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title: O.C.G.A. § 36-66B-6. Limitations on local regulations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 36-66B-6. Limitations on local regulations.

In the regulation of the placement or construction of any new wireless facility or wireless support structure, a local governing authority shall not:

(1) Condition the approval of any application for a new wireless support structure on a requirement that a modification or collocation to such structure be subject to a review that is inconsistent with the requirements of Code Section 36-66B-4;

(2) Require the removal of existing wireless support structures or wireless facilities as a condition to approval of an application for a new wireless facility or wireless support structure unless such existing wireless support structure or wireless facility is abandoned and owned by the applicant; or

(3) Require the applicant to place an antenna or other wireless communications equipment on publicly owned land or on a publicly or privately owned water tank, building, or electric transmission tower as an alternative to the location proposed by the applicant.

## History

Code 1981, § 36-66B-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 413, § 1/HB 176.