Re:California Governor Vetoes Statewide 5G Antenna Standards
by Dylan16807 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @06:43PM
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It's hard for me to think of any way antenna regulation needs to differ on a city-by-city basis.
National radio quiet zone? No, that's specified on a federal level...
Re:California Governor Vetoes Statewide 5G Antenna Standards
by WillPostForFood on Saturday October 21, 2017 @07:11PM
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Let's say the state says cities must grant rights to telcos to use street lights for cell antennas. But maybe one town has a historic downtown with old gas lamp street lights and adding cell equipment would look bad, or damage them. Or maybe installation in some towns would require cutting back heritage trees. There are reasons for cities to have different regulations. Not that this is specifically applicable to the actual vetoed bill, which I think was a good idea.
Argument for the bill: It streamlines the process for getting permits to put up new cellular antennas, and makes permit requests cheaper by putting a limit to the fees that a local government can charge. The process and costs should be limited to reasonable amounts, and standardized throughout the state.
Argument against the bill: Local governments should be able to manage local affairs; things that make sense in one city might not make sense in another, or might need to be done differently.
U.S. law is layered. Federal law specifies some things, and leaves everything else to the states. Then state law specifies some things, and leaves the rest to cities and counties, etc.