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<br />September 3, 2024 <br /> <br />Windward Planning Commission <br /> <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 <br />720 <br /> <br />Re: Agenda Item 8 (PL-PDI-2024-000008) <br /> September 5, 2024, Planning Commission Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />Aloha Chair Lin and Windward Planning Commissioners: <br /> <br />proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 25, Article 2, Article 5, Article 5, and Article 7 of the <br />ication antennas <br />and towers. <br /> <br />Comments on Proposed Code Changes <br /> <br />concerned that if the proposed changes were adopted as written, we will be hampered in our <br />customers. <br /> <br />The proposed changes do not take into consideration the challenges of deploying wireless <br />requirements reduce the number of potential sites that applicants may consider and materially <br />customers and fill significant gaps in coverage. A consequence of these proposed restrictions is <br />likely to be that a new wireless site is not built at all because none of the alternative locations <br />allowed by the code could achieve the desired result. In addition, some of the language is <br />unnecessary delays. <br /> <br />Aside from legal concerns, the likely effect of the proposed changes appears contrary to the <br />1 <br />access to broadband and telecommunications services and deployment of related infrastructure. <br />However, the standards proposed here create unnecessary barriers to the deployment of wireless <br />infrastructure, thereby inhibiting the provision of communication services on the island. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> See <br />2024, https://www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/308136/638597487229830000. <br /> <br />© 2024 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the Globe logo are registered trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. <br /> <br />