WIA Chief Encourages FCC to Revise Wireless Siting Rules
The FCC should move forward on rules to speed siting of wireless infrastructure, said Wireless Infrastructure Association President Jonathan Adelstein in a meeting with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last week. “WIA emphasized the importance of the FCC’s current efforts to…
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reduce regulatory barriers … and the opportunity to encourage investment in innovative 5G services and Internet of Things solutions,” said a filing in docket 17-79. WIA said streamlining wireless infrastructure siting rules would lead to better broadband deployment on tribal lands. Illinois' DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference said, meanwhile, the FCC must allow flexibility. Illinois state law gives city governments “extensive discretion” on permitted uses, special uses and variances for land uses, it said. “This discretion is rooted in the variety of urban, suburban, and rural small and medium communities, and in how land use planning impacts each type of community differently.” Different land uses within a municipality are based on different siting and aesthetic requirements, “for example undergrounding or camouflage along main commercial routes,” the group said. “These specific needs must be addressed in the application process and require municipalities to examine applications on an individual basis to ensure collocation requests are structurally sound and aesthetically appropriate given the location.” Comments were filed in docket 17-84.