We expect that industry was furious with Tuckers amendments that protected the residents. See below segment just released from Montgomery County. WE the people know that what happened was that he simply did not have the votes to shove it though.
"Council defers action on zoning measure that balances the future demands of wireless Internet services with the visual impacts of its antennas"
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 30, 2018—Today the Council deferred action on Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 18-11, Telecommunications Towers – Approval Standards. The original goal of this zoning measure was to ensure access to robust wireless broadband services while regulating the visual impacts of its antennas.
Council President Hans Riemer, who was a proponent of the zoning measure, issued the following statement.
We need to support the future of wireless while balancing the impact it will have on our communities. The zoning measure that I supported, ZTA 18-11, accomplished both these goals.
Over the course of the last few months, this Council has made significant progress on this issue; however, several changes proposed by my colleagues would have undermined the central purpose of the zoning measure. In my view, our County needs to embrace wireless infrastructure, just as we embrace water, power, and transportation infrastructure.
Building infrastructure is always difficult and some residents object to having small cell antennas in their neighborhoods. A zoning measure based on a goal of keeping wireless away from our residents is not realistic or desirable. I do not, and will not, support that approach.
The Council has developed a good foundation for the next Council to build on. I look forward to taking this issue up again with the new Council.
END OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY RELEASE
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