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Glendale, California has option of filing amicus brief if 5th District Court of Appeals hears case against FCC wireless permit time limits.

FCC grants wireless industry’s shot-clock petition, requiring cell site applications to be acted upon with 90 days for co-locations and 150 days for new applications.

A national coalition which includes Glendale Organized Against Cell Towers petitioned the FCC to reopen the question of health and environmental impacts of wireless facilities as it considers an industry petition to expedite cell site permits.

Glendale, California’s Public Works Counsel, in a report to the city council back in June 2009, anticipated the FCC’s move to assist in overriding local zoning procedures with respect to cell towers and stated that the FCC does not have jurisdiction or authority to do so.

Reports under the Sunroom Desk paperweight focused on the FCC Chair’s remarks to the wireless industry conference in San Diego, admitting the need for more spectrum and towers, but insisting on open internet rules for wired and wireless.

Glendale, California will be a test case for whether the FCC and the wireless industry can limit local zoning authority over wireless tower siting.