TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Sanford Taylor, Information Technology Director
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Introducing an Ordinance and Adopting an Urgency Ordinance Regulating Wireless Facilities in the Right-of-Way, and Regulations, Including Design, Locational and Design Standards, for Wireless Facilities in the Right-of-Way (Community Development Director McIntosh).
a) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 19-0012-U
b) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 19-0012
c) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-0044
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 19-19-0012-U amending the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code to regulate wireless facilities in the City's rights-of-way.
2. Introduce Ordinance No. 19-0012 amending the Manhattan Beach Municipal Code to regulate wireless facilities in the City's rights-of-way; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. 10-0044 imposing design, location and development standards upon wireless facilities in the City's rights-of-way.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Fiscally neutral. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed limits on the amounts cities may charge wireless telecommunications providers.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In the last few years, there has been a flurry of activity on the federal level, state level, and in the courts regarding wireless telecommunications. Staff has been in the process of developing new, up-to-date regulations for over a year, only to see technological advances or yet another legal development render older approaches ineffective. At the last City Council meeting, the Mayor requested that staff bring back an ordinance regulating wireless facilities. In light of the ever-changing landscape, staff recommends that the City Council adopt regulations on an urgency bas...
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