Local Small-Cells Bill Stalls in Maryland's Montgomery County
Maryland’s Montgomery County Council decided not to vote on a 5G proposal to streamline local processes to spur small-cell wireless infrastructure deployment, meaning it will have to wait until a new council convenes in December. Members were to vote Tuesday…
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after the council last week amended the bill to stipulate more wireless infrastructure applications go through a conditional-use process that requires hearings rather than the quicker limited-use process originally sought (see 1810230030). Council President Hans Riemer (D) and outgoing County Executive Ike Leggett opposed the amendment. Riemer hopes to take up the issue with the next council, he said Tuesday. “We need to support the future of wireless while balancing the impact it will have on our communities,” Riemer said Tuesday. The original measure did that, but “several changes proposed by my colleagues would have undermined the central purpose of the zoning measure,” he said. “A zoning measure based on a goal of keeping wireless away from our residents is not realistic or desirable.” Riemer is up for election next week and his one-year term as president expires in December.