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Committee delays implementation of wireless small-cell rules after broad public concern over health, notice and aesthetics
Summary
After extensive public comment on ordinance 190.19, supervisors agreed to continue consideration so the city attorney and Public Health can update guidance; speakers raised health-risk claims, notice and appeal concerns, and urged a March litigation-based pause.
The committee opened a hearing on Item 4: implementation of ordinance 190.19 regarding personal wireless service facility permits and small-cell installations. Chair Aaron Peskin emphasized the legal constraints posed by federal and state preemption as well as the city's interest in protecting public health, aesthetics, privacy, and local design standards.
Public comment was lengthy. Multiple speakers urged delaying implementation until pending court decisions and Public Health's updated…
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