to they cannot prohibit them outright
> through such mechanisms as zoning laws. They cannot put such severe
> (unreasonable) conditions on them that it amounts to prohibiting them. I
> guess they can, however, require that they be disguised as really
> lame-looking fake trees <g>.
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