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Residents press planning commission to restore neighborhood notice for small cellular 'microcells'
Summary
At a lengthy Planning Commission hearing, residents urged staff to rescind accessory‑use approvals that let wireless carriers install low‑power 'microcell' antennas without neighborhood notice or conditional‑use review; industry lawyers and the city attorney urged caution, noting federal limits and case law that constrain local review.
Dozens of residents and neighborhood groups told the Planning Commission on Feb. 1 that they want the city to undo administrative determinations that allow so‑called microcell antennas to be approved without public notice or conditional‑use hearings.
The testimony amplified complaints that small antennas have been installed on residential buildings with little or no notice to neighbors and limited opportunity to appeal. Doug Loranger of the San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union said the accessory‑use process had blocked meaningful community review and urged the commission to seek rescission: "The planning commission needs to do what it can to see that these are reversed," he…
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