The North Carolina legislature gave final passage to a wireless b...
The North Carolina legislature gave final passage to a wireless bill streamlining municipal regulation of wireless tower construction. Under SB-831, sent to Gov. Mike Easley (D), municipalities must act on wireless collocation applications within 45 days and in a…
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reasonable time on new tower applications, consistent with decision intervals for other commercial construction. Municipalities’ decisions must be based on public safety, land development or zoning considerations. Under this measure, they can consider esthetics but not market demand or service quality issues. Municipalities could ask applicants to evaluate whether their facilities could be collocated on an existing tower or other structure. Municipalities also would be prohibited from requiring wireless facilities be installed on municipal real estate or structures, but they could suggest such placement.