The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Avi...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation asked the FCC to reject a CTIA petition asking the FCC to clarify federal authority over cell towers and wireless facility siting. The state division said the new rules, if…
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adopted, could have a “negative and detrimental” effect on aviation safety. The state invests millions of dollars each year in its airports, it said. “Both the FAA and State of North Carolina require that these locally, publicly owned and operated airports protect this investment of public funds by enacting local zoning, ranging from a height ordinances up to and including land use,” the division said. “Cell towers if not properly sited can and have caused conflicts with these public airports both from a safety standpoint and from an ultimate utilization of the facility.” The division said the FCC does not have rules limiting tower construction: “The only way that the airport can be protected is by local zoning requirements.”