Municipal Ordinances and Reviews for Wireless Communication Towers

Dale W. Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. and Lea B. Callahan, P.E.

Course Overview

There has been a tremendous growth in the number of telecommunications towers built in recent years. Municipalities and the wireless telecommunications companies struggle to find a happy medium between the need for towers and the desire most cities have to limit the number of towers.

This course is intended for engineers who are working with municipalities. However, anyone involved in the placement of wireless communications facilities will benefit.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Course Outline

(1) The Issues
(2) Wireless Telecommunications Models
(3) Concerns
(4) Municipal Ordinances
(5) Conclusion
(6) References

Learning Objectives

• Understand the issues related to building wireless communication towers.
• Explain the basic methods that can be used to address these issues.
• Explain the guidelines municipalities might use to develop an ordinance.
  

Course Content

The course content is in a PDF file (1815 KB) Municipal Ordinances and Reviews for Wireless Communication Towers . You need to open or download this document to study this course.

Once you finish studying the above course content you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

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