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Board adopts updated communication‑tower rules, widens setbacks and strengthens notice and RF checks
Summary
After hours of public testimony from residents and telecom representatives, the Board adopted amendments to the county's Communication Towers and Facilities Ordinance. Changes include larger 150% height setbacks, expanded neighborhood notice requirements, post‑installation RF verification, maintenance and decommissioning language, and an applicability carve‑out for pending applications.
The Board of Supervisors voted April 14 to adopt a substantial update to Nevada County's Communication Towers and Facilities Ordinance (CTFO), after a lengthy staff presentation, planning commission review and a public hearing that drew dozens of speakers representing neighbors, advocacy groups and telecom firms.
Associate Planner David Nicholas told the board the update aims to modernize definitions to align with FCC terminology, tighten application requirements and public notice, and reduce visual and maintenance impacts while still enabling broadband expansion. Major provisions adopted include a formulaic setback requirement (setback of 150% of tower height from property lines), a neighborhood notice requirement before an application…
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