A. Reduce the potential public hearing "case load" by utilizing the
recommended incentives discussed in the previous chapter.
B.
Prior to submitting an application for use on review approval, applicants
for new towers should hold a "pre-application meeting" with neighborhood
groups, interested individuals and property owners within one-quarter
mile of the proposed site to explain the proposed project. The purpose
of the meeting is to inform the public and to solicit any suggestion
for impact mitigation, which will then be described in the application.
At these meetings, applicant should discuss safety, technical necessity,
visual impacts, and alternative sites and designs. Whether or not a
consensus between the applicants and the attendants can be reached,
the applicants should submit a report detailing the result of these
meeting along with the submission of applications for use on review
approval. This could be an optional requirement, or could be required
for all use on review towers.
C.
Create a Standing Wireless Communication Committee, with an equal number
of representatives from the wireless communication industry and citizens,
to review changes in technology that may lead to changes in policies
and regulations.
D.
Expand the information to be provided to the Planning Commission by
the third-party engineering review procedure. The engineer's analysis
should include an explanation of other feasible alternative designs
and locations. The analysis should also address the implications of
approval of a tower with regards to other towers that will be needed
to complete the network.
