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Council hearing on wireless‑facility rules continued after planners expand draft ordinance to limit residential siting
Summary
Staff rewrote the city’s wireless communications code to update it for recent state and federal law, tighten visual‑impact standards and generally prohibit new wireless towers in residential zones; planning commissioners asked for clarifications and council continued the matter so staff can return with zone‑by‑zone guidance.
Jurupa Valley planning staff proposed a rewritten wireless communications ordinance on Sept. 4, aiming to bring local rules into alignment with recent state and federal changes while tightening design and permitting standards to reduce visual impacts.
The draft ordinance would prohibit new wireless communication facilities in residential zones, allow up to 105‑foot towers in limited non‑residential areas, and push providers to co‑locate on existing structures (roofs, utility poles, stealth designs such as palm trees, and building‑integrated installations) rather than build conspicuous new towers. Staff said the new rules…
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