CELL TOWER ISSUE - Click on the links below to access information related to the cell tower issue:
- Press release re City of Glendale upcoming action (4/6/10) on proposed revised wireless facility ordinance: http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/pdf/WirelessTelecomMtg_040610.pdf
- City of Glendale Planning Commission Staff Report (1/20/10), by Christina Sansone, Public Works General Counsel, re revised wireless facility ordinance (Sansone Glendale Report): http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/government/packets/PC_020310/PGP-2010-001_PZON-2010-001.pdf
- Proposed revised Glendale wireless facility ordinance (regulating private property installations and installations in PROWs): http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/pdf/WirelessTelecommunicationsFacilitiesOrdinance040610.pdf
- Draft of proposed revised San Francisco ordinance (Draft SF Ordinance) regulating wireless facility installations in PROWs (still in drafting stage; completion and vote anticipated in late April): see document.
- Link to recent article from the American Cancer Society. Click here.
- Memo prepared by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) which summarizes the responsibilities of Federal, State and local governments with respect to the siting of wireless/cellular towers in residential neighborhoods. It was prepared on behalf of State Assembly member Mike Feuer whom we had asked for clarification of the legal ramifications that govern cellphone installations in residential neighborhoods, from the CPUC's point of view. The document is interesting for a number of reasons: Most importantly, it states that "local governments have primary authority to approve tower sites". This contradicts claims made by members of the LA City Council and by representatives of the City Attorney's Office (Ted Jordan) who have maintained, over all the years we have dealt with this issue, that the City has no say over the placement and appearance of cellphone towers in residential neighborhoods and that the whole issue is "a matter of higher authority" (City Councilmember Tom LaBonge). Remarkably, the CPUC memo also mentions an agreement that would allow a moratorium on cell tower sitings in residential neighborhoods of the city. Click here to see memo.
- AT & T is proposing to put a cell "tower" in the steeple of the first Presbyterian Church located at 8th and Averill. Click on the following links to view depictions of the modification from various angles. (Files are quite large and may take a few moments to download)
North Elevation
Northeast Elevation
Southeast Elevation
Coverage Plots
The Plans
- For more information about what other jurisdictions are doing, go to http://www.cloutnow.org and click on 'Local Government Resolutions'
- Revised engineering analysis of RF radiation exposure from Taper Avenue Cell Tower.
- Click here for Radiation Levels.
- Click here for Westmond Analysis Methodology.
- Position Taken by NWSPNC on Cell Towers
- LOS ANGELES CELL TOWER PROLIFERATION/REGULATION - FAQs
- Glossary of Terms & Phrases Re
Los Angeles WTF Proliferation/Regulation
- Recent Developments
- FCC Statements - FCC Chair To Wireless Industry: Commission Will Act Soon on Municipal Siting Restrictions
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- Letter and Information Sent to the NWSPNC Board by the Pacific Palisades Residents Association (PPRA)
- Another site that has a lot of info www.westsanpedro.org
- A community website maintained by a Glendale writer/resident who is fighting cell tower proliferation: http://sunroomdesk.com/
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