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This short paper discusses the development of federal involvement, including judicial decisions, in local zoning decisions pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 up to and including 2001.

As mobile cellphone carriers become more prevalent, the regulations for siting antenna, towers, and associated equipment are expanding in kind. As each carrier must use its own technology, and must also pay the federal government for the licenses to…

Communities face increasing pressure to site telecommuni­cations facilities. But because communications involve na­tional interests, federal laws, including the Telecommunica­tions Act of 1996, often limit the amount of control communities have over…