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Tech Crunch" Bay Area Blocks 5G Deployment Over Cancer <br /> Concerns <br /> • Marin Post Mill Valley Council Adopts Wireless Ordinance Protects <br /> Community <br /> Palo Alto, California <br /> City Council voted unanimously to approve a Resolution and <br /> amended Wireless Ordinance that City Staff had proposed. <br /> Council also voted unanimously in favor of a motion to direct City Staff <br /> "to come back as soon as possible but [in] no more than [one year], <br /> with an updated Ordinance/Resolution that considers" (and e <br /> summarizing): <br /> 1. Disfavoring the placement of cell towers in, for example, residential <br /> zones and near schools; <br /> 2. Minimum setbacks for cell towers from homes and schools, and <br /> minimum distances between cell towers; <br /> 3. Creating a list of city-owned buildings that would be appropriate <br /> sites for macro cell towers (i.e., as an alternative to small cell node <br /> cell towers next to people's homes); <br /> Council also voted to direct City Staff to return to Council with a <br /> recommendation for "best practices" with respect to inspecting <br /> antennas. <br /> "Seeking to strike a balance between federal requirements and <br /> resident concerns, Palo Alto approved on Monday night new rules for <br /> reviewing the flurry of applications that the city has been receiving <br /> from telecommunication companies seeking to install antennas on <br /> local streetlights and utility poles. <br /> By a 6-0 vote, with Councilman Greg Tanaka absent, the council <br /> adopted a set of "objective standards" for wireless communication <br /> facilities, including a menu of preferred design alternatives for radio <br /> equipment and antennas. And in a nod to the dozens of residents who <br /> have raised alarms about the proliferation of cellular facilities on their <br /> blocks, the council launched a new effort to further restrict where such <br />