BILL NUMBER: SB 1714	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Brulte

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2000

   An act to add Section 65850.3 to the Government Code, relating to
zoning.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1714, as introduced, Brulte.  Zoning ordinances:  radio
antennas.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of any county or city
to adopt zoning ordinances for various purposes.
   This bill would provide that any ordinance enacted by the
legislative body of any city or county regulating the placement,
screening, or height of antennas shall reasonably accommodate amateur
radio antennas and permit radio antenna height to less than 200 feet
or 75 feet, depending on the population density of the city or
county.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 65850.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   65850.3.  (a) Any ordinance enacted by the legislative body of any
city or county regulating the placement, screening, or height of
antennas shall reasonably accommodate amateur radio antennas and
shall impose the minimum regulation necessary to accomplish the
legitimate purpose of the city or county.
   (b) In a city or county having a population density of 120 persons
or less per square mile according to the 1990 United States census,
no ordinance shall do either of the following:
   (1) Restrict amateur radio antenna height to less than 200 feet
above ground level as permitted by the Federal Communications
Commission.
   (2) Restrict the number of support structures.
   (c) In a city or county having a population density of more than
120 persons per square mile according to the 1990 United States
census, no ordinance shall do either of the following:
   (1) Restrict amateur radio antenna height to less than 75 feet
above ground level.
   (2) Restrict the number of support structures.
   (d) Reasonable and customary engineering practices shall be
followed in the erection of amateur radio antennas.
   (e) This section shall not preclude a city or county, by
ordinance, from regulating amateur radio antennas with regard to
reasonable requirements relating to the use of screening, setback,
and placement, and health and safety requirements.